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A friend of mine also suggested the library. Unfortunately we have only one car now and my husband can't use it to take care of some of these things as he is a parapalegic and our truck is manual. So I will have to try to do on my lunch hour or after I pick up the engine today. Anybody have any idea how heavy these engines are. I have a Toyota pickup that theoretically should be at leat a half ton so I'm hoping i won't have any problems transporting.

Not sure if you meant why or what. But I posted earlier about our engine seizing due to lack of oil plug. We wanted to go with the EJ22 motor but according to Emily at CCR starting with the 99 Forester we cannot do that. So we ended up buying an EJ25 at the local wrecker.

Sorry if this has already been posted. I'm having some computer issues. We are getting ready to replace the engine in our 99 Forester. I went ahead and purchased the Subaru service manual from ebay and was thinking about grabbing a Chilton's but have heard pretty negative things about them on this board for the Subarus. I am pretty confident in my mechanic's skills but it is always nice to have as much information and advice as I can get. Does anyone have any big warnings or suggestions on what to do or not to do before we get started. Thanks.

Skip, Thanks for the links. Do you know, or should I try to contact Imdew, which specific year and model would work to swap with our Forester? I have checked some of the local wreckers and the different between a used 99 Forester motor and a 95 Legacy motor is about $1,000. Pretty big difference. Thanks again.

Skip, Price is a huge factor as I need to replace my aging pickup truck as well and that was my goal for this year. Are you saying we could use an EJ22 instead of the EJ25. Because I will look into those as well. I have heard of a local company that sells used/rebuilt engines that a friend bought for her outback. Unfortunately she hadn't installed yet so I don't know how reliable this company is. I'm embarrased to say who changed the oil last. Let's just say he's not driving any of my rigs any more.

I have contacted CCR and asked for some price estimates. I am reading that you guys think it is better to replace than rebuild, especially given the type of damage we likely have. When I am looking to purchase a replacement motor should I stay away from a replacement motor that has been rebuilt or are used motors typically rebuilds. This is all new for me and I am not sure how it works. I guess the lesson learned here is for my husband not to be so free with loaning out the car. At least if we blew it up we'd have only ourselves to blame and not the added frustration of what ifs.

Thanks for all your comments. Would have posted sooner but couldn't get back on yesterday. Unfortunately, do to a combination of stupidity and bad luck it turns out the motor has seized. We lost the oil plug, oil drained out, engine died. We are giving our friend who was driving at the time the benefit of the doubt that there were no indications that hey maybe I should stop driving now before it actually died. So now we are pricing a rebuild, versus a used versus a new, etc. Anyone have any experience and/or recommendations on this.

Thanks. We will try all of the above and see what happens.

We have a 99 Forester that stopped running last night. A friend was driving and he said it lost power and then the engine quit and would not restart. We got it home today and tested the battery which seems good and tried to jump start it. But basically the car acts like it needs a battery as it won't turn over it just clicks. Apparently the CEL came on before it died as well. Can anyone point us in a direction to try to fix this. I'm sorry I don't have much more information than this. TIA