[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by blueji

I'm about to do the 90k service myself after been given a silly price for the job by Subaru....there is a kit from a guy in the states for the cam belt, inc water pump, for £139.00 and a few companies offering a transmission kit (filter and gasket) for about £20.00 both of which are not OEM parts. Any comments, should I stick to genuine parts?
John

John, I would see no harm in the cam belt kit and water pump. They should be OK. I have used US non-OEM cambelts no problem.

One note of caution. I once bought a water pump for my '91 Claret off a Subie main dealer here in Dublin. The guy who did the cambelt replacement could not make the waterpump fit, it was a totally different type.
[In fact I gave it back to the company and asked them to get me the correct one, and never collected it since, that's about 6 years ago and the car is now sold on]

Just be careful that the water pump is a match. I would have sworn they must all be the same, but my experience seems to indicate that at the very least the 91/92 Japanese water pump is different from the Euro/UK one. You could be taking a chance.

The transmission kit should also be OK. My brother who works as a Service Mgr in a dealership [Renault] says the OEM air filter is best. He has seen many failures from people fitting supposedly higher hp filters non standard.

Joe