Project WRX

[flintster55]

So the timing belt project wasn't nearly as bad as we assumed it was going to be. It only took us 3 hrs to replace the belt, cam seals, water pump, t stat, hydraulic tensioner, and a few pullies as well as flush the cooling system. We went ahead and did everything as preventative maintenance while we had everything apart. Come to find out the hydraulic tensioner was leaking which couldve lead to a big time failure down the road. The t stat was leaking slightly too. The actual timing belt was a little chewed up on the smooth side which made me really thankful I took care of this before going back to school and that I didn't put this project off at all (I was actually only at 102k not the scheduled 105k.)

A few pics

Woo parts everywhere


New hydraulic tensioner


Buttoning things back up


Chewed up belt


All in all, a cool learning experience. Hopefully she'll be good for another 100k