How to: Subaru EJ25 SOHC Timing Belt Replacement

[@compy2273]

Man I kinda thought the 2.5rs was back for a sec.

[@Smeedia]

Not yet…. 👀

[@jyu6813]

​@Smeedia yessss, show us please 😂

[@glorentzen]

I thought the same thing

[@rustyshackleford81]

Saaaaame, I ran straight to this comment 0:08 seconds into this video. I couldn't wait for the return of the rs now that bluebaru is jz swapped and the GD sold months ago. Need more EJ track videos.

[@BobBob-jx1yt]

I thought the same

[@KoryBrooks]

A SOHC Subaru was one of the very first timing belt replacements I done starting out as a mechanic 10 years ago. Was an 01 legacy outback.

[@Smeedia]

IMO perfect engine to start out on for starting out 💪

[@WholeCosmos]

glad to see you giving a regular ol subie some love

[@Smeedia]

They all need a little love 🫡

[@glorentzen]

I don't have a subaru yet, but your channel has me prepared to do it all when I do.

[@Smeedia]

Should have a. Idea on almost anything you’ll ever need to do 🫡

[@BeaverBuilt-BVR]

I really love this style of content. I’ve never had a SOHC Subaru but I appreciate the time taken to give a step by step tutorial and be able further my knowledge💪

[@Smeedia]

Whenever the opportunity comes up to add a new tutorial video up I’ll keep em coming 🫡 I try not to do repetitive ones unless there is new info in them

[@smillman437]

Another useful contribution to the community. You’re a legend bro

[@Smeedia]

I’ll keep adding them as they come up 🫡

[@locust2012]

Thanks Tanner! It's running nice and smooth! 🙏🏼

[@Smeedia]

Glad to hear she’s running smooth 🫡🫡🫡

[@bullnukeoldman3794]

The first thing I did was install the Aisin timing kit on my 2010 Outback 6MT (with 96k miles but 11 years on the original belt/idlers/tensioner) right after I bought it. Super easy to accomplish, much easier that a '92 Mitsubishi I'd done some years back. I did goof it a bit as I found out later. The cam belt on manual tranny EJ253s has a belt guide that must be properly adjusted to prevent timing jump if the engine hard stalls on a bad shift. When I pulled the engine for other work a couple years later I found a deep groove in the cam belt - I'd adjusted that belt guide too tight and it was eating into the cam belt. Installed a new Mitsuboshi belt, properly adjusted the belt guide, good to go.

[@dkleinsch823]

Installed this very kit before. Great quality. Very easy job!

[@Smeedia]

Can’t go wrong with the Aisin goodness 🥳

[@valrandir]

Love these customer videos :) Thank you SIR

[@Smeedia]

Will keep them coming as they come in 🫡

[@patricktoms9391]

i recently picked up a sohc and thinking on doing head gaskets to it. its my first Subaru engine that I've token apart

[@Smeedia]

You can do them without taking the engine out 👀

[@iversondtree]

You are very talented! 👍 The car is happy! 😁

[@Smeedia]

Keeping em alive 🥳😅

[@kirkmorris9761]

Thanks for the 9pm upload. Bouta pack the bowl.

[@Smeedia]

Anytime chief 🫡

[@TMFJ983]

Thanks for the video. I'll be doing this as well as the crankshaft seal. Any do's and don't for that ?

[@danielgalusha]

Shoutout Tanner. This one was enjoyable! 💯🙌🤘🤘

[@domziixayya]

I just did this on my 03 legacy and its such a easy job. But the loaded drivers side has almost no room for "movement". But i used a breaker bar to make sure it did not spring out on me

[@Smeedia]

That’ll get ya from time to time 😅 gotta be super gentle with it or it’ll spin over

[@domziixayya]

@@Smeedia it's like a horror movie jump scare

[@johnlexus1]

Im actually looking at crosstrek now, had a soch myself, those headgask single layer were trash

[@Smeedia]

Big facts, swapping to MLS is the way in these SOHC. What year crosstrek you looking at? 👀

[@colin8449]

sir can you put that funnel kit in the description pls, very nice video!

