matt167
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The 'tested' 1996 EJ22E that I got for my '99 SUS turned out to have a seeping head gasket. Not much coolant was getting into the chamber, but it was enough to clean the spark plug and get me to pull the cylinder heads.. Now I'm at a crossroads. I'm considering an EJ22D conversion using the 25D heads and intake from the car. I know it works and I would be able to keep my original Y pipe but I don't know the 'cost' to having the heads done. The 2.2L heads are good. I'v checked them for cracks. If they need cut, I could do the old sand paper on a pane of glass trick for free, or it would be $40 at Napa but the machinist there goes on his own schedule nowadays, so who knows when I could get them back.. Are there any gotcha's with the 25D heads? The 2.5L runs like a pile of crap because it is ingesting so much coolant into 1 cylinder that it has a consistent miss once it's warm. Oil is clean, and the coolant was actually pretty clean also, so it has to be all going thru the cylinders, so I'm afraid of bent valves.. How much power does the EJ22D swap aid over a normal EJ22E? Most of my driving is country back roads if that makes a difference. Low end is where I'd like any gains to be. I know the 22E swap drops 30hp from the 25D motor
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I have a 1999 SUS with blown head gaskets. It actually lugs out so bad that it lags big time before it goes into passing gear. CEL flashing and an obvious miss on at least 1 cylinder, likely due to coolant intrusion. Just something to look for. I do remember seeing that it will lock into 3rd with a transmission fault, but a 1999 can have 2 transmissions as it was a crossover year. If it has the spin on filter on the side, it's the more expensive one. JEDBA IIRC.. I want a 5spd for my car, but I have to get the new motor in the car, so I can pull my truck down to do it's needed repairs, and then I can do a swap if I can get all the parts togther.. Ditto on the nickle and dimeing. I thought I could get a $500 EJ22E motor, drop it into my $750 car and be on the road for under $2k.. I'm at $2,250 and counting
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The TB/TPS and the Idle control valve is different between the EJ18 and the EJ22/25 at least for a 1996 Impreza ( just checked on Rockauto ).. Other thing is the ports on the EJ18 heads are smaller, so using an EJ18 EGR manifold on an EJ22 will reduce port flow. As long as the Throttle Bodies swap, should be able to put an EJ25D wiring harness on an EJ18 manifold ontop of an EJ22E of any year ( correct sensors added of course ) and have it run correctly, minus the port flow issue that could possibly nix 10hp or better.. That would be a heck of a frankenmotor tho.
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Not all but most. I was at a junkyard and spotted a really clean engine. No EGR which was a no-go for my swap, but I also checked the data plate and it was an EJ18.. 5spd car, '95 or '96 Impreza IIRC.
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EJ-18's too. Not that anyone would really want to swap in an Impreza EJ18 into an EJ25 car, but it'll get a car back on the road if the EJ22 supply dries up.
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Injectors will never run that close to their duty cycle in a factory engine. The MAF and O2 sensors togther will be able to adjust the air fuel ratios correctly to keep it from burning up. It will never run efficently as a flex fuel engine will run it.. Ethanol has a bit less BTU's in it than gasoline BUT it's 106 octane. Being 106 octane, engines can get higher compression ratios, more timing/ fuel to take advantage of the octane. When a flex fuel engine switches to run E85, there timing and fuel tables change. Usually nothing more than that.
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90% sure he had the bodyshop before he took a job at the dealer.. We have had a few good bodyshops in this area bail out because of upcoming ( now current ) EPA regs they couldn't affordably comply with so what he does is not uncommon.. His fit and finish is actually really nice. It's just dissapointing to find the connection repaired like that, and the lagging with the emissions stickers, but he said he was still waiting on the sticker with the Vin on it last my mom talked to him
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It will run fine, but gas MPG will suck. Fuel hose and rubber fuel parts since the mid 80's have been Ethanol rated so your good there. The Flex Fuel differences come in sensors in the fuel tank to tell it what's in the tank, or others just sense the difference in O2 readings. FF vehicles generally have an E85 tune and a gas tune that switches automatically.. The E85 tune will run the ethanol most efficently. You won't have the E85 tune or the compression/ timing to run E85 efficently and take advantage of it's 106 octane
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That's what my mom plans to do. She happens to have a coworker/ friend with a '13 Impreza and she is going to see if she can get pics of what is 'correct'... He has outstanding work to be done on the car still anyway ( emissions stickers ). I don't expect that he will come thru with a repair, and I will still have to make it.. It would not supprise me that the insurance company/ adjuster considers that repair acceptable. Especially if it required an entire wiring harness.. She found out, the policy she has, may be acceptable for a 5-10 year old car, but not a brand new car. The only saving grace was the fact that almost zero aftermarket existed at the time of her accident, so it had to be OEM.
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Does Subaru sell replacement electrical connectors? My mom hit a deer with her '12 Impreza in january @22k miles. She had it towed down the street to a shop who she has known people to use, but never had any dealings with. I told her to go to the dealer, but she did not listen. Now it's months later and he still has not gotten the rest of the under hood tags for it ( another story ).. While checking the oil filter for the recal, I noticed a glob of electrical tape on a sender under the oil filter ( oil pressure I think ). Followed the wire to find another glob of tape and some blue 3M type butt connectors, and then the harness continued on down. Pretty obvious to me, the impact busted up the sender and the plug ends, and he simply butt spliced it togther rather than resubmit a repair order to the insurance. Now because the car is still under warranty and should be right anyway. I think I need to buy a new sender and a connector if available.. Does Subaru sell replacement connectors, or do you need to buy entire harnesses?
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I think it depends on the Subaru dealer and your dealer relations but most likely it won't be returnable given you are not the original purchaser.. I would be more worried about cooking it any more. Subaru engines are open decked design, and in my experience, if an open deck engine gets hot it will puke the head gasket due to the bore itself moving around... I have a '99 Legacy SUS that I bought with blown head gaskets, and I'm doing the 2.2L swap. Once I get the motor next week
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It might have been a good motor. I didn't check the radiator, but the resivore had at least 1/2 pint of oil in the bottom of it. It could probably be started with a battery if there is still gas in the tank. keys were in the ignition and it was a fairly clean car.. The place is sketchy tho, and if it was bad or had an issue, they would not be any help. He had also said that motor would have been in the $500 range ( was not invintoried, go figure ) The motor I'm looking at getting has a 3/3000 warranty on the heads and rotating assembly, 162k mi on it, and the guy I talked to is familliar with EJ25D-EJ22 swaps. He only wants $320 for that, but also has 2 '96 EJ22's. 1 with 118k and 1 with 140k, $400 for higher miles and $450 for lower miles. If he has the manifolds and Y pipes to make the swap, I will come home with the $450 '96 EJ22. He's calling me in a few days to let me know if it has the wiring still and an EGR
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Back empty handed. The yard which I have heard is disorganized, is indeed disorganized.. Every Subaru engine they had listed on Car-part.com has been crushed, as the yard guys crush on a cycle of whatever they see fit and then do not tell the yard master so the invintory is all wrong. They had 5 '96 Subaru Legacy 2.2's. 1 had 140k miles but was raped of several parts and the rest were pushed well past 200k miles. A 1996 Imprezza Auto looked promising as it had a very clean looking motor until I checked the coolant resivore and found a ton of oil in it.. It was a 2.2L with EGR.. Found another yard with a '95 2.2L that has 162k miles on it, but he does not know if the wiring is still on it. I will probably still buy it if it does not have the wires tho..