Mikexj Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hello everybody, I'm fairly new here but this seems like a very knowledgable board. A couple weeks ago I bought a 1987 GL wagon with a carb'd EA82. It's been running fine except for a problem with the choke that was easily solved with a piece of coat hanger. Yesterday I was leaving work and the car stalled because it has a hard time holding idle while the engine is cold. When I went to start it back up, it wouldn't start. It turns over but the starter sounds different, higher pitched and a little whinier. Pust starting didn't work either. Any suggestions on where to start looking? I don't have a ton of experience working on carb'd engines or subaru's in general. The car is currently stranded in my work parking lot, so any help would be much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiemech85 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 check timing belts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikexj Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 WOW.... that is some seriously fast responses. Sounds like timing belts is the best place to start. I have never really worked with timing belts before, any tips or guides online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love_em_when_there_old Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Search and you will find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikexj Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Alright, I know it's been a while but I finally got everything out of the way and the timing belt covers off. Both belts are intact and look to be fairly new. Is it possible that one of the belts slipped and screwed up the timing? Any other idea's on what could be causing it to not start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyewdall Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Alright, I know it's been a while but I finally got everything out of the way and the timing belt covers off. Both belts are intact and look to be fairly new. Is it possible that one of the belts slipped and screwed up the timing? Any other idea's on what could be causing it to not start? Have you checked to make sure the distributor rotor is spinning when you crank it over -- sometimes the belts can still look okay from the side covers, but be stripped where they pass around the crankshaft drive gear. I've never seen an actual snapped timing belt... just ones missing teeth. Also... I once had the idler gear sieze, which shredded a timing belt that was otherwise pretty new. Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 If you check all that and the belts still look good check to see if its got spark. If it has spark, check for fuel buy squirtin alittle gas or starting fluid in the carb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 compression test will tell you if it slipped pull the distributor cap check the rotor it is held on by a screw, they fall out sometimes spark, fuel, and comp. to make fire in the hole Gotta start somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyewdall Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 pull the distributor cap check the rotor it is held on by a screw, they fall out sometimes Forgot about that... if the timing belts are good, the rotor itself could just be loose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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