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on my 2.2 that im swapping into my OBW there is a rear cover that appears to be for the pcv system and it leaks.. its behind the clutch and flywheel. it appears to be a plastic cover, thou i havent taken it off yet. do they make a steel cover if this one is indeed plastic, and is there a gasket for it, or just use RTV?? if there are replacement parts, do you guys have part numbers for them? its a 96 2.2l

completely agree on oem gaskets. already bought a set. every subaru that ive ever worked on its exhaust has gotten oem gaskets (and its quite a few from ripping them off in the woods back in the day). i tried aftermarkets once and they leaked within 1000 miles. im using my complete exhaust except for the front pipe, so ill keep the better set up. cant wait for the rest of the parts to get here so i can tear into this project!

YEAH CONNIE THAT SUX!! if its blowing white smoke, im thinkin the HG is toast. if u decide to sell it for parts, let me know i might be interested!

i dunno it has one sticking out the front like my outback, the other sticks straight out the top about 6 inches back. i thought it was odd too?? love the way you can drop the entire exhaust system in one piece thou. that was nice, figured id have to cut some muffler bolts, but it wraps under the rear axle instead of over it.

yeah im syked about it.. cant wait till its all together and done!! ill hit subaru tomorrow and get some exhaust manifold gaskets and front cat gasket. i also need to order inner and outer left side timing cover. hoping to rip that parts car apart in the next few days if all goes well, ill let you know how that left rear hub looks when i get it off.

donor motor is out and on an engine stand. its amazingly clean behind the timing covers with absolutely no signs of oil leaking. basically new belt, waterpump, valve cover gaskets, plugs, wires, pcv, and clutch kit, and im ready for install!! cant wait. as soon as the clutch kit comes in, im going to finish it. was going to do seals, tensioners, etc... but it all looks mint, and quiet as can be, so why fix it if it aint broke lol. quick question on the exhaust thou. this car has both 02 sensors in the front cat. my OBW has one in the front, one in the rear resonator on the center pipe. should i use the whole exhaust from the 2.2, or unbolt it b4 the cat and just use the actual Y from the 2.2?

you would think that subaru wouldve put an access hole in the frame rail... like they did on the SVXs. no wait, thatd make too much sense. maybe subaru thinks.... hey lets stuff a motor in there that grenades headgaskets and for shyts and giggles lets make the plugs a complete PITA....

try changing/flushing the fluid. thats where id start if you think its freezing up on ya.

yeah, im swapping it into a manual trans car. so hope it all goes nice and smooth... i just ordered new clutch kit, and new timing overhaul kit (belts/tensioners/water pump/seals/gaskets/etc...) so as soon as those parts are in, this swap is ON!!! cant wait.. should be good to go for atleast 100k with it all freshened up.

ok cool, so i should be good to go. my car is 97 OBW 5spd, so the 96 2.2l 5 spd ecu, with pin 81 grounded should hopefully make me CEL FREE thatd be sweet!!

i am in the same boat here.. 97 obw 5spd man trans 2.5l w/egr is coming out, non-egr 2.2l is going in. i have the entire car, so should i swap ECU or not. how do you count the pins to know which one is 81??

oh ok.. ill try and run the car thru emissions b4 i do the swap, because i have no CEL on right now. seems like everytime i try and search on here, i can never find what im looking for having that CEL on doesnt affect the 2.2l does it? will it affect gas mileage etc.. just curious i am going to need a left outer t-belt cover if anyone has an extra laying around. ill post in parts needed section too

I found my donor car with a 2.2l 102k miles. it doesnt have the egr, so gary, im wondering if you ever tried swapping ECUs with a non egr motor to hopefully avoid CELs?? i bought the entire car, a 96 legacy 2.2l 5spd AWD, the motor is going into my 97 OBW 5spd AWD. should i try and swap the ECU from the 96 along with the engine swap?? also, just curious if the 5spd AWD trannies are the same and geared the same between the 2 cars. inwhich case i may swap the entire engine/trans into my car.

