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Hi everyone. First post on the forum. Thanks to everyone for sharing their knowledge, this forum has taught me so much and saved me big$$$.

So, I'm having my timing belt replaced this week. I feel it is a little above my mechanic ability at this time plus I have a local Subaru mechanic that charges 50 bucks an hour!I bought a kit from ebay that includes the belt, roller, idlers, water pump, front seal, and 4 cam seals. The mechanic is charging me 200 bucks to do the job, really cheap for this part of California. Anyway, is there any recommendations as to other things I should have done while he is doing the timing belt? Things that are easy to do while the timing belt is off? It's a 93 wagon non-turbo with 200K miles on it. What about the oil pump? Any recommendations are greatly appreciated. I want her to go another 200K!

Cheers!

Be careful with eBay you never know what you get. With that said do spark plugs why your at it.

When he's in there good idea to do water pump if it has not been done yet

this might help.
http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=48160

You mention that the timing belt kit has four oil cam seals. I would highly recommend checking whether it's the correct belt/kit because the EJ22 only has two front oil seals and one o-ring on the rear passenger side head.

^ I believe Josh meant to state "...highly recommend CHECKING THAT it's the correct belt....".

The 2.2 is a S(ingle)OHC not the D(ouble)OHC of the 2.5.

I'd also suggest resealing the oil pump. There are 4 screws on the back of it that can come loose and an O-ring to replace. Also, inspect the oil pressure sender - between the P/S pump and Alternator on top of the engine. It commonly leaks - easy and cheap to replace.

GL,

TD

Yes, that's what I meant, sorry about that.

Todd, thanks for catching that for me!