jaz666

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i have bought a damaged blob eye impreza and i can see a damaged pulley and belt right next to the passenger side wheel. its right down by the floor. anyone know cos i havnt got a clue.

if any one can help let me know, so i can get my new toy back on the road.

cheers
jaz

Spec'c'57

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Cambelt pulley??? A/C is on passenger side but top of engine...

jaz666

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bugger. anyone know what has happened to the engine if this pulley is damaged and belt come off? how much to fix?

Spec'c'57

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have seen them replace a pulley/belt and the engine is fine, BUT dont hold me to it everytime...

jaz666

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i hope so, it seems to be a plastic pulley. the belt is still ok but the pulley has shattered.

joey_turbo

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Got any pics?
On classics, the air con pulley is on the passenger side, but it obviously different on blobeyes then.

jaz666

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i just got it delivered and it was dark so i will post pics tomorrow.

Spec'c'57

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His damaged pulley is on the passenger side BUT lower down than the A/C pulley

joey_turbo

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I thought he meant it is lower down because it has snapped off, and is hanging by the belt.

jaz666

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no it is still in the same place but the plastic casing is shattered and so is the pulley. the belt is still in the same place but hasnt got a pulley to go around.

ticky

Its sounds to me that you have a broken passenger side exhaust cam wheel. So your timing belt is off.
I would remove the plastic covers from the same damage side to check the inlet cam wheel.
With the cam wheel being broken its a possibilty you may have some bents valves?
If your lucky you may only need a new cam wheel & timing belt with covers etc. Refit & pray nothing internally was damaged.

Ticky

jaz666

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here is the pulley in question. ive pointed to it in one pic. is there any chance at all that my valves wont be bent? if they are- what repair bill am i looking at?

Jay m A

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Thats the cam pulley allright

If the guy slammed his brakes on and stalled the engine before impact, you might have got away with it, but I've seen heads that have cracked casings around the cam locators after similar impacts. Best get the rocker cover off and have a good look.

ticky

I was correct exhaust cam wheel smashed.

I have only seen 1 classic with similar damage to the front end (2 cam wheels broken). The owner (also my friend) decided not to take the engine apart (ie remove the heads) New cam wheels & timing belt where fitted & the engine ran sweet. Lucky for him.

For starters you will need a new timing belt, cam wheel & covers.
You need to strip down the damaged section ie all the plastic covers on the engine & make sure nothing else is damaged.

Check you timing belt tensioner & the smaller pullies.

merlin24

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If the Cam Timing jumped more than 3 teeth on "Impact" - you will have
bent Valves and possibly damaged Valve Guides.
Because of the design of the Heads,its the Inlet Valve to Exhaust Valve contact which causes the damage,not the Piston hitting the Valves.
Be worth getting a Cylinder Leakage Test(not Compression Test) done to be 100% sure.

jaz666

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thanks for your help guys. i will let you all know how it goes once i start working on it. i will do my best praying tonight that the engine is still sweet. lol. i cant complain though, i bought it cheap enough. if any one is wondering what car it is , its the car fast car magazine owned to do thier extreme run to the sun show in 2005.

scoobyman95

the head is probally damaged as this happen to me and had to have a new head put on tak valve cover off and there is a retainer that holds cam I bet it is broke???

Sti_Prodrive

first of all i want to know is that a WR1 you have right there ???

Midlife......

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Paintwork looks like WR Blue Mica to me .... not a WR1

jaz666

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no its a silver wrx. wish it was a wr1 though. lol

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gazza19800sti1

dont want to put a downer on this but if any cam wheel snaps it puts all engine timing out as belt would come slack , needs taking apart and all valves and both head checking really , like merlin say clt test will determine any bent valves to be right normally guides are fine as valve bends lower down . only bad thing is valves arnt cheap api probally your best bet and will get them fast . do clt first to see if any probs if that fine just replace belt etc and time it up .. gazza

jaz666

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cheers guys, i will get that compression/ leakdown test done after ive stripped all the front end off. im in the middle of buying exterior panels for both of the imprezas ive got at the moment.

how much am i looking at for repair bill on the engine? say worst case scenario?