Gates Timing Belt Kit Subaru Review

Subaru water pumps last well over 100 000 miles.

Gates timing belt kit subaru review.

We also now stock the complete line of roger clark motorsport timing kits. All oem equivalent parts including an aisin water pump. After reading up on this gates has changed to a chinese water pump that is complete crap. This is the third gates timing belt waterpump kit i have used on my subarus.

Belt tensioner and water pump. Pretty much overkill when i did a toyota v8. For a stock or daily driven car this is a great option. Ebay has some good timing belt kits and some bad ones.

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. This is completely horrible. It seems a lot of their toyota belt kits are pretty much oem like items like all the seals and etc. Overall this kit has performed well with no issues post installation.

I promise the water pump is worth replacing even if it is not leaking. 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. This kit is pretty much what the gates kits used to be. 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. No complaints about the kit fit perfect good directions. I did a lancer non turbo and used gates everything. 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.