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Old 01-14-2011, 09:29 AM
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Re: T-Belt Question

I will chime in and say that I disagree on the eBay kit.

Not only because I now question the quality of the belt they include but also the shoddy water pump that is definitely not OEM and ****ty. Yes, it's ****ty quality.

(My timing belt/water pump was done less than 20k miles ago... and it broke).

The idlers seems fine... however, if I were to do it all over again, I would get the parts from subaruparts.com or some other reliable source. The only thing that eBay has going for it is the convenience of the entire package in one shot... that and the lower price. Of course, that lower price comes with possible consequences... as I've already been through and hope to avoid anytime in the near future after having my timing belt and water pump replaced in less than a 2 year period already.

Take your time and the extra $ to get the quality good oem stuff... of course I'm sure some others haven't had a problem with these kits (yet) but the water pump itself is an automatic no go.
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