EJ25 SOHC Timing Belt, DIY?

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:55 pm

My outback needs the 200k KM service, just wondering if it's worth attempting this myself or should I just say "sod it" and pay someone to do it?

I have access to all parts at trade price I just don't know if it's that hard or if it's worth paying just for the piece of mind, especially on my daily driver.

Cheers,
Jordan.

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:01 am

na its only sohc i would do it my self
but i hate payiin people to do somethin i could probably do

or u buy the parts n get some1 else to fit them

thats wat i would do

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:07 am

well if it was a DOHC like my dads then it cna get a bit daunting if youve never done one before but a SOHC should only be easir lol
the tensioner is an annoying part as u need a vice cabaple of extending far enough to stick it in otherwise ull never get the pushrod back in (and then you need to shove something in the hole to keep it there till your ready)
and that is presuming that it will have the same tensioner
but also on the DOHC the 2 cam pulleys lining up required two of us as one would move unless you held it there with a socket and got someone else to put the belt rouns the others
the other hard part would be gettin the Crank Pulley Bolt out without a rattle gun. requires a bit of muscle work (to get ours off we had a breaker bar and kept hittin it with a kinda small sledge hammer and finally got it) but they also need to be done up tight again

are u also sure its a SOHC??? i only thought that they had EJ25 with DOHC's or the H6 3.0L but i culd be wrong here

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:26 am

Hey Jordan,

I have done a SOHC belt and can give you a hand. Providing nothing goes wrong it only takes about 3 hours or so.

On the old server I even had a "how-to" pictorial, but that got lost

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:39 am

cbc do a belt and pulley kit for cheap

daza · Post by **daza** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:42 pm

I did the full Belt and tensioner kit on the 2.0 sohc in the Brumby not long back,
Piece of cake.
Do it yourself.
Daza.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:52 pm

Its no harder than doing an EJ22 one which is relativly easy when you have the front off check all bearings and the water pump and replace if needed

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:51 pm

Sweet, thanks for the input guys, Ben I'll take you up on that offer, I'll get a belt and line it up with you, already got everything else.

Jordan.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:31 pm

"got everything else" found a new garage already ?

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:04 pm

yeah i wouldn't bother paying someone, its not that hard to do it yourself - but do the correct way with the belt tensioner otherwise it'll take you 2 hours (it did for me) did that a couple of times on EJ22s.

I must admit, SOHC is lot easier than DOHC.
Cheers
AP

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:06 pm

Another thing, you dont really need any special tools, but the crank bolt can be a bitch... but I used the starter trick (old times now, now uses air rattle gun/ratchet)
Cheers
AP

chriSTIan · Post by **chriSTIan** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:05 pm

The tensioners on the later cars are different to the earlier rs/ej22.
Definitely replace the water pump,idlers should be changed as well...
cam seals,crank seal...