Actually they recommend on the instructions to allow the silicone to dry for up to an hour after you have put the components together and just nipped them up. Then you can tighten all the way to spec torque. This is so you don't push all the sealant out when it is still very soft, if you tighten everything up straight away.
I suggest using a light weight grease or even vasaline on the gears and guides. Oil will run down and onto your timing cover and mess with the sealant you've put on there.
Hey, just so everyone knows. You are able to break the cam bolts loose by putting a socket and ratchet on the crank bolt before taking the timing chain off. Hope this helps someone, instead of buying a special tool or making one.
Hi did you determine which component was causing the rattle-had the tensioner failed? I’ve swapped a salvage engine into mine and it’s rattling from below the power steering pump and I’m not sure if it’s chain or the vvt pulley? It’s worse with a hot engine. No oil leaks though, I did replace the seal in the power steering pump- it uses the same seal as a MR2 oil pump and a fairly easy job once you realise you don’t remove the pulley but open the pump from the rear!
Hey dude, did you find out what caused the new leak? I just resealed my rear cover as well and now it looks like it’s leaking from a o-ring at the rear in front of the oil pan. Such a crazy job and amount of labour. Also cleaning the surfaces is so tedious
Hey! Actually I have had to put if off for a long time, I re-did the work again off camera because I thought filming it was the problem (that the RTV managed to cure to much while repositioning the camera etc.) but the problem still persists. So I'm going to remove the engine and re-seal the entire thing while also inspecting pistons/bores and change valve seals n such. My suspicion is now that it leaks at the seam in the block. That is going to be in a video though.
Actually they recommend on the instructions to allow the silicone to dry for up to an hour after you have put the components together and just nipped them up. Then you can tighten all the way to spec torque. This is so you don't push all the sealant out when it is still very soft, if you tighten everything up straight away.
I suggest using a light weight grease or even vasaline on the gears and guides. Oil will run down and onto your timing cover and mess with the sealant you've put on there.
Hey, just so everyone knows. You are able to break the cam bolts loose by putting a socket and ratchet on the crank bolt before taking the timing chain off. Hope this helps someone, instead of buying a special tool or making one.
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Thanks for all the help.
Hi did you determine which component was causing the rattle-had the tensioner failed? I’ve swapped a salvage engine into mine and it’s rattling from below the power steering pump and I’m not sure if it’s chain or the vvt pulley? It’s worse with a hot engine.
No oil leaks though, I did replace the seal in the power steering pump- it uses the same seal as a MR2 oil pump and a fairly easy job once you realise you don’t remove the pulley but open the pump from the rear!
What is the sealant that you used for the rear cover? I'm trying to find it but Subaru has so many different types.
Is the small seal needed on the inside of the cover or the outside in between the cover and bolt?
Where you buy the parts at
Hey dude, did you find out what caused the new leak? I just resealed my rear cover as well and now it looks like it’s leaking from a o-ring at the rear in front of the oil pan. Such a crazy job and amount of labour. Also cleaning the surfaces is so tedious
Hey! Actually I have had to put if off for a long time, I re-did the work again off camera because I thought filming it was the problem (that the RTV managed to cure to much while repositioning the camera etc.) but the problem still persists. So I'm going to remove the engine and re-seal the entire thing while also inspecting pistons/bores and change valve seals n such.
My suspicion is now that it leaks at the seam in the block.
That is going to be in a video though.
I'm working on this engine myself in a 2006 Tribeca. Have you changed your oil cooler seal? They commonly swell and leak with age.
Having the same issue.... lol
i can’t find part 1 video
I do the cam bolts differently. You need strap wrenches in your life.
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