[2005 Legacy 2.5 po3004 I have had 4 #4 injectors go bad.]

The car had po304 code and fuel in the oil. It has new coil, wires and plugs. I bought 4 cheep eBay injectors and replace #2 and #4 injectors. A fey days later po304 came back so I thought why did I buy cheep injectors. I replaced #4 with another one of the eBay injectors. A few days later #4 was bad again so I replaced #2 and #4 with new Denso injectors. Again po304 a few days later. This time I confirmed a bad injector by swapping #2 and #4 and got po302.The injector ohms at 30. If the top fuel line is supply and the bottom is return #4 is the first to get fuel. It has an in tank fuel filter so I am thinking of adding a fuel filter under the hood. What do you think???

[2.5 xt heads on a 2.0 wrx block]

A friend has a Forester 2.5XT and need a short block. He has found a WRX parts car and wants to know if the 2.0 block will work with his heads. I tried to serch the forum but could not find anything.

 

[99 2.2 heads on a 96 block?]

Short answer is yes. Match head gaskets to the heads if installing on a 2.2 block.

If using a 2.5 block use head gaskets for the turbo 2.5.

I should have added, both are 2.2l.

Any problem with the 96 bolting to the 99 trany?

[99 2.2 heads on a 96 block?]

Tried to search but got conflicting results.

Will a 99  2.2 heads work on a 96 block?

The head gasket part numbers are not the same so I am thinking no..

[Swapping a 2.5 for a 2.2.]

the 99 2,2 will not swap into the 99 obw 2.5L car.

 

but the 95 - 98 ej22 will, IF, IF, IF it has the needed EGR. this is usually found in the cars with the auto trans. so think of the 99 ej25 car as a 98 and swap away.

 

the 99 does have the 8 bolt phase 2 block, but every thing else is the same as a 98. just use the bolts that work and go ahead on.

 

ej22 swap list is the same for 99 is the same as the ej25 cars 96 - 98.

in order of preference:

1. 95 ej22 w/ EGR (usually auto trans car)

2. 96 ej22 w/ EGR (usually auto trans car) you will need the exhaust y-pipe.

3. 97 - 98 ej22 w/ EGR (usually auto trans car) need the y-pipe.

 

the 95 - 97 engines will have 2 small metal lines on the front of the intake near the top rad hose that you will not need. they are supposed to go to the charcoal canister, but the 99 canister is in the rear. so i connect them to each other and call it a day.

 

if if is an auto trans car, use the flex plate that came with the ej25 engine.

and if available use the power steering lines that came from the ej22 car. you don't need them but the install will be cleaner.

 

 

about your 99 ej25, it is probably puking coolant because when you removed the t-stat you also removed the gasket that seals the plastic pipe to the water pump. it sounds like you do have a bad head gasket and the overheating the seller failed to tell you about probably blew the rad. so a swap is probably best. but it may not be as bad as you think. but it is definitely UNKNOWN.

 

note: when talking to parts yards, i tell them what i am looking for, i never tell them what i am going to do or what car i'm working on. usually they only know what the interchange (what fits) software tells them and they get confused or say it will not work. sometimes they will void the warranty, if there is one.

 

good luck.

 

Correct me if I am wrong.

I have an early 1998 Legacy GT 5 speed car I want to swap a 2.2 from a late 1998 Legacy auto trany car [i will double check for the EGR].

Is this a direct swap using the 2.2 Y pipe? The flywheel from the 2.5 works on the 2.2?

I got the GT with the possibility of just a head gasket but it was way over heated.

Chris