September 20, 20232 yr I stopped to help someone on the road today. The car would not start. I pulled the codes - 08 Outback PO340 Cam Sensor. When I pulled the driver's side small timing cover there was over a foot of slack in the timing belt before it stopped. They had the HG's done a few months ago. That much slack, I would think the passenger side cam had failed. GD - those plastic gears you've talked about?
September 24, 20232 yr On 9/20/2023 at 2:57 PM, lmdew said: I stopped to help someone on the road today. The car would not start. I pulled the codes - 08 Outback PO340 Cam Sensor. When I pulled the driver's side small timing cover there was over a foot of slack in the timing belt before it stopped. They had the HG's done a few months ago. That much slack, I would think the passenger side cam had failed. GD - those plastic gears you've talked about? “a foot” sounds like a lot and the pulleys and idlers outer rollers can’t really go anywhere even when theyre bearings fail, so they dont typically have maximum slack unless they go through the timing cover. A plastic cam can shatter to pieces.
September 25, 20232 yr Author Yes, that's what I thought. It must be that the passenger side cam gear failed. Owner runs by my place sometimes so I hope to hear what the failure was at some point. If so, I'll update the post.
September 27, 20232 yr Author Dealer said they needed a new engine. I might be able to pick it up. Used engine...
September 29, 20232 yr Author Well I was going to get it Friday. Had cash in hand and then the Dealer's Sales person said the owner had already committed to trading in the car on the new one. Deal Stinks! $500 for a 2008 with 120K on it, but they told her it needed about $10K for a new engine. I'd tell them to keep the NEW Subaru!
October 1, 20232 yr On 9/28/2023 at 9:56 PM, lmdew said: Well I was going to get it Friday. Had cash in hand and then the Dealer's Sales person said the owner had already committed to trading in the car on the new one. Deal Stinks! $500 for a 2008 with 120K on it, but they told her it needed about $10K for a new engine. I'd tell them to keep the NEW Subaru! Too bad. Seems like a low offer for Colorado market. $10k to fix but they'll repair it for less than $2k and sell it for $9k to someone else.
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