poorboy87

Changed out the cam and crank pulleys. Cleaned the the cam sensor. Now its up and running. Thanks again for all of your support. Just currious if if any one can tell me why the legacy cam pulley has seven hashes on the back when my impreza only has two?

Ok I checked and I am wrong. I pulled the drivers side cam cover and I can see at least three hashes on the cam sprocket when my original only has two. So here in the next couple of days I will be swapping them out for the original pulleys to the car. Thanks for all of the support. Sorry for my ignorance.

I will double check the cam and crank pulley tonight. However The ones that are on there are for that block. To me it would only make sense that the timing of the crank and cams would need to match the block in order to run. If there were a difference between the pulleys wouldn't that mean the internals were different as well? That being said I have spark but no fuel injector pulse.

Cam and crank sprockets are identical. The cam and crank sensors are plugged in. The sensors are identical to the sensors on the engine I removed.

Here is the story... I have a 99 impreza outback with the ej22. I bought it with a bad engine. It had been overheated to the point of not having any compression. Recenty I purchased a 99 legacy L sedan for the engine that also had the ej22. I drove the legacy home. I pulled the engine to transplant in the impreza. After having the engines side by side I realized that everything above the engine block is different than the impreza. Then i swapped the original impreza intake to the donor block. After installing the engine I still don't have a running car. It cranks but doesn't start. I currently have spark. It seems as if though I have good fuel pressure. I checked the timing belt and were all good there. I have a positive 12 v to the injectors but no pulse to the injectors. I've un plugged and plugged back in every connector on the engine. I say with confidence that everything is plugged in and routed right. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the info. I will look into putting the 99 heads on my 97 block after I pull the heads to make sure they are good. I know the person who owned this car before me overheated it to the point of it no longer having compression on three of the four cylinders.

I don't need to pass inspection. The 99 has a bad engine as it doesn't have any compression. The 99 has a manual trans. I have a complete engine and manual trans sitting in the shed that was a real good runner with around 130k on it that I pulled out of a wreck. Im not opposed to doing the whole wiring harness swap. Going to the picknpull and grabing the harness and ECU is doable and cheaper than an engine. Im just looking for the best/easiest option to make this car drive again.

i just bought a 99 impreza with a 2.2. I have a 97 2.2 that I I have been hanging on to to go in my 98. As the the paint has just been falling off in every where i decided to buy a better looking and ended buying this 99 before i realized that this one has the phase 2 engine in it. I understand that my phase 1 engine isn't so compatible with my 99 impreza. Do I need to change out the whole wiring harness or just the engine harness to run the phase 1 in my recent purchase?