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My bad. That was a typo. Fixed it. Thanks.

Would it be worth it for me to swap cranks with the other engine or just put my heads on the other engine and throw it in? Or is the crank in the Phase 2 engine different than Phase 1?

Don't know if I'm going to be able to get the broken crank bolt out. That would suck.

I got the gear off. Is that key way too messed up to reuse the crank? I took the key out of the other engine to see how it fits and it looks pretty good.

Got it torn down. The front of the crankshaft is chewed up. The key is sheared and crank gear has spun on the crankshaft and it won't come off with gentle prying. All of the valves are bent. The intakes more so because they are bigger but they all have marks where they hit the pistons. Turning the bottom end by hand there is no noise. Must if been the pistons hitting the valves. I didn't compression readings in all the cylinders. Once I saw #2 with nothing there was no point in going any further with that. I guess I'll try and get that crank pulley off and see if the crank is salvageable. Would be cheaper to get new valves for these heads or just go the junk yard and get some complete heads for $60 a pair? I can get all the valves for around the same price.

I'm going to pull the heads of tomorrow and get a better idea of what's going on with it. Found out the damper bolt is broken off inside the crankshaft. I'm thinking the timing belt broke (it has 85,000 miles on it) and the valves hit the pistons. Something went terribly wrong, hopefully the heads aren't damaged so I can swap them over. If the valves are hit, can I use the valves out of the heads that I would be swapping out? Thanks for the help. First time wrenching on a Subaru. When I got this thing, it was partially taken apart. So I'm finding out more and more as I go along. Looks like someone changed the timing belt and hasn't been run since. It has no compression in the front cylinder on the drivers side.

Hey all. Just bought a 99 Legacy L 30th anniversary edition with a bottom end noise. The emission sticker on the bottom side of the hood says 2.2L. The engine block has EJ22 cast on it. It has 6 bolts and 2 studs holding the engine to the transmission. The valve covers have 5 bolts holding them on and the intake ports are much larger than the EJ22 I bought to replace it with, which only has 2 bolts and 2 studs for the transmission. What engine do I have? I was thinking it was the 2.5 SOHC, but it says EJ22 on the block. Wouldn't it say EJ2.5 if it was?

Hey there. Another noob to the Subaru world. Just recently decided to buy a Subaru and join the community. I got a 99 Legacy wagon L 30th anniversary edition. It has a bottom end knock so I will be removing the engine and seeing what is wrong with it. Hopefully there is plenty of info here to get me through it.