rydney Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 90 Legacy hit the skids and looking to buy a 91 Loyale on craigslist. Will anything cross over? I have a new radiator on the Legacy and I'd like to switch out my windows as they are tinted and the Loyale lists a broken one. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydney Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Need to add another question since Kelly BB doesn't go back that far, but what should I be paying for a 91 Loyale with 170k on it. Not sure if that's the original engine or not as I haven't seen the car yet. Thanks again... for anyone who can help me out here. Legacy just crapped out for good unless I put a new engine in it, and I look at the Loyale tomorrow, so any thoughts here would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Pretty much nothing from the legacy will fit the loyale. They're entirely different cars. What happened to the engine in the legacy? If the rest of the car is good, I'd fix/replace the engine over buying a loyale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86BRATMAN Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Unless you're practically given the loyale it makes more sense to get a good ej22 and put back in the legacy. Any ej22 from 90-95 will be a straight swap for yours, using your original intake manifold. But first what happened to yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 even tho the Loyale is a year newer, you would be going backwards tech wise - the Loyale is "old tech" while the Legacy is "new tech" (for the era) They are very different cars, so pretty much nothing will swap between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rydney Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) The Legacy had cooling issues for a long time on and off and eventually would overheat no matter what if I was over 65mph or in the hills. Heater wouldn't turn on unless I was accelerating so getting heat off the engine was a pain, and that would be the only way to cool the engine when it overheated, so if I was going downhill I would have to pull over and wait a while. Also burned up my a/c unit? Don't know because the last guy I had try to fix it said it was an "under the engine cover issue" and would cost a lot, plus I'd need a re-furbished a/c unit since they don't make them for my model Legacy anymore. I got the radiator replaced and the guy said it was the worst he'd ever seen-maybe 25% capacity with all the gunk and 20 lbs heavier than it should have been. So brand new radiator, thought I was good to go, then it starts overheating worse than ever and the guy looks it up and finds that this model had a recall because of cooling problems related to head gaskets (?-really don't know anything about cars so I might not be getting this exactly right) and that the new radiator is now working too well and putting added pressure into the engine which overheats it faster. It also sucks all the coolant dry within a couple minutes... not sure what else to call it cause it doesn't end up on the ground so I have no idea where it's going but I had to fill up the coolant bucket three times just to get the car home. I get maybe 5-10 minutes out of it before it overheats on me now, no matter what type of driving or even idling. So basically my almost none functioning radiator was keeping the car working at least somewhat... now not so much. I say all of this as a question to this board since someone here will know more than myself, but this is the story I'm getting from the guy that fixed the radiator. The Loyale has an asking price of $950 with 170k and a chip in one window, which I'm pretty certain is less than a new engine but maybe someone here can tell me that. Thanks again. Edited January 13, 2014 by rydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorthguy Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Engines are pretty cheap for your car. www.car-part.com is a great search tool to see what salvage yards near you have in stock. A search for a '90 Legacy using a Las Vegas zip comes up with quite a few engines, priced from $200-580 and a handful that you need to call on the price. Any skills to try and install yourself? Otherwise, add in the labor for install and you could be near the $950 you are looking at spending for the Loyale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstcoolone Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hey guys, does anyone know of 1990's Subaru suspension parts that will fit in a Loyale? iv been on a hunt for poly bushings for mine, but just about nothing for a loyale but plenty for legacys and other more popular Subarus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Legacy vs loyale totally different. Maybe a few of the most common bolts would interchange. The bad radiator combined with multiple overheats probably caused the headgaskets to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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