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Hello folks, I have a '91 Legacy I bought to put the motor in a VW Vanagon, but I was lately thinking about using the Subaru as a car. The front pulley bolt had come loose and the key way(s) were damaged, it was cheap & I towed the Legacy home. I just pulled the engine and the flex plate was still attached to the torque converter but it had ripped itself loose at the engine in a ring around those 8 bolts. This is only the 2nd Subaru engine I've pulled apart... Is this a common thing? Any idea 'why' this happened? Is the transmission (2wd) trashed? Does this point to more engine damage? Thanks! Rob

Hello folks, This is my first post here, but it's my first problem with my '91 Subaru 2.2 since I put it in my Vanagon. The 2.2 has 138k miles on it. The other day I started it and had a tick-tick-tick-tick. I did a compression check (cold) and had 200 psi in #4 and 100 psi in #2. That's 50 psi more in #4 than the last warm compression test I did and 50 psi less in #2. I'm thinking the #2 is an honest cold compression. This is my first problem with a Subaru engine and the first time I've ever had TOO much psi in a compression check. Any ideas on what would cause more pressure in a cold compression check? Thanks, Rob