I had a 98 2.5L legacy that blew a headgasket so I had a cheap EJ20 engine put in that has rod bearing problems 30k later. I want to put an EJ22 in my car and there are several at the auto recycler here in portland. What should I look for when checking out these engines? Also, what kind of compression should be expected for a 98 EJ22 engine? I am weary of doing this as you never know the history of the engine but I can't afford 3000 dollars for a shop to put in another EJ25. I figured I could buy the assembly and just unbolt my engine and put this one in.

 

Thanks so much.

as far as shops go did you try ccr they are pretty affordable

what did you do with your EJ25 you pulled out of there? you could replace the HG's with the new 4-layer kind.

 

 

~Josh~

Same issue, I blew a head gasket on my 98 2.5 outback. 2000 to fix, there may have been more damage when he started looking below the surface who knows. I am in the final stage of swapping out the motor for a 2.2. I found a wrecked car off ebay, motor was fine. I will keep you posted how it goes