[@Smeedia]

Added 🫡

[@bradgreen987]

Nice tutorial. Why did they go to chains on the FA motors? I heard they can stretch like the belts

[@Smeedia]

Just a design change, nothing wrong with the chain set ups. Personally I prefer the belts. But either option gets the job done 🫡

[@cascadianrallyteam9023]

Did it have green coolant in it to start with?

[@Smeedia]

It was kinda yellow brown lol but I’m assuming at one point it was green

[@H3xyexe]

At this you might as well start a business get them laminate cards I’d be there like every other day 😂

[@Smeedia]

😅😅😅

[@StreetRacingR34]

Could you do a video on swapping a JDM EJ25 on a similar forester.

[@Smeedia]

If the opportunity ever comes up yes 🫡

[@StreetRacingR34]

You’re the man!

[@zeblackcat9398]

This is giving me flashbacks of doing the timing on my old bugeye wagon, and again on my grandpas fozzie shortly before he passed. Subarus imo are the easiest damn cars to do timing on. Same with pulling the motors in my experience, especially since my wrx didn't have AC at all lol Great vid, I never knew the autos n manuals had differing timing kits on these lol

[@Smeedia]

Small differences between the two of em. Subarus in general are one of the easiest cars to work on IMO. Everything’s suuuuuuper accessible 🔥

[@rustyshackleford81]

​@@Smeediaunless it's under the intake and the bolts might strip, or the stock location ewg. But that one's voluntary, you chose to do that to yourself "myself" easy on a lift, 5x worse on jack stands

[@francomora6043]

Hey tanner I know it's way out of subject. But what car cover do u recommend for 2019 subaru wrx. Water proof please. Because my car will be outside under a shed.

[@Smeedia]

I’ve also snagged em from Costco 😅 they’re universal but seem to work well

[@Christosan88]

Aisin is the Subi mechanic secret lol, Gates is cool too, but watch out for the water pump, or get it w/out the water pump, and get an aisin water pump (rockauto).

[@Smeedia]

Ever since gates started playing vendor swap with their parts I stopped using em. Been an Aisin fan boy now 😅

[@conqueeftador2808]

When are you gonna restock your store my ex stole my smeedia hoodie and I need another

[@Smeedia]

Have some here, working out another built EJ giveaway to go with the next drop 🫡

[@yoxsebas3379]

aye tanner what’s a good torque wrench half inch specifically?

[@Smeedia]

Gear wrench has been my go to 🫡

[@TheCarGuy91]

I had two gc”s. A 2000 and an 01. They are my fast by any means but man I had a lot of fun with them. Not a hard motor to work on at all.

[@Smeedia]

Super user friendly engines and they can take a beating 🔥

[@SuperWeehoo]

@smeedia You really need to make your own Subaru “chiltons” manual, Brother!

[@Smeedia]

At this point I might as well 😅

[@SuperWeehoo]

@@Smeedia I would definitely buy a “Smeedia Subaru Mechanics Bible”!

[@adrianRSbuild]

What brand do you use for the radiator no spill kit ?

[@Smeedia]

Amazon special 🫡

[@emilianozapata5308]

How did you get the outer two pulley wheels back on the timing marks ? My two are lookin like the ones in your video. Thnx !

[@roybrown7717]

can you do a timing chain? i belive FAs use them

[@Smeedia]

When the opportunity comes up yes I can 🫡

[@eugeneholycross3993]

You left out pulling the engine sending the heads to be decked and installing MLS head gaskets. 😂😂😂

[@Smeedia]

Only do that when needed 😂😅

[@06Salvi_LGT]

I wanna do this on my 06 LGT, I haven't seen a video on the DOHC and I'm scared of messing up the timing, any recommendations?

[@Smeedia]

I’ve got some videos to walk you through it, couple extra tools you’ll need but it’s not too bad to do 🫡

[@06Salvi_LGT]

@@Smeedia thank you! Will take a look at them.

