hello there,

I am fairly new to the subaru world... (I got the subie bite after doing an engine swap on a loyale for a friend). Long story short I have an 86 GL Wagon carburetor 1.8 and my head gasket just blew. After doing a bit of research it seems that I have a few limited options for how to continue. Any suggestions, opinions, or alternate ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Options

1) Sell the car AS IS with the blown head gasket and hope for a couple hundred to make up the cost.

2) Take the time and Part out the car for a bit more cash and scrap the remaining shell.

3) Buy a junkyard or used motor from the same model and due a direct swap and hope for the best.

4) Buy a donor Legacy and do an EJ22 swap, much more involved and costly, but an over all awesome outcome.

 

Let me know what you guys think, and thanks in advance.

Repair the blown head gasket?

Thought of that but the fact is that I would have to pull the whole motor to get the head and block resurfaced and the it would be faster to just drop a new motor in. time is money, you know.

You don't have to resurface the block nor do you have to pull the engine. This is about a $200 repair with all the seals, gaskets, timing belts, and resurfacing costs. Putting in a new motor because of a HG failure is silly.

 

GD

good to know (da*n misguided information)... I guess there another option. 5) Replace head gasket.

 

Thanks

If you can recruit some help once the heads are done you can it in a few hours taking your time.

If you're going to replace the HG's you might as well pull the motor and do a clutch kit at the same time for insurance. It's an easy car to pull the motor on and a clutch kit is cheap......

Thanks for all the replies, I'm going to tackle the HG's this weekend!