Hey guys,
car: 99 Forester w/193k miles
So the car died on the freeway and just shut off. I brought it home and took the timing belt cover off to inspect. Apparently the cogged idler seized and shredded the belt - shown below in pics
So, just for the heck of it, I put a new pulley on it along with a new timing belt. I started up the car and it appears to run fine. Its a tad noisy with a type of clacking sound, however thats not too uncommon for these motors when cold. I don't know if its any louder than normal because its my friends car and I never really paid attention to it.
To confirm no damage, I decided to perform a compression test. I know a leakdown test would be better however I would believe that a very low number would confirm a bent valve not closing. The results are below and the results are 135-145 psi across all 4 cylinders.
What I'm looking for are some opinions or confirmation that the engine is fine prior to installing the new water pump and rest of the pulleys.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
PICS of shred belt: (crappy cell phone pic)
PICS of compression test:
Video of engine running with new belt and cogged idler installed:
Notice the "clacking sound"

car: 99 Forester w/193k miles
So the car died on the freeway and just shut off. I brought it home and took the timing belt cover off to inspect. Apparently the cogged idler seized and shredded the belt - shown below in pics
So, just for the heck of it, I put a new pulley on it along with a new timing belt. I started up the car and it appears to run fine. Its a tad noisy with a type of clacking sound, however thats not too uncommon for these motors when cold. I don't know if its any louder than normal because its my friends car and I never really paid attention to it.
To confirm no damage, I decided to perform a compression test. I know a leakdown test would be better however I would believe that a very low number would confirm a bent valve not closing. The results are below and the results are 135-145 psi across all 4 cylinders.
What I'm looking for are some opinions or confirmation that the engine is fine prior to installing the new water pump and rest of the pulleys.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
PICS of shred belt: (crappy cell phone pic)

PICS of compression test:




Video of engine running with new belt and cogged idler installed:
Notice the "clacking sound"