[@Culinaryreject]

When you say 4 rib vs 5 rib, what exactly does that mean? About to look at my wife’s Ascent and want to make sure I don’t get them mixed up 😅

[@Smeedia]

The grooves, if you look at the belts the AC belt will have 4 grooves and the accy belt will have 5 🫡

[@jjoop]

I try to do valve adjustment when im in there too

[@Smeedia]

Never hurts, the SOHC engines are pretty nice to do in car 💪

[@Aaron_Maher]

Hi I’ve a question on the timing belt kits I’ve seen some for sale online for the Aisin TKF-001 kits for the EJ25 but there listed for 99-05 Impreza and forester. I have a 2006 Impreza and a 2000 Legacy both with a manual EJ25. Will that kit still fit these models as I would have imagined there the same engine ? Thanks

[@fulltimetrader48]

What timing belt kit do I need for a 2006 Subaru forester X non turbo Automatic transmission? Amazon says that the manual and automatic need different timing belts?

[@ozokudori5419]

Are these engines interference? My roommate has the same car and it munched a belt. I think the tensioner broke. Is it possible the valves didn’t meet the pistons? Just trying to determine if it’s worth the money and time.

[@reaper352c5]

i need to do this to mine. it has 116472 miles on it. not sure if its already been changed.

[@Smeedia]

Not too hard to knock out at home 🫡🥳

[@MichaelSvenson]

Wait, don't you need to put the new tensioner through a bleeding process before installing it?

[@stunadracingteam5909]

I have a 2013 wrx with 60k miles when should I have it done?

[@Smeedia]

Last year lol either every 100k miles or 10 years

[@tommanning7337]

😎👍🏻👍🏻

[@Smeedia]

TOM 🥳🥳🥳

[@jamesfarley4504]

Hey do you know a mechanic I could use to install my kit? I'm in WA Tacoma/Seattle area

[@CJ-if1ry]

I made a mistake and bent and damaged a section of the radiator when trying to remove the crank pulley with a larger 22 mm. My stupid mistake. I guess I need a new radiator now?

[@Scoobarruu]

So do you need your fill up the water pump with coolant before installing so it doesn’t fall like on your old 07 STI? 😂

[@TheGhungFu]

I would add, be careful removing the 10mm timing cover bolts. If they are tight/corroded, the rivnet thingys in the rear plastic timing cover will break out. The timing cover won't seal well and replacing those rear covers means you have to remove the pulleys to replace the covers.. Really sucks.

[@Smeedia]

Have had this happen on a TON of turbo engines. Always gotta replace the covers after 😢

[@aliensfilmedit9524]

i did this and the heads and i put it back in the car and i got it to idle once and not it just turns on and shuts off

[@Smeedia]

😮😮 any CELs?

[@aliensfilmedit9524]

@@Smeedia i can’t get it to idle long enough to even get codes i don’t think

[@alimodeste]

HEY Smeedia, can you please give me a link to purchase an overhauling /rebuild kit for my SF5 ENG. ENG code SFR113663. THANKS

[@Smeedia]

What exactly are you looking for?

[@alimodeste]

@@Smeedia COMPLET TIMING BELT KIT , PISTION RINGS , CRANK BEARINGS SEAL KIT EVERYTHING NEEDED TO REFRESH THIS ENG , THANKS

[@95transam65]

Bro Tanner, you got some bots in the comments!

[@Smeedia]

Removed them so they should be gone now 🫡

[@95transam65]

@@Smeedia 👌🙏

[@seanmchenry4187]

Why not do the head gaskets while you're in there since those motors are known to blow them more than others.

[@Smeedia]

If it ain’t Broke don’t fix it, no need to spend the money replacing a head gasket that is still good. Also costs way more for a customer to have their head gasket done vs a timing belt job

[@uknterror508]

@@Smeedia dude really said "hey while youre doing a timing belt job why dont you rebuild the entire engine, you know, while youre in there"

[@odrctrx754]

My video is much more realistic 😅

[@Davorox1]

Checking in Chief 🫡 Always appreciate the how to's 🤙🏼

[@Smeedia]

I try to add new ones whenever I can 🫡

[@MrSlacky69]

hi mate i bought a kit and everything in kit in japan made but no lines on belt as was separate post . so do i order another or do you know measure lines and distinct . thanks