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I'd love to see some pictures of the PT4WD 1.59 low-Dual Range EA82 5 speed. Thanks!

Thank you everyone. looks like I'll be heading to Autozone for a re-man'ed alt very shortly. time to do drive belts anyway. Thanks again.

so i'm driving home from work, and my "charge" light starts coming on at low idle, and above 2500 rpms... as the rpms increase past 2500, the charge light gets brighter and brighter. is this a tell-tale sign of a dying alternator? or something else perhaps? battery is strong, only 2 1/2 yrs old. 140k miles, ea-82 spfi. whats the average death-mileage of a stock alternator? anyone have similar experiences? thanks!

great info! thanks!

I'm shopping for a 98ish outback, 2.5L 5-speed awd. wondering what sort of issues I can expect, common problems, things to look out for, etc. also I'm wondering what kind of mild modifications can be done to increase power. any easy ECU upgrades for these engines? any major restrictions in the exhaust or is it well balanced? thanks in advance!

Removing the EGR does not effect your engine life or your mileage. EGR is only present to reduce emmissions. Toyota ditched their EGR systems in the year 2000. They opted, instead, to add a second catalytic converter. They did this for two reasons: 1: maintain low emmissions 2: increase reliability... EGR valves fail, vacuum lines crack / rupture / get cut / accidentally pulled out / etc... a second catalytic is a much more reliable way to maintain low emmissions. just thought you might like to hear another side to the story. continue dead horse beating...

found a bunch on www.car-part.com great resource for junkyard shopping.

Wondering if its possible to direct swap a non-turbo MPFI EA-82 into an '86 GL-10 that has a dead MPFI EA-82 Turbo engine? any wiring harness / ecu issues? For that matter, could I swap in an SPFI EA-82 into the car? again, any wireing harness / ecu issues? I'm having a hard time finding a good used EA-82 (MPFI w/turbo) engine, but I am finding lots of EA-82 (MPFI w/o turbo) engines thanks in advance!

How about $25 (shipping included) for a pair to the lower 48 states? I'll need some time to pull my EGR in order to make a template though.

Agreed, 100%. free bumpage for an excellent read. I've been through a similar situation with my toyota tacoma 4-cylinders (yes, plural). The EGR dumps so much carbon and crap back into the intake manifold, that the EGR simply isnt worth having on the engine in the first place. Prolonged existance of the EGR system leads to carbon buildup in the combustion chamber, which causes pinging if left uncleaned. nothing a can of sea-foam cant fix... but long story short, definately kill the egr. Removing the EGR HAS (in my experience) raised Exhaust Gas Temperatures, but nothing drastic. If anything, I've noticed a boost in MPG (not sure if thats attributed to lowered intake air temps, or higher exhaust temps). anywho... sounds like we need some EGR block plates. I'd be happy to cut some block plates out at work. I work with 304L and 316L stainless all the live long day. Just want to throw a feeler out there before I dig myself a big hole.... who all would be interested in some nice stainless steel EGR block plates? say... Polished 304L SS, 1/4" - 3/8" thick? what would be a fair price for a pair?

how do you figure? I've personally witnessed 2jz turbo dyno passes with a stock bottom end pushing 900+ rwhp. now if you're refering to the 7mgte engine out've the older mk3 supras... then yes, they were notorious for head gasket failure. simple solution, arp head studs and a stainless steel head gasket. sorry for the rant, but I'm a die-hard toyota fan, so I just couldnt let this comment slide.

what year make and model subees came with the ej20 stock? thats where you'll find your donor wiring harnesses & ecus. I take it that the ej20 doesnt bolt up to the older transmissions? (wishful thinking)

http://www.ni-mo.com/subaru.htm EA-82 NA or Turbo for $550 plus shipping (so figure $600) Great deal. Santa's bringin me one for christmas...

Thank you guys soooo much... I thought I was going to have to do a tear down or something more major than I really wanted to. Thanks again!

My '89 wagon (EA82 SPFI) has been sitting for a couple of months. I fired it up today and it's making a LOT of clacking noise... it was not doing this two months ago when it was my daily driver. checked oil, its full. not sure when the last time the valve lash was checked, I'll try that and see what happens. is it possible that a seal of some kind has dried up in the oil pump from beeing in storage for so long? anyone with similar situation? advice? gracias!