retslo Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 My 05 LegacyGT Limited Wagon (manual) suffered a water pump failure which caused timing belt to slip off and we are 3 teeth off in timing. Dealer is telling me that I need 2K (to install timing belt+pump+parts) and do the compression. If that shows that valves are bent we are looking at 5K (per their estimate). Car has around 154K miles on it - turbo and flywheel replaced about 30K ago (Subaru OEM). Make me an offer for whole car. I'm located in Amish Land of PA. Cheers, Sergej Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn06SpecB Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 so much fail in one thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 posted to 4th gen thread. someone will be in touch Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Febreze Mee Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 so much fail in one thread. It's frustrating. MILKRUN - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I was 3.5 teeth off once IIRC. Car was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbagump Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Pics, vin#, etc? Have friend who might be interested but this post needs quite a bit of work... Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retslo Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 I will get some pics once I visit the car at the dealership sometime today/tomorrow. Here is VIN: 4S3BP676656317514 What other details should I add? What else to "improve" the post. What should timing belt/water pump/compression work cost? I'm not excited about getting rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubOperator Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I will get some pics once I visit the car at the dealership sometime today/tomorrow. Here is VIN: 4S3BP676656317514 What other details should I add? What else to "improve" the post. What should timing belt/water pump/compression work cost? I'm not excited about getting rid of it. Timing belt and water pump are regular service items so with parts and labor it used to be between $1K and $1.5K - others please correct me if I am too off, I only paid for this once many years ago. Compression should another 2-3 hours worth of labor, so add another $400 - $500 even for very hungry dealer. Btw technically they do not need water pump to be tight to run compression test - they will have the spark plugs out anyway and run compression test by cranking the engine with the starter. it will be messy but they can drain the coolant first and then do it. They just need oil in the engine. I can't imagine paying for new timing belt and water pump service first and THEN doing the compression test. 2005 LGT Wagon Limited 6 MT RBP Stage 2 - 249K 2007 B9 Tribeca Limited DGM - 272K SOLD - 2005 OB Limited 5 MT Silver - 245K SOLD - 2010 OB 6 MT Silver - 205K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retslo Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 Thanks - will check with AZP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWebb Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 $500 I pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbagump Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Timing belt and water pump are regular service items so with parts and labor it used to be between $1K and $1.5K - others please correct me if I am too off, I only paid for this once many years ago. Compression should another 2-3 hours worth of labor, so add another $400 - $500 even for very hungry dealer. Btw technically they do not need water pump to be tight to run compression test - they will have the spark plugs out anyway and run compression test by cranking the engine with the starter. it will be messy but they can drain the coolant first and then do it. They just need oil in the engine. I can't imagine paying for new timing belt and water pump service first and THEN doing the compression test. Seems like a reasonable estimate... IF - valves didn't crash. If it was really only a couple teeth might be just fine. I've always done my own pump/timing. Can be done for ~$400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbagump Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) I will get some pics once I visit the car at the dealership sometime today/tomorrow. Here is VIN: 4S3BP676656317514 What other details should I add? What else to "improve" the post. What should timing belt/water pump/compression work cost? I'm not excited about getting rid of it. Yea, would have to be rather masochistic to get excited about something like this. Just this summer I've spent almost what my vehicle is worth just doing minor upgrades and refreshes. It's definitely a decision made out love for the car rather than any sort of reasonable monetary calculation. If you love your car enough you can justify all sorts of stupidity. ME - I'm sort of hoping my engine blows so I can go forged bottom end and some stupid 400HP build:icon_twis. Five speed is already starting to make some not good noise. 6speed swap here I come! Edited June 8, 2021 by bubbagump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retslo Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 Please close the thread. Car was unfortunately sold. Only Miata remains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWebb Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 $60 on the Miata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordiniLGT Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 $60 on the miata. $100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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