FJuan Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Came across this video and wanted to see if anyone has encounter this and if they have had any issues. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qYmNXOhn_o]GATES Subaru Timing Kits: BUYER BEWARE! - YouTube[/ame] My wife's balls are delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outahere Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/gates-timing-belt-kits-no-longer-oem-like-251587.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJuan Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Thanks. Just bought the kit and was wondering if anyone had any good luck with it. I may just install the Japanese parts and not install the Chinese parts. My wife's balls are delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doobaruGT Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I wonder when this change occurred. I installed one when I did my cam and crank seals about 3 years ago and I haven't had any issues. That was probably around 40k ago or so. Having said that, I did not pay as close attention as I should have and would not have installed one of these had I noticed the label conflict. I'm interested to see what you find! GL! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Updated parts list since original part-out here. Original Full part-out of my LGT HERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubOperator Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I put a 307 kit (with new water pump) on my son's 05 OB NA about a month and a half ago. All pulleys and belt tensioner were made in Japan, timing belt made in US but the water pump in made in China. Got it from Amazon. The water pump WAS clearly labeled as made in China on the box. All parts except for water pump looked exactly like OEM parts I took off the engine. After I put the engine back in the car it does most of the time produce this muffled tapping sound that wasn't there before. I am not sure what it is, betting its either water pump, steering pump or may be valves - I adjusted the valves while doing heads. Could be small leak on the exhaust manifold on the left side- one of the screws stripped and I couldn't torque it completely to spec. The weird part is that the tapping sounds isn't always there, and it does not seem to relate to engine temperature much. There are few people that complained about this kit resulting on knocking noise on Amazon. I will wait and see if this gets worse by spring time. That said I had Chinese made Gates water pump installed on my 05 LGT years ago when doing 100K timing belt service; it's 194K now and this far didn't make any noise and didn't give me any problems(knock on wood). Will be doing the belt soon on LGT and sure will look for Aisin kit on Amazon... Here are the parts on the engine: http://legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=242390&stc=1&d=1482113851 and here is the label on the box: http://legacygt.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=242391&stc=1&d=1482113856 2005 LGT Wagon Limited 6 MT RBP Stage 2 - 248K 2007 B9 Tribeca Limited DGM - 258K 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...
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