MuddyThunder

The most common thing that I have seen in pretty much anything from my Ford to a toyota to subarus is when you have exhaust fumes in your coolant it is 99% popped head gasket...one thing to check is with the motor off take a whiff of your radiator through the filler...if you have exhaust fumes in there you will smell it...if it doesn't smell like exhaust fumes your radiator is either 1) plugged up and not allowing it to flow properly 2) thermostat isn't doing its job 3)fans aren't displacing enough air to keep it cooled...I hope this helps...I know on my N/A subaru it used to always overheat untill I installed a second electric fan versus my clutch fan

I was thinking that I needed to do that as well...but pulling the motor wont be fun lol

well I verified that the car has not ran in 3.5+years...I retimed her...I DID NOT add ANY fuel put my battery in her...and without any hesitation at all...fired right up for me...gotta love Subaru's...but now that I know she runs...parts include but are not limited to...: Water Pump Front Main Seal Timing Belts Plugs & Wires (recommendations? I don't want to go cheap) Air Filter Oil & Filter Dipstick Tube (IDK where im going to find that) things I want to do are: Straight Pipe...2.5"DP to mid car 3" rest wheels & tires tinted windows Scoop (so i can delete the heat sheilding) any more suggestions? thinking also about having the hubs machined for 6 lug....

Thanks ruparts, I will have to keep that in mind...I put a battery to her and cranked her and she sounds healthy cranking her over, minus the fact timing is exposed and it doesn't have an alternator hooked up etc. ... and she hasn't been cranked for I think 2-3 years maybe more maybe less

so i pulled the waterpump yesterday...housing came off in one piece has crack through the center bearings came out and the fins are all in pieces...it barely kissed the block....is it safe to install a new waterpump? ill post pictures of the damage once it gets lighter outside...

I was pulling onto a highway on it hard going around a medium corner...my exhaust is open so it sounds good but in the middle of the corner I had a weird turbo like whistle coming from the rear of my car which is where the exhaust dumps on the driver side...it went away after I shifted into 4th...if anybody has had a similar issue I would like to know....Im thinking internal bearing in the motor going bad...but who knows...anyway any help you have would be appreciated! Thanks!

one thing i did notice about the exhaust coming off the motor is that it was caked in old oil...I would look into it more but I am waiting for a break in the monsoon going on here...school starts on the 31st so my time to work on it is going to be cut way down...once it dries out I will take some pictures and post them on here...thanks to you guys for the little pointers...one big thing is what is the best bang for your buck waterpump? and since i have never played with turbo's how do I crank the boost up to 10psi?

1988 Lifted Subaru GL 300,400 and still going...weak but still going...thinking about doing 2.2 swap once money flows right..

Thanks wagonist and Cougar, I will have to look hard because I thought it would in the same general location as my NA motor in my other wagon but I couldn't find it...and the motor is installed already I got this car as a project car the only thing so far that I have seen wrong is one being the water pump and two being no alternator...grandma owned it before me so its clean but I will have to get it running and check the compression just to verify...main reason it brought a flag up to me is that I know the newer cars have a "T" on the end as in "EJ22T" but I haven't messed with turbo cars a whole lot and I plan on making this a clean little scoobie...I will be sure to post pictures of before during and after..

Hello, I recently acquired a 1988 subaru gl-10 turbo, couple of questions I had were one being do these turbo cars have a "T" on the end of the EA-82 on the motor? because the car definitely a turbo but the short block stamp doesn't have a "T" also i know this next one is a stupid question but I CANNOT find the dipstick or the hole for the dipstick...I may be overlooking it but I have searched hard...but so far that is the only questions I have if I come up with more I will be sure to post them -MuddyThunder

Thanks matts87.....looking forward to it...

What will a set of 4 cost to Oregon 97402..? please pm me with price thanks, Wyatt.