JohnD

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After subscribing to the WRX engine noise thread in the general forum, is there anyone who can tell me what MY's were affected by the cambelt hydraulic tensioner problem? I have suspicions regarding my 99MY, however, the noise is noticable only when the engine is fully hot at idle and I'm not even sure it's the tensioner, it may just be a characteristic sound.
JohnD

scoobyboy

well im not sure because i done a cambelt on a 'T' reg forester which had the modded tensioner i.e the green paint. but had a 01 my engine apart and it had the old type i.e the blue paint. it seems to be pick of the bunch on what type you got.

scoobyslut

Dont think this problem ascertains to a particular "MY", it is simply a replacement tensioner if sounding noisey.

JohnD

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I guess it's just a case of taking it in to a dealer and letting them listen (then going away and doing the job myself)
Cheers guys JohnD