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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Plymouth Wi. - Spitting distance from Road America
Posts: 966
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FWIW -
I just did the water pump (and thermostat, and timing belt, etc....) in my daughter’s Subaru last weekend.
This guy has M6 screws holding the water pump on. I never even had the chance to feel one of them snug up before it pulled the original threads out of the block.
So, yeah. Follow the torque spec.
*In my case, I was able to reach with a drill / tap and insert a heli-coil. But I wasn’t happy about needing to do it. My guess is that the block casting was not so great in that one specific area.
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