but who cares what kind of MPG your getting really gary.... i mean c'mon your rocking a lifted xt6 and im jealous!!!

could you have put a t-belt on a tooth or two off? not sure thatd mess with the electrical or not, but you may have 2 problems. timing off, and or electrical connection. are both 02 sensors plugged in? mine ran like crap with a bad 02, could only imagine if it wasnt plugged in how itd run. check the rear one especially, maybe when you dropped the exhaust, you messed up the plug. when i changed mine and tried unplugging it, the wires pulled out of the plug from years of abuse from road and snow debris etc... glad i had gone with the exact fit sensors instead of the universal ones..

ANTI SEEZE the bolts b4 you put them back on and im sure youll never have a problem getting them off again. im sure years of weather and corrosion on them is what makes them so tight in the first place.

yeah gary, its freakin sweet!! im very tempted to do mine, but dont want to get rid of the air suspension because it all works great. but hey, maybe when it fails, this will be a good option. you cant bend the mounts for the rear struts so they wont be on an angle and leak?? hey those forester wheels are 16in?

LOOKS AWESOME so on that post it says you got all the bugs out.. here you said you cant get the rears to stop leaking?? no sweat drilling a hole in the front for the airline... but i dont want leaky rears thou

the gallery should have a lifted xt6!! what could i order for my xt6? would it be any ea82 stuff? my car still has the working air suspension, so not sure if thatd be a problem or not. im sure gary can chime in here thou.... gary any pics of your xt6 lifted?

ill check it out.. whats his website or username here?? ooohhhh, a lifted xt6.. i may have to buy a kit for my 6 too

ok, so im wondering if there are any lift kits available for the outback wagons?? ive got a 97 OBW 5spd and would love to lift it and put some bigger tires on it. im thinking this will be the last season for my plow hatch (87 hatch hi/lo w/6ft plow) because its getting pretty rusty. so im hoping that i can make my outback wagon into the next subaru plow car...

YUP thats mine i still have it too, it works awesome!! next month it will be trailered up to our place in new hampshire that we rent for the winter for snowmobiling... it plows snow better than most full size trucks. the first year up there, the neighbors couldnt believe it. i was plowing the whole road (private rd) and our driveway with it.... i love that car.

i agree with you martin. subaru produced a HUGE flawed engine in both the phase I and phase II 2.5s. i think its ridiculous!! id like to bittch slap whoever designed these motors their fix... heres some stop leak to put in it!! ive owned more subarus than i can even remember or count, and love the brand, but absolutely HATE this 2.5 motor!! i didnt do research before i bought my OBW and got hosed buying it with bad HGs because i didnt know what to look for. i was told i was stupid to run the 2.5 into the ground, that i should fix it.. HA are you kidding me.?. to only have to take it apart in 50k miles again and do the job again.?. nah.. ill be patient, find a good 2.2l, and in the meantime run this 2.5 into the ground!! oil change, it saw its last one before i bought it... i honestly cant wait to blow it up, i just hope i find a good 2.2 for it before i do

im not afraid of changing the intake. i was just hoping for a plug and play motor. but ive been running the car with bad headgaskets by using a stant lev-r-cap radiator cap, with the lever open, and its been running good so far with 2k miles on it this way. so im in no rush to get a motor, because im not changing this one until its complete toast, or i need to replace the clutch. problem is, ill be using my friends garage when i do swap the motor, so i want it to just be as easy a swap as possible, i dont want to run into the unknown/overlooked problems. so a JDM is out of the question at this point. im not drilling and tapping EGR holes..... ultimately id love to find a nice low mileage 95 2.2l auto to plug right in.... but those sure seem few and far between..... id settle for a 96-98 thou too and change the exhaust manifold, thats not a big deal, but most i see have close to or over 200k on them.

oh ok, i assumed they were a plug and play ej25. then ill just keep my eyes out for a good 2.2, or us 2.5 then.