newtosubaru

Dude you guys are all amazing help, thank you all, and 300 bucks really? Hell ill start lookin right now

I will attempt to do so when im off work later thank u

Ok, just did the oil change and there was metal shavings throughout, nothing like holy spoob! Status but enough to be like,, well damn

Hypethetically speaking, say it is a crank bearing or two, should I just swap a new harmonic balancer and fluid changes, and just ride till it dies?

I am farmiliar with all fluid exchanging,( been working at jiffy lube 3 years) plus always worked on cars. Its a FWD model. And yeah the knocking is pretty loud when ur listening for it, which is why I wonder if I should just swap the crank pulley and ride it till it dies saving for a rebuilt motor. I was going to do the timing belt and pulleys and seperator plate all at once, but with a knock like that should I just not invest the time and money in it?thank you again guys for your responses

It seems to be definetly over full, im about to do an oil change,( already planned on so) but about the crank pulley seperating or being loose how do I check that? And thank you for your response.

It starts but not the best, when it idles u can see the crank shaft wobbling a bit, when u give it gas it stops but it sounds like a knock in the crank bearings, also smell of gas when running, tranny is slipping pretty good, and its leaking oil all over the y pipe of the exhaust, (checked the oil, looks about 3 quarts over filled)...is that normal for subaru dipsticks or you think they over filled it? My main question is should I tak3 the time to rebuild or just find an engine to buy, and if so any advice on where to buy one?

where you said its leaking onto the y pipe is exactly right, it was pretty excessive I saw it on its last drive(neighbors car being bought) but hes cleaned the motor off very well and it would just make it easier working on, and thats the "oil seperator plate"? Easy fix ay?

I sure appretiate all the help guys! I will deff check out ebay or amazon, never thought of those as legit. I never purchase anything over the net, no cell phone, no bank account, I stay old school, hints OS subaru.. but now that I know u dont have to pull the motor for timing belt replacement, might be a better idea than pulling axles and all and potentially doing something I might not want to. Thanks again yo!

as is why I really joined this forum, and this is all sounding well, because it does have a leak by front driver side timing case it appears, ive read its more than likely the oil pump? Either way I cant wait to pull the ej out and examine, I was quoted $260 for timing belt the pullys and water pump...., seem accurate?

You guys are so right! Easy move here, ill have pictures come wednesday then! Ill post so yall can see whats up, thanks for the response everyone.

Thanks man, your right im sure people always seem to still be dealing with the old model subarus, btw failed to mention the owner had just replaced brakes and radiator

Hey guys, ive always been a huge fan of reliable motors, but who isnt, I have this wagon a neighbor will sell me for 300 dollars, runs and drives, just could run better of course, please let me know how yall would feel on a purchase such as so, no rust or major defects with paint body or interrior as well. Thanks for readin and replyin guys, and if u do reply entitle a short list on need to do things, reasearch shows of course timing assembly with the pulleys and water pump, but the (HLA's) as well ? I just dint wanna do crank bearings and ring, although rings would be a wise idea, but if I go that far im doing a total overhaul, I wanna stay low budget but reliable, havnt owned a car in soo long, damn dui's...