Subaru Gates Timing Belt Kit Review

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Subaru gates timing belt kit review.

Overall this kit has performed well with no issues post installation. Timing belt kit rsamani 6 months ago looking for a timming belt kit that would fit my jdm 2008 impreza sti. They have an oem timing kit that comes with a subaru timing belt and oem equivalent tensioner and. This is completely horrible.

Subaru water pumps last well over 100 000 miles. We also now stock the complete line of roger clark motorsport timing kits. Monkey wrenching 2 375 views. I belive the engine is an ej207 but nod sure which version.

All oem equivalent parts including an aisin water pump. 0 of 0 people found the following answer helpful. Subaru timing belt kit by gates the whole truth duration. This kit is pretty much what the gates kits used to be.

After reading up on this gates has changed to a chinese water pump that is complete crap. But i opted not to buy a water pump and mine seized 3 000 miles after putting the new belt on snapping the belt and dropping the valves into the head. This is the third gates timing belt waterpump kit i have used on my subarus. For a stock or daily driven car this is a great option.

I only have about 35k miles on the first one i installed so i can t speak to overall longevity but so far so good. I promise the water pump is worth replacing even if it is not leaking. I picked up this kit for my 08 wrx. I changed mine preventatively when doing the timing belt idlers and tensioner all from this kit at 80 000 miles 12 years old wrx sti.

I went on ebay and found a user selling a kit of all 4 idlers tensioner for 145. No complaints about the kit fit perfect good directions. All and all i am out 200. Really any timing belt kit for the usdm sti will work perfectly on your jdm sti so this kit would work just fine.