Andris Lukss

Recipient car is a 2004 Forester XT while donor car is a 2003 X. I've looked into it myself in the past day or so- donor motor is a single overhead cam, non-turbo engine. Aside from being a J25 block, nothing else matches. I'll resell the donor motor and consider rebuilding the XT... I don't look forward to the expense- is there any way to mitigate this high cost, aside from removing and replacing the motor myself?

Hi All: I'm as new to this forum (and Subaru's) as can be. Forgive me if I'm asking a redundant or off-target question. I have a Forester with what appears to be all the symptoms of a blown head gasket- abundance of white smoke, low coolant, check engine light... I wanted to swap the engine with that of another Forester, as having the engine work done is not feasible. With the location of the exhaust and other issues relating to the EJ255BXTBB, format, am I wasting my time thinking about it? Or, should I bite the bullet and consider having the engine rebuilt? Thanks, Andris