Got to work Fri morning, heard a loud bearing type noise coming from the engine on my 02 Outback 2.5 with 285,000 miles on it which very quickly turned into a screech, shut the car off. Went to work and i would have to figure it out when i got back to my car at the end of the day.
So when I went to start it went clunk and it wouldn't start, had the car towed home and figured it had to be something to do with the timing belt, when I got it apart the lower idler pulley had disintegrated and the timing belt had definitely slipped.
Now since the engine wasn't running at the time and no compression in the engine I don't think I could have done any damage. Anybody got any feedback?
CR
So when I went to start it went clunk and it wouldn't start, had the car towed home and figured it had to be something to do with the timing belt, when I got it apart the lower idler pulley had disintegrated and the timing belt had definitely slipped.
Now since the engine wasn't running at the time and no compression in the engine I don't think I could have done any damage. Anybody got any feedback?
CR