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I own a '98 RS as of recent and I was wanting to address some leaky spots. One of which is a cam seal, so I took off the front of the motor and the timing belt to see how hard it would be to get to the seal.
After I was finished checking it out, I put the belt back on after fighting with it for a significant amount of time (DOHC Subaru motor has been the most difficult for me) and after triple checking all of the timing marks and turning it over by hand, it makes the noise as if the timing was completely 180o. You know the sound, no rhythmic pumping of cylinders, and all you can hear is a free-spinning starter motor.
I took it back apart, double checked everything, put it back together, still nothing.
I used these photos as reference http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/...hc-t-marks.gif
http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/...ing-belt-1.jpg
The timing marks were all where they should have been and the arrow on the crank (as deceiving as is was) is aimed in the 3 o clock position. Me needs help.
I own a '98 RS as of recent and I was wanting to address some leaky spots. One of which is a cam seal, so I took off the front of the motor and the timing belt to see how hard it would be to get to the seal.
After I was finished checking it out, I put the belt back on after fighting with it for a significant amount of time (DOHC Subaru motor has been the most difficult for me) and after triple checking all of the timing marks and turning it over by hand, it makes the noise as if the timing was completely 180o. You know the sound, no rhythmic pumping of cylinders, and all you can hear is a free-spinning starter motor.
I took it back apart, double checked everything, put it back together, still nothing.
I used these photos as reference http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/...hc-t-marks.gif
http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/...ing-belt-1.jpg
The timing marks were all where they should have been and the arrow on the crank (as deceiving as is was) is aimed in the 3 o clock position. Me needs help.