On 5/28/2015 7:18 AM, Helpful person wrote:
> On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 12:14:09 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> OTOH, Subarus have always had good press but when I'd see them on the
>> side of the road, I knew exactly what happened to them - broken timing
>> belt. That's easy enough to fix. To bad they're a drag to drive.
>
> As many of the Subaru engines have an interference design if the timing belt breaks the engine is destroyed. They can't be "fixed".
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com
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It's untrue that a broken cam belt will destroy an engine. I suppose it
could happen - I suppose anything can happen. Most of the time, you just
replace bent valves.

At the time that I had my subaru, the engine was a non-interference
design. I could also tell you if your belt was gonna break because the
belt would de-laminate and make a most peculiar noise. I must be some
kind of damn genius!