Friday, March 24, 2017

Timing belt replacement - Subaru GL 2.0 '97

First of all, I've bought a new car which is Subaru mentioned in the title. Mazda 626 is not a very interesting car in the long run.
I didn't know when the timing belt was replaced, so I had to do this first thing after I bought this car.

I was a bit stressed since it was the first time I was doing this operation on my own and we all know how important timing belt is. I took my time and did everything very precisely.

First I drained the coolant and removed the radiator with fans.
Then I removed the two drive belts.

Removing the crankshaft bolt and pulley was a little bit tricky. Many people remove the bolt, using the starter. I didn't want to try that. I simply put the car into 5th gear and applied the brake, and I was able to remove the bolt.
The crankshaft pulley itself was more stubborn. Probably due to rust it didn't want to come off easily. I had to use a lot of penetrant, hit on it with a rubber mallet and pry it with two wrenches at the same time.


Then I just removed the covers and had access to the timing belt.

I removed all the pulleys, the tensioner and the water pump with the thermostat. I replaced everything. Here is how it looked like after the job was done:

I put everything back in place, filled the cooling system with coolant and started the car. Everything worked perfectly. I'm very proud of myself!

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