cam belt change

[tyre man dave]

Hi all.

after some advise please .

wanting to get cambelts done on mine/wifes subaru.

have made a few initial inquiries  been told best to change water pump at same time.

is there a preferred kit you recommend.

mine  06 legacy reg nv06ppf

wifes  03 forester reg EF03LZH. 

both standard 2ltr.

many thanks

 

[Mr B]

On a high mile legacy of like 160K plus and no record of what exact last timing parts fitted you indeed best doing everything, all idlers, tensioner and water pump, use only japanese sourced parts from same oem as subaru use, for belts we normally use dayco for this type model (and for the forester too) .

For the fozzy at under 120K all idlers good idea, tensioner and water pump could be fine BUT need inspecting, both can be checked and is a test procedure for hydraulic preload on the tensioner (carried out to SFSM guidelines) * if parts already none genuine oem then fit new as china bearings and even european are junk compared to japan mainland brands . If do water pumps only buy blueprint, japan aisin or oem genuine subaru . Cheaper pumps bigger risk than old one throwing away as the original pumps are super high quality and last well on standard subaru models.

If buying kits/parts yourself then ICP (import car parts) a good bet . likely get some discount buying for 2 cars and stating a SOC member .
https://www.importcarparts.co.uk/contact

[tyre man dave]

cheers buddy.

will look into it.  need to check funds.

thanks

dave

[Jay762]

As Mr B said - if you are doing the belt it is easy to to get the other bits done at the same time and will give peace of mind