Matthewboerner

If were to swap to a different engine should I find one that is turbo, since mine is? or will a ej22 be fine? Keeping my wallet in mind

Alright I pulled the spark plugs (only gouged my hands 2 times!) two of the plugs look pretty decent with a small amount of carbon and the other two have some small traces of rust. I did the PB can just now so well let it soak overnight since there does seem to be rust living in there. I hope this works if not I'm feeling like this is a useless endeavor. So if I were to swap a different/ better engine into it what would it be? Or should I try to track down another ea82t (even though it doesn't seem very well liked)

Thank you both for the input. I'll try the PB and I can see about hydrolock when I pull the plugs. Ill update when I have a chance to try it. Also my gas tank seems to be pretty full, what's the best way to get the old gas out? Drop the tank? -matt

Ok so its an 87 gl-10 with the ea82t and 5speed. I just got it and don't know the history of it besides it's been parked for a while. I just put a brand new battery in it and tried to start it up to see what and if anything needed repairs. When I went to start it it almost seemed like the starter was bound up, so I put it in gear and rocked it back and forth to see if it would free up... No luck. I looked through the inspection hole at the flywheel and it's not moving at all when I rock it... Hmm any ideas on where to start? Or how to free things up?

I've seen them in earlier models of the Mitsubishi Montero as well.