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Subject:Re: Oil light flickering-Subaru cold start noises.
From:Mark Dearing
Date:Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:28:19 EST

In a message dated 2/10/2011 9:19:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
mcneely4@COX.NET writes:

At 13K  miles I was returning home from work on I-64 east of Lexington, KY
when the  car lost all power and the engine was dead.  I had it towed to the
 dealership, where it was determined that a timing belt was broken, and
that  the timing belt was a "wear item," and anyway, the warranty had  elapsed.

heydave you were lucky it was the old subbie , new ones will bend the
valves , old 1.8L OHC just dies, seemed to always be the dizzy drive belt that
breaks on them.  later  mark d