84 EA81 wagon questions

[XxStirCrazedxX]

all right been lurking around awhile an figured it was time to post.

wife picked up an 84 wagon in a trade for her astro van last sept, every thing ran good besides being a p.i.a to start on cold mornings but now its burning oil/leaking oil an starting to sound like a box of rocks.

so what all would be needed to do a tear down/re-ring for it?

ima jeep guy who built a 4.7 stroker for a DD Cherokee, lil jap motor confuses the ************ out of me...for now anyways

 

also found a guy who has a weber 32-36 dgav 3381 with plate,gasket an air cleaner for a ea82. would this work on the ea81 if i did the ea82 intake swap? guy only wants 100 for every thing so why not buy it, and if it wont work then sell it to USMB

 

sorry no pictures...yet. posting from my sons nintendo WII lol

[ferox]

now its burning oil/leaking oil an starting to sound like a box of rocks.

so what all would be needed to do a tear down/re-ring for it?

lil jap motor confuses the ************ out of me...for now anyways

By a box of rocks I assume you mean it sounds like it is developing rod knock. The ea81 rarely needs a re-ring, but if it has been abused then it's possible if not probable. I would Seafoam the engine, put a new oil pump on it, get a new PCV valve from the dealer and replace and reseal your oil pan gasket and valve cover gaskets. Clean out or replace the hoses of the PCV system. Put a non-Fram oil filter on it with conventional 10W-30 and see how it runs.

 

If it still has all the ASV and other emmissions solenoids and stuff then search on this forum for how to remove them. The Weber for $100 is probably a safe bet, but it might be easier to get an ea81 adapter plate and new jets, than to try to put all the ea82 stuff on as is.

 

It is best not to refer to this engine or car as a "lil jap anything". It's derogatory and the ea81 is a very respected engine in this community and rightly so. Once you have learned more about it you will find that it is an extremely well designed, dependable, sensible, and durable work horse.

[XxStirCrazedxX]

didnt mean to offend by any means, but guess my hillbilly red neck way of life doesnt fly here.i understand that its a great engine and well respected, just didnt know its owners were so sensitive. guess i should have said japanese instead of jap

 

anyways not to worried about the leaking oil, thats an easy fix, more concerned on the smoking from tail pipe an little oil splaters that come from tail pipe.

 

so if i were to put that weber on what else would have to change? from what i have seen on here the 82 intake is an easy swap.

 

guess what im trying to understand is whats the difference between the ea81 weber and the ea82 weber.

 

sorry if i offended anyone

[ferox]

didnt mean to offend by any means... just didnt know its owners were so sensitive.

It's not really a matter of being sensitive, this is an international forum with over 31,000 members and since it's all written communication it is easy for intentions to be misinterpretted without the benefit of being face-to-face.

 

 

so if i were to put that weber on what else would have to change? from what i have seen on here the 82 intake is an easy swap.

True enough. For me it would just be easier to buy the adapter and cut gaskets for the carb base rather than buying manifold gaskets(at the dealer BTW) and swapping manifolds. Either way is a good option.

 

 

guess what im trying to understand is whats the difference between the ea81 weber and the ea82 weber.

From memory, there is not much difference really. I think there is a slight difference, but I wasn't able to find the info in a search in the time I have to do so. Realistically there are probably bigger jetting differences between individual cars and locations than between the ea82 & ea81. Chances are you will have to do some rebuilding on the Weber and change a jet or air bleed, and that is just a little more likely when putting a carb for an ea82 on an ea81.