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How about you? When are you going to pony up $100.00:eek: and tell us what you think? Just kidding. Your co worker must have a lot of $$$$

You should really check for the return spring before the bearings. It's a lot less $$ and work and the symptoms described are very much like what the missing or broken spring causes.

I'm not sure if they all are but my 2003 is premum gas. Great engine though, MPG same as my 2.2 MT 25MPG. Haven't worked on it yet, it does fillup the engine compartment! Congrads DAD! That's the best ride of all!!

Gary, you could very well be correct. When I was looking for a ej22 the boneyard guy asked several times if it was AT or MT. When I asked him why he told me what I stated in my post that legecys MT EJ22s were non egr. The underhood sticker however is the bottom line which is why I mentioned it. If the sticker reads CA emissions and the vac routing shows non egr I'm pretty sure that is what they'll go by on a visual. Of course if there's a CEL all bets are off.

ej22's installed in legacy's equipped with MT up to 1997 did not have egrs. If I read your thread correctly it's a 95 w/ a MT and the wring harness does not have a connector for a egr? If there is no CEL for a egr then you should be OK. It is very confusing especially when the CA emissions is thrown in. The under hood sticker for the vac routing will show whether or not a egr was originally installed on the car. That is what they'll go by. Check the sticker it'll also indicate if CA emissions.

My .2, soobs are the easist cars I've ever worked on. I've been DYI since age 16 I'm 54 now I've worked on hundreds of different cars hands down soobs have it. Expensive? Seems to me at least more parts are dealer only and some parts need to be original equpiment or the car doesn't run right so that part is probably true. However the bang for your buck is better with a soob.

In addition to all that Gary stated. Around here RI MA CT if you can find a running EJ25 it's upwards of $1500. A EJ22 of the same miles / vintage is usally under $500. There are alot more running EJ22's than EJ25's.

I've got a 1997 OBW with a 1996 2.2 transplant and a 5spd. Does it get any better? NO:grin:

If you have a MM connect it to the battery with the car running @ idle you should see 13.5 - 14.5 DCvolts. That will tell you that the alt is working. As to what burned the link to begin with is a job for a shop. If the battery was bad enough it could have had an internal short that would have fried the link to save the alt.

The wife took the car in for inspection today at a local Subaru dealer. It didn't pass because the rear brakes need to be changed. They also told her it needs plugs, oil, trans, diff fluid. These guys are getting desprate for business. I didn't check the rear brakes but I did check all the fluids at the used car lot and changed the oil and filter when I got it home. When I called them and told them I do my own work you got almost hear the guys heart sink. I didn't have the heart to ask him why he's checking fluids as part of an inspection. I thought it was telling though that the only fluid that they didn't mention was BRAKE FLUID! The used car dealer is going to do the brakes tomorrow. I'm not doing anything myself that should have been done by dealer before the sale.

Sounds like the shifter return spring is broke / missing. Very cheap part to buy a little tricky to install with the shifter in. There used to be a thread on this before the site was hacked. My 97 5spd did the same thing drove it for months like that, annoying noise but it would hurt anything.

The pulley in the 1st pic looks to me to be the ac pulley which has nothing to do with the water pump. The T-belt drives the waterpump which is under the t-belt cover and not seen in that pic at least by me. Does the overflow tank have bubbles in it when the motor is running? Bubbles are big trouble and indicate a bad HG. You say the HG's were changed, were the heads machined? If not that could be a problem especally if the motor overheated. What year is the motor?

Sometimes thicker oil is not the answer because it doesn't get into the very small oil paths in todays engines. Thicker oil can cause no oil delivery where it's needed.

Maybe that's the small exhust leak nipper mentioned early.

Skip this is the new gen section. He's got a 98 lego my 97 is a wgn so it has 2 he didn't specfy what he has hence; You'll have 2 if you have rear washers.

The sprocket just slides off. Try wrapping the old belt around it and pulling that should get it off without damaging anything. I'd replace the O ring. I'm usually of the thought, if it works don't fix it but why do a job twice for a nickel and dime part.

Nipper, here's a few possible causes for p420. Number 2, 3, 5 and 6 has possiblites. 1.Leaded fuel was used where unleaded was called for 2.An oxygen sensor is not reading (functioning) properly 3.The engine coolant temperature sensor is not working properly 4.Damaged or leaking exhaust manifold / catalytic converter / exhaust pipe 5.Retarded spark timing 6.The oxygen sensors in front and behind the converter are reporting too similar of readings

Nipper, was wondering how you made out with this? The CEL I mentioned in my reply is a P0141 the heater circuit in the #2 sensor is bad. I'm going to look at the sensor tomorrow PM see if there's actual damage. The CEL has come back 2x's now after clearing it so I'll be ordering one regadless what it looks like. Unless it's unplugged!

You drive 500 miles a day?!?!?

Bottom of the tank. You'll have 2 if you have rear washers. The pump for the front is at the bottom. When your rear washer stops pumping water its time to add. The rear pump is the upper one it runs out 1st.

+++1 to all of what he said.

if the gov't really does impose a cost cap that's yet another severe violation of the almost forgotten Constitution of the United States Someone as forgotten about the wage and price controls imposed during the 1970's. It's coming round again soon comrade.

Try turn your headlights on for a minute before starting. This gets the battery "warm" without putting a big load on it. I throw hot water on my door then spray it down with WD 40 after I open it to displace the water. shut the lights off before starting.

The ej22 I put into my OBW this past fall now has 210k on it, 9K I've put on myself. Burns maybe a qt in 5k miles. I've got another one with 150k waiting for a car that needs it. The one in the wife's former car has a ej22 with 170K doesn't burn oil but does rap some and I've got one in a 96 imp with 160K that runs so quiet you almost can't hear it. Just for comparison I've got a 96 ej25 with 60K HG blown piece of junk motors:mad:

That day is coming. They just have to "loan" more $$$. Captialism is being killed off slowly but it's dying:mad: