Hi Guys and Gals

well here goes ...firstly I am a Subaru Noob... but I have been messing with cars since I was a Kid (62 now) I am trying to fix my sons car  2001 subaru forester EJ20 sohc ( university student ) I have a 2004 impreza engine EJ20 sohc with 50000 kilometres  to put in....

that's the good part..... the impreza engine has cam sensor at the front in the timing cover ...left side......I think I need to have my eyes tested because i cannot for the life of me find the cam sensor on the forester

Any help would be greatly appreciated   

I just put an EJ20 into my 03 Forester and the JDM EJ20 Cam Sensor was in the same place, Behind the driver's side cam gear.  

I just put an EJ20 into my 03 Forester and the JDM EJ20 Cam Sensor was in the same place, Behind the driver's side cam gear.  

Hi Mike thanks for your reply.....I had posted this problem on a forester specific site in Australia and received a reply saying that there is no sensor on the early foresters from a subaru mechanic

 

this is the conversation on facebook....this may be helpful to others  Cheers 

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Steve Siladi Dont have one

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John Crismanich Is it not supposed to have one?

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John Crismanich Steve Siladi doesn't it have a cam sensor or is it supposed to have one and doesn't have one I don't really understand the answer ....thanks for your reply

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Steve Siladi That early type of inj system used doesnt have 1

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John Crismanich Hmmm it's been driving me nuts so can you tell me if the 04 Impreza engine will be ok without cam timing just using the timing belt

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Steve Siladi Will be ok aslong as u use crank sproket off the forester

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John Crismanich Oh man thank you..!...you are a legend ...thankyou

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Steve Siladi Very early type. Lots of ecu failures back in 98 with them. When removing the crank sproket dont damage the teeth

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John Crismanich Ok thanks for the heads up...any tricks for getting the crank sprocket off

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Steve Siladi Lots of crc and working it away from the oil pump very slowly

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Thanks for the information.  Many here are USDM users so the intricacies of the Aus vehicles is limited.