Need water pump, radiator
 

first off, is this ebayer ok http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1992-...item4aa8b522f5

second, need a water pump

this a good deal? I also need belt

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-97...item3cb547d587

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I saw that radiator listing earlier tonight. It's an excellent price if it's an OEM rad. I'd send him an email to confirm. There are good Chinese copies available for around $100-130.00, I bought 2 of them and they have worked well for a couple of years.
Most people recommend a genuine Subaru water pump but the Ebay belt and pulley kits seem to be fine.

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yeah, I need to do what I can to keep the costs down, I dont have to pay for labor since the school's doing the swap, but I'm starting to run low on money

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My mentality was the same as yours... until my eBay timing belt/water pump broke within less than 30k miles of service change. I got lucky with the chore of replacing the timing belt/water pump/labor charges twice because I went cheap the first time. Only after do issues arise do you wish you would have went pure OEM, especially the water pump.

Some people will swear that it's the way to go (cheaper non oem) and have had no problems with it all... others will be quick to point out the ebay water pump sucks (it does, trust me)...

To answer your original question:

Is it a good deal? No.

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Clint, was it the waterpump or an idler which failed?

My advice is to go OEM with the waterpump and gasket. I had good luck with ebay timing kits on at least 5 different SVXs.

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I got one of the Chinese radiators and it crapped out on me after about a year. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

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Ultimately I think it was a combination of things causing the timing belt to break... not the idler's though as the new belt is just fine with the existing idlers. The water pump seemed terribly unbalanced (due to the casting) cheap shoddy job, which I can only imagine created some sort of pull/tug like jerking motion at high speeds... I had 2 pulley's seize on me (both belts broke) and the power steering pump fail (creating more stress I feel on the overall engine) but it finally crapped out a few months after having everything completely fixed.

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OK, updated parts list as of today
(if stuff is listed twice with different name, I'm going by two lists)

Timing Belt Tensioner (185.13 NAPA)

Idler pulley (72.15 PartsPlus)

Timing Belt (108.23 PartsPlus 80.81 NAPA)

Water Pump (new) (103.31 Napa 232.11 PartsPlus)

Water Pump (remfd) + core (69.27 Napa)

CV boots Left inner (24.62 NAPA)

Power Steering Return Hose (18.14 NAPA 13.38 Parts Plus)

So should I go for the radiator I linked earlier or not? I just need something to replace the old one with, which is ruined.

BTW one of the instructors working on the car wanted to know if the front CV shafts from a legacy will fit an SVX.

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I think the Ebay radiators are worth a try. You might get a good one, and the only other options are OEM, used, and PWR.

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SVX axles only. Get the new "fwd" axles from autozone or Advance, can't remember which one, but they're $70 brand new. And no, no other axles will work.

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Not true...

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...at this point I don't care if my radiator is made by subaru or a bunch of chinese children, I just need a radiator for around 100 bucks so I can get this damn thing running before the end of the semester.

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I have a Chinese made one. Bought it about 2 years ago. Still works fine...

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right, then I'll get one.

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Which part?