ShawnW

You don't scrap the ea82 harness to do a swap on these usually you just either merge the harness or do a stand alone aftermarket setup.

Look into a Sure Shot and buying Brake cleaner by the 5 gallon pail if you are going thru it like that. Brake Clean 5 Gal bucket I saw the buckets at my local Autozone the other day.

I would clean the Air Flow Meter and use a spray cleaner meant for it. Parts stores do sell it but it can be hard to find. CRC sells a good one. If you just replaced an air filter and it was real dirty, and a little oily, you could have a blowby issue or clogged, dirty or aftermarket PCV valve installed that caused it to become very dirty.

I do agree with you. I do think the 2.2 swap is a good one but not for everyone. I have purchased 96-99 Outbacks that have had 3 or more sets of head gaskets installed. I speculate that at least half of the HG jobs done are not by the book, properly done, etc. I plan to sell and stock a conversion engine kit as a fully rebuilt Ej22 with the intake and necessary parts to install it thru my business alongside an EJ25. The 2.5 will be slightly cheaper than the 2.2 kit with intake manifold. Its just that much cheaper to rebuild and warranty an EJ22. The 2.2 swap has a couple drawbacks. 1. Power. 2. Torque. When passing, uphill, the 2.2 doesn't always have the umph to get you around a car on a 2 lane highway like the 2.5 does. 3. Availability. They are getting pretty scarce and when I do find them in the yard its common to find one with 2-300K miles on the old engine. Great for the previous owner but not confidence building to be taking out a 180K 2.5 quad cam engine and installing a 2.2 with at times double the miles. Its just not THAT great of an engine at that point in its life.

You are going to have to disconnect the rods+piston assemblies from the crankshaft at some point.

Next time the dealer tells you 5 days for something get on USMB and ask in the Subaru parts wanted section. Most of the time Priority mail would beat that by 3 days. I have at least 30 of them (used).

Pretty rare to see them fail but its possible. Estimate 250K miles before needing to consider it if you ask me. If you haven't already checked the back plate on the oil pump I would do that first along with cleaning the pressure relief valve on the pump as well while you are in there.

I only do it if I remove the drive shaft and put a plug in the back of the transmission.

Im not following you well here. I assume you know where the EJ25 stamp is so I am guessing you are looking for the VIN stamp area, which is on the left side of the block on the bellhousing it would be down closer to the axle and very hard to see in car. I could see him putting the shortblock in easily but not the whole longblock.

LOTS of them off the shelf at Autozone and Oreilly/Checker that I have put on that were no good brand new. Its like they aren't even testing them after a rebuild.

You are going to have some indicators if its bad enough. Brake pads that are worn on a side more than the other, torn boot on the axle, resistance while spinning the wheel with it off the ground, etc. Your diagnostic skills in person, even if you are pretty novice, are going to be better than us trying to guess here on a forum.

Anyone here want anything off the car? I don't want to be buying a car to save parts for everybody just to store them. They need to go out the door and be on your cars instead.

Dare I ask why you are replying when theres multiple choices posted?

I am subaru certified and passed the engine exam with a perfect score. The bolts ARE ok to reuse. They are stretch bolts but its not a worry. Make sure you oil the threads before reinstalling and clean the threads in a parts washer and then with a brass wheel before re-using them. Factory head gaskets, thermostat and gasket, and intake manifold gaskets. The rest you could probably get away with. I don't try because I have a dealer wholesale account and my pricing is very similar to aftermarket most of the time. There is something rather beautiful about a box of parts ordered by vin number that are way more often the right part than any parts store. They still get a part here or there wrong but not very often. I can order you parts if you don't have a dealer that is helpful.

I don't know what it was about the h6 cars I was working on but they always seemed to have high and low side hose leaks to the compressor. I agree it doesn't make any sense. Maybe the hose manufacturer, defect in materials, not sure.

Welcome! Good to know another Brat is around.

Are you kidding? Hes got a 2009 now. Those are such a world apart from the old Outback its just amazing how much they have improved the cars. I love my WRX and I love driving my customers 2008-2011 cars. They are so quiet compared to the old ones.

Let me know if I can order parts for you.

That was a pretty nice car the whole way around and certainly would be demanded used. I enjoy refurbishing those when people kick them to the curb, they just come back to their old self very easily. I still can't believe the CEL was never solved.

Yeah, in hindsight I think I will hire a service next time. It was a pain in the butt, made the laundromat stink, and environmental concerns as well.

Its the one that is lit the most. Replace bulb.

Id love to know how much all this has cost so far. Oh and your VIN number so I don't ever buy this car.

Not to mention BBC show Top Gear.

No but thats a pretty sweet car in the video!

Im not sure I know what that is. Can you find a photo?