Gates Timing Belt Kit Subaru Review

All oem equivalent parts including an aisin water pump.

Gates timing belt kit subaru review.

They have an oem timing kit that comes with a subaru timing belt and oem equivalent tensioner and. No complaints about the kit fit perfect good directions. It seems a lot of their toyota belt kits are pretty much oem like items like all the seals and etc. Pretty much overkill when i did a toyota v8.

I picked up this kit for my 08 wrx. 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. We also now stock the complete line of roger clark motorsport timing kits. Belt tensioner and water pump.

Subaru water pumps last well over 100 000 miles. This is the third gates timing belt waterpump kit i have used on my subarus. Gates timing belt system kits are the total solution for over 33 million import applications including actual oe belts idlers tensioners and supporting hardware complete with detailed installation instructions. 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.

For a stock or daily driven car this is a great option. I did a lancer non turbo and used gates everything. Getting access to the timing belt on a subaru is no easy task it requires removing the accessory belts radiator crank bolt and pulley and finally the cover. Gates timing system kits offer great convenience and easy part sourcing and are designed to help you avoid warranties and customer comebacks when you replace all worn critical.

Ebay has some good timing belt kits and some bad ones. After reading up on this gates has changed to a chinese water pump that is complete crap. I promise the water pump is worth replacing even if it is not leaking. This kit is pretty much what the gates kits used to be.