esh Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 my subi is a 94 loyale ea82. if I broke the timing belt, would I have any further damage or is it only replacing the timing belts? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeshoup Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 When a timing belt breaks, none of the engine internals are harmed. You may find however that the tensioner or idler bearings are seized and this caused your belt to snap. I suggest replacing all the bearings at the same time as both timing belts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfire Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 do yourself a favor and replace all timing belt parts. you dont want to have go back and do it a second time. learned that on my 78 civic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowmastered87GL Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 and if you dont know when they were done last... while you are in there... change the water pump and reseal the front main and cam seals as well as the oil pump. Particularly the "mickey mouse" gasket. (thats what it looks like) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esh Posted October 12, 2007 Author Share Posted October 12, 2007 thanks guys. will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virrdog Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 cam seals as well Aye aye. I didn't know about these when I did my belt and found out afterward this is where the biggest oil leak is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 If the car has 99,678 and the T-belts are factory from 1992. Will they just break for no reson? I'm afraid to really drive my car too much. Cuz if the belts break that will mess up the timing right?? Maybe i'm wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joostvdw Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 If the car has 99,678 and the T-belts are factory from 1992. Will they just break for no reson? I'm afraid to really drive my car too much. Cuz if the belts break that will mess up the timing right?? Maybe i'm wrong? rule of thumb is every 5 years or 70k or something like that, either way, your past it's service interval :-p you can visually inspect them while they are on the engine, if there are no frays and no visible cracks you'll be fine for a while it wouldn't be bad though to start reading and learning about how to replace them and set the timing correctly, the usrm has a comprehensive guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Well i have everything! From oil pump seal/o-ring cam cap seal/o-ring and both T-belts... But i'm waiting for my dad to get some motovation to help me! And winter coming and man i'm stressed!! How can you check the belts while there in the engine?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85T-REX Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 How can you check the belts while there in the engine?? Take a 10mm socket to the bolts holding the left and right belt covers on. I believe there's 4 in each. Do your best not to strip out the nut ends that are molded into the back covers. Slide the covers off and you have a pretty good view. You could probably do it without taking the fans out if you use a 1/4" drive or a wrench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Oh! Ok i dident know that! well thats cool... I have new bolts for the front covers so thats good.. I think i'll just do the hole job then if i going to take off both sides covers... Thanks's for ansering me question! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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