Out of all the timing belt replacement videos I've watched for my WRX, yours is the only one that showed the process of manually turning the crank after putting everything together to see if it lines up, awesome work! I'm having this issue right now and wanted confirmation on how it's done shown on video. Thanks for delivering!

Thank you so much for all your videos! Just did the timing belt on my 06 legacy and your video helped me out a lot! Thanks again! Cheers!

Great video! Helped me so much in getting the job done.

Thanks so much for showing how to turn the cams I was so stuck on that part!

Helped out alot man! Good job.

One tip to anyone attempting this. Always use a cam lock tool to keep the driver's side intake and exhaust cams from moving while you take the belt off. It'll keep your cams in the correct position and will prevent possible valve slap. also, NEVER use anything besides your metal gasket on the water pump. Liquid gasket can seep into the water pump and cause issues/leaks.

Great video!

Good informative video, but I was waiting for you to start the engine lol

Awesome video bro 👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks Jabo your video is probly the best so far with timing belt replacement 👍🏼.. now with that said how much would u charge to do this ? Lol

Hi I've watched you video a few times. Lots of great tips and I definitely got a lot of input. I had one question.... I am going to install only oem parts. I've read here and there about priming the tensioner piston before install. I've heard some people say that's only on aftermarket tensioners. Do I need to do it on my oem tensioner? I saw that you just installed and pulled the pin. Your help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

my tensioner is real tight with belt clearance to install it. Did you turn the crank over a little to gain some slack ? and also i was turning the bottom cam to align and the alan socket slipped and it spun a half turn i guess its prob ok but i did have to rotate it counter clockwise another half turn after that

Thanks for the video, learned a lot. Question for you, had my belt recently done by a mechanic in the neighborhood, great reviews on Google, etc, but not strictly a Subaru guy. Anyway, he changed all the parts, pulleys, tensioner, waterpump, etc. Used a Dayco kit. After I got it back, I noticed a whirring/whinning sound as I revved the car; the more I rev, the louder it gets. Took it back twice, he changed a couple of pulleys, tried a different waterpump, but nothing's changed. From what I'm reading, this usually happens when the belt is too tight, but that shouldn't be the case because of the auto-tensioner. Also, 95% of the posts I've gone though online tell me that there shouldn't be any sound, or a break-in period. Could it be the alternator? Power steering pump, maybe? I'm stumped, but worse, so is this mechanic. Would love to hear your opinion...thanks! I've got an '09 STI.

Just curios, why didn't you use the locking tool for cam gear?

What is the exact engine model number of this one? My 1999 Legacy Lancaster has a DOHC engine that doesn't look quite the same as any EJ25s I've seen before - it also has the 5th idler pulley, the small one at top right of the screen. None of the timing belt kits for my car have this pulley. Mine is seized. I'm wondering if someone in the past 2 decades has done a transplant with a WRX motor. My car's Fuji Heavy Industries info plate says Engine Type EJ254DWBKE. I'm wondering if the valve timing will be affected if I leave this pulley out. It only deflects the belt slightly, and most DOHC Legacy engines don't have the small pulley.

Just did one yesterday water pump gasket had a little knick in it just enough to where once I got everything back together and was putting coolant back in I noticed a leak lol. I had to tear the son of bitch back apart (took about 20 min) but I was still pissed. I put a very thin layer of rtv which I never do but everything turned out good. Ive been curious to see if anyone on youtube actually uses the cam locking tool as that part can be frustrating too

I wish I thought about marking my old belt to reference on the new one before I took the old one off. Tomorrows about to be a bugger

Wait why mark the old belt ?

I'm doing the timing belt on my 98 WRX motor and after removing the timing covers and lining up the timing I went to remove the main bolt again to clean the crank sprocket as it's filthy and I couldn't see the timing mark clearly while holding the top right cam (facing the motor) and I think it skipped a few teeth with the belt still on. I spun the timing around twice I think and the timing wouldn't line up, halfway through the third spin I felt a bit of resistance so I stopped. The crank is out, the cams are out, the old belt is still on. What's my best course of action? Take the belt off, turn the crank to tdc, then turn the cams?

so ....are we talking about 1 hr tops?

Is this the same as a 2002 wrx

Yeah my car didnt start after i changed it

I would not let him do timing belt change on my car.He had missed so many important steps plus handling new timing belt with dirty hands on dirty floor!! Why you need to make too many marks on the belt? It is only more confusing! No thread lock applied to any bolts? If you gave your pride and joy to this guy to do the timing belt I wish you all the luck that something doesn’t go wrong while you’re cruising along highways like big bang and stop all of a sudden!!