Potential good deal on '05 STI

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Jan 3, 2011 | 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by crfsti

Who tricked him into doing the timing belt at half the mileage it should be done at???

Damn WC Subaru dealership did the same thing to me. Oddly enough, the old timing belt magically disappeared.

Jan 3, 2011 | 11:17 PM

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been looking at this deal and its been reposted a few times...

exact year and all but i dont have the cash and the overheating problem scares me

Jan 3, 2011 | 11:39 PM

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OOOOO......KKKKK I feel better about passing on that one now

Jan 3, 2011 | 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Krinkov

good point!

Also Ive seen it where the tensioner wasnt re-installed properly which meant the t-belt didnt put enough tension on the water pump pulley,
that one took us a while to diagnose

argh I posted too much. Too much beer. Delete

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Jan 3, 2011 | 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DerekB707

He just did the timing belt and it started over heating, bet the belt is off a tooth on one of the cams.

If I'm not mistaken that isn't a big deal at all

Jan 3, 2011 | 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by crfsti

I don't think that would do it, installing a timing belt on a suby is simple, the tech would of had his eyes closed doing it in order to screw it up. They must of not bleed the coolant system right or something. Let's hope a buyer does at least a leakdown test on it before buying.

yup that's why I posted this. Figured if someone's in the market they could get the car checked out for what, a couple hundred bucks at most...

Jan 4, 2011 | 01:02 AM

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My money's on a blown headgasket. He wouldn't even answer simple questions about water in oil or bubbles in the coolant reservoir. If you don't have the money to figure out what it is, you don't have the money to replace the T-Belt and stuff needlessly.