All you Subie owners need to adhere to the maintenance schedule when it come to the timing belts. If you bought a used one and have no proof of the timing belt "kit" (belt, idlers, tensioner and water pump) being done, you are taking a huge risk. And I would highly recommend you use factory parts, and not aftermarket. I've owned three Outback Legacy wagons, and two of the three had catastrophic failure...one failed
twice!
My '98 jumped time and bent all 16 valves when the 3 month old aftermarket timing kit failed. I had taken the car to a shop to have the work done, not that it mattered. My '99 Jumped time and bent all 16 valves with only 50,000 miles on a Gates timing kit. Turns out the hydraulic T-belt tensioner failed. I was so pissed off that I gave the car to my nephew, who replaced the heads and installed another new Gates timing kit in it. Well, 6 months later (2,000 miles), the hydraulic tensioner (again!) failed, and sure as shit stinks, all 16 valves were bent. Btw, the valves in these things don't make contact with the pistons when they jump time, the make contact with each other. Special!
I sold my '04 before I was forced to deal with this nonsense again. I will never again have a Subaru in my stable. Loved the weight and feel of the '99 and earlier ones. Beautiful driving cars, to be sure. But that boxer motor is a clinker, in my book. Only the earlier 2.2 was not an interference motor (I'm uncertain if the 3.0 6 cylinder was, or not).
Like I stated earlier, adhere to that maintenance schedule, and stick with OEM parts.
Rant over...