Replacing EJ25 timing belt & thermostat. 2008 Subaru Outback. SOHC, non-turbo .

I replace the thermostat and timing belt in an ej25.
I'm not mechanic. I'm figuring out the processes as I go.
I don't present the work as being "quick and easy." This video probably moves along too slow for most viewers.
2008 Subaru Outback H-4, ej253, non-turbo, manual transmission, with 92,000 miles.

[@digitalbilly]

hey great video i too had to do the same as you when installing the belt, and put the last idler on at the end its neir impossible with that pully on.

[@nickeljay767]

Thanks for the info. I'm learning from this feedback. I'm pretty sure that my next timing belt will be eaiser for me.

[@radar_________1976]

You don't have much experience. When you learn, you will realize that you do NOT need those "special tools" that hold the camshafts. To make it easier for you, both bearings below are installed last, first the one with teeth on the water pump (belt and bearing at the same time) at a small angle, screwing the bolt in manually with a short ratchet so as not to damage the thread. then the other. Congratulations for sharing what you do trying to help others

[@nickeljay767]

Your correct. I'd never touched a Subaru before this EJ25 work. I pointed that out in the vid.
Sometimes I'll watch an expert do something and it goes right pass me. I don't catch on. Yet I might watch someone struggle through a project and I'll get it. My hope is that by figuring and fumbling my way through a job, I may be the same help for someone else.
I appreciate the feedback. My next timing belt will, no doubt, be easier for me.

[@cash3450]

I appreciate the thought from experience, thanks for the video

[@nickeljay767]

I was my pleasure. I really did enjoy learning my way through this project.

[@waynesitarz424]

It's the cogged idler near the water pump that fails. I had a new one fail by collapsing into the motor but no valves were bent. Watching other instals I fit the cogged idler in against the belt while maintaining tension on the belt then fit the cogged idler bolt in.

[@nickeljay767]

I've seen videos on the cogged idler going out...and sometimes letting the belt slip. I've always put my attention right on new engine sounds, and now that I know a little more about the Subaru timing belt system, I'm listening for idlers that are wearing out.

[@jorgegonzaragoza3050]

For a first time he did it good .

[@nickeljay767]

Thanks. I just finished a 16 day, 1,800 mile camping road trip with the Outback. It ran like a top. I'm getting a video of the trip edited to upload.

[@squantom2579]

Does the engine need pulled to do the thermostat?

[@nickeljay767]

Nope. It's also not neccessary to remove the engine to replace the timing belt. This engine was removed to replace the head gaskets. But that can also be done without removing the engine.

[@alexaldana9360]

Aweonao

[@mikebelt6668]

Can u add video of running

[@nickeljay767]

I will. When I started it up, it misfired, because I tried to get away with some less expensive spark plug wires. I sent the wires back to Amazon and got some OEM wires ($90 !!). That took care of the misfiring.

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