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Great info, so look for a 2000+ EJ20 or EJ22 and that should work with some minor modifications... will do that and for future reference I will take some side by side detailed pictures and post them to the forum. Thanks a million

Rosco did you find a resolution for your problem? I have a 2002 forester with the same problem, actually i need a motor mine is locked up and it has a big hole in the block here in Germany the 2.5l is also hard to find. Did you get a EJ22 or EJ20 for your car? I would like to talk to you and see what you have done... please email me gianfranco.bifulco@gmail.com

Hello I'm Military serving in Germany, I'm new to this forum and I'm in need of advice If i could get an expert answer would be wonderful. My 2002 forester EJ251 with automatic transmission locked up.. I can also see a hole in the block on the side of the alternator, the problem here is the only available engines here in Germany are the EJ18, EJ20, EJ22 the EJ25 are really hard to find, not to many germans like the 2.5L here. Anyways I'm wanting to swap my 2002 EJ251 with another engine, I found an EJ22 from a 07/1994 subaru really cheap but i can also get my hands on a EJ20 from 1998 or 99 My questions are 1. will the EJ22 or EJ20 bolt up to the AT transmission of my 2002 forester? I 2. Do i need to swap my heads off the EJ25 and bolt them to the EJ22 or EJ20? 3. Will the exhaust and intake manifold fit on the 94 EJ22 4. Would it be an easier swap with an newer EJ20, the 2.0l are all over the place.. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.. I did a lot of reading on this forum ad you all cleared and answered a lot of questions already, but it seems like there is a lot of talk about older models EJ25 so I'm not sure about the newer EJ25.. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Gian