ericcroll Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I pulled this motor at a junkyard, and put it in my 97 OBW last year. To make a long story short, the heads are now at the shop to be redone, but the guy tells me that he needs to know which EJ-22 it is, as they changed them in April or May of that year. He tells me that there is another letter code after the EJ-22. Does anybody know how to tell? I got the following numbers from the block: VIN - 4S3BK4253W7321517 Stamp - 3608 Stamp - 6 Stamp - 1-D Print - 98 3 09 Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 VIN - 4S3BK4253W7321517 Print - 98 3 09 give him 3/09/98 as a build date. 9/3/98 would be a 99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericcroll Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 I kind of figured that was a date code, but I wasn't sure which was the month and which was the day. Your rationale about a September build being a 99 is a good call. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 The 10th character in the VIN is W which means 98 MY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzpile Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Good. Whatzis "MY" reference? i don't get around much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Good. Whatzis "MY" reference? i don't get around much. Model Year, the year the car was sold as, not the manufacture date. My car was manufactured in 88. But the year it was sold as that is on my registration, etc is the model year, 89. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericcroll Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Indeed, it was an early 98 build date. The heads are back in and the car is running great. Now if I could only figure out how to get rid of that darn EVAP code!! The 97 OBW (originally a 2.5) doesn't have the same configuration as the 98 2.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eppoh Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 had that on my 98 w/2.2 Found where a mouse had chewed a hole in the hose at the evap cannister in the back. On my 2000 Impreza, a new gas cap solved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Which evap code? 441? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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