I have a three year old Tribeca, ( 2010), At its service at the dealers I have been told there is a Timing case leak, is this a common thing?, they want to charge $1,236.90 to fix it and say that it is an 8 hour job. Should I believe them and pay out the cash or seek a second opinion, seems a big problem for a 3 year old car?
It is a big job to replace the timing cover gasket everything between the engine and front bumper needs to be removed then the engine removed to do the job properly if everything goes well it's a 4 HR job if not 8hrs sounds about right
you could try an independent specialist mechanic for a second opinion
This is 2017 so if your Subaru is a 2010 it is 7 years old not 3
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Hello. Let me try to assist you the best I can, with the hope of achieving a FixYa rating from you for my assistance.
Changing the rear valve cover gasket on your vehicle would be not considered a "real" big job, but IS a time-consuming job.
In order to remove the rear cover, you first have to remove the intake plenum. If you do not remove the plenum, you can't get to the valve cover bolts that are under the plenum. After the plenum is off, the valve cover is easy to access. You will also need to replace the intake plenum gasket, if you do the job yourself.
I hope this information has satisfied your question.
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that would ba a big negative the only thing that runs inside that cover is oil now it could be either your water pump or thermostat housing if either one is near that cover the best thing to do is wash down the engine when its cold and once all clean run it and just sit and wait itll show up.. but to answer your question no.. no such thing as coolant in the timing cover
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the hoses from the transmission to the gadiatro is leaking. The timing cover might be leaking but acording to what I found from www.autozone.com the waterpump is not behing the timing cover. the hose coming off of the waterpump is leaking. If this helps this is how you remover the waterpump.
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u got me there if u changed water pump and gasket making sure to snug the bolts u should be ok,as far as ur timming cover i dond see that just happening you know dosent make much sense waking up in the morning and overmight ur timming cover bent unlkess u do some rouigh driving and maybe over heated it or just got hot u would know more than me about that subject,go thru again and snug the bolts,start it with a flash light crawl under the truck and get a better look at thing maybe pressure wash the block first hope this helps u any
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I had same prob,its the oil pum seal when you changed the water pump did you see the seal to left of the pump that i just pushed into place then later oil statred leaking again . and come to find out thats what needed do be replaced. did that and no more leak.
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