Slydog1960 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 My son bought a 1986 Subaru GL it was partly taken apart and the guy said he thought it had jumped time. We put it back in time and put it back together but the distributor wouldn't move or come out but it did fire on the number one plug at the right time so I started to check for gas and fire and all that to see why it wasn't starting. When I pulled ythe number 2 plug it was rusty. Thats not a good sign I say to myself. Everytime I turned it over I heard a lot of gurgeling and when I pulled the number three plug and was checking it for fire it was shooting water out of the sparkplug hole and I could actually see the warter runing across the top of the piston. I Am thinking this thing ain't worth fixing I dont know if it could be a blown gasket or far worse a messed up head. any thoughts on what this might cost to fix or other comments would be appriciated. Oh Yeah its a third generation EA82 engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble Nuto 53 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 ea82 motors are cheap and plentiful, probably easier to replace the motor entire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Probably a failed headgasket. Common thing to happen due to age, and thrown in a slight overheat and its HG failure time. It is not very difficult to fix youself if you are mechanically inclined, but expensive to have a professional do it. (Expensive as in "More than the market value of the car".) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indrid cold Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Find a Chiltons Subaru book or equivalent (e-bay,if you need one) and motor and sounds like a chance to bond with your son.... one of the last few cars you can still work on and not need tons of stuff or expensive. I got rid of my Chevy truck and tinker with Subaru's... my son has NO drive to work on cars so I try to set up quick projects for him to do so he isn't totally ignorant of how a car functions. (brake, headlights, help on drive axels) he has a girl friend and short attention span..need I say more. They are fun rigs and very forgiving if things arn't quite right... well kind of.... Welcome and enjoy. "Noob with a wrench." Later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slydog1960 Posted August 27, 2005 Author Share Posted August 27, 2005 Find a Chiltons Subaru book or equivalent (e-bay,if you need one) and motor and sounds like a chance to bond with your son.... one of the last few cars you can still work on and not need tons of stuff or expensive. I got rid of my Chevy truck and tinker with Subaru's... my son has NO drive to work on cars so I try to set up quick projects for him to do so he isn't totally ignorant of how a car functions. (brake, headlights, help on drive axels) he has a girl friend and short attention span..need I say more. They are fun rigs and very forgiving if things arn't quite right... well kind of.... Welcome and enjoy. "Noob with a wrench." Later Thanks all for the replys. I know what you mean. My son ain't intrested in too much but girls himself. I have had to force him all along the way to get him to work on the car and lawnmowers and anything like that but anyone who drives should know the basics at least. Your also right in the fact that there ain't a lot you can still work on yourself to an amount to anything. I have Chiltons and Haynes manuals on this car and many others as far as that goes. I have rebuilt several engines in my younger days so I don't doubt I could tackle it if I can talk my son into it. At least pull the heads and see if it's just a gasket. He has had several folks ask about it so he might wanty to just trade it off. If so I still have my old 86 Cutless to fool around with.LOL. But I have Also been Looking for a good doner car for a hybrid as well. Even if he parted it out he would get way more for it than what he paid. I think If its cheap enough for parts the smart thing to do is just fix it up though. I guess bottom line in the end it will be up to him though since it is his car but from reading this fourm it sounds like subarus are tough little cars and good on gas. Just what every teenage boy needs. Heck at the price of gas these days and the way my old cutless drinks it I need one myself.LOL. Thanks again guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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