Help me and my imp

[xt61991]

About a month and a half ago i bought a 99 subaru impreza 2.5 rs. It was a huge hassle. it needed a motor and after a long song and dance it finally got a motor. Although is was the wrong motor a 2.2 instead of a 2.5.

 

I went out and looked for a hayes manual and couldn't find one anywere. I was wondering if they make one?

 

First thing i noticed about the car was that there was a bounch of items mounted to the left strut tower near the air box. Nothin was hooked up to these items. I was wondering what they do. (I will post a pic of the area when i get the pics taken).

 

The car has alot of shift shock, Like if you pulled the plug that controlled the shift hardness on a phase 1 4eat. Also the power transmittion for awd (front to rear) is slow. I can feel the front wheel spin for 2 sec then the back kick in. Kind like my xt6 fulltime four wheel drive. Not like a all wheel drive veciale

 

I also can not remove the transmitions dip stick. i tryed everthing the car lifts and still the dip stick is stuck:eek:

 

I can't see where the mass air flow is hooked up. i can see the mass air but no wires hooked up to it.

 

finally they broke the oxygen sensor on installtion of the new motor.

 

PLS HELP ME!! and do i even start????

 

thank you for any help.

[EVOthis]

I have a 2.2 in my 96 legacy and i believe one of the items there is the proportioning valve which controls flow to the brakes (there should be a line or 2 from the ABS which goes through that).

[idosubaru]

i wouldn't blame the 2.2...if the same baboon installed an EJ25 they could have done the same thing. the EJ22 should hook up exactly like the EJ25, there's very little difference.

 

what year was the EJ22 and how was the swap done? does the engine have an EGR valve? there's a lot of information...like i always tell everyone, diagnosing and helping over the internet is tough. mechanics get things wrong...imagine taking away their site, touch, smell......and then expecting them to get it right!!!!

 

do you know anyone with a late 90's Subaru...they should be nearly identical. The 99 had some changes, not sure if there's any vaccuum changes or not though.

 

Heck - you could probably look at the many pictures of cars for sale on ebay and look at the engine shots and get a basic idea.

 

Also - the older gen subaru's had vaccuum routing diagrams posted under the hood of the vehice, not sure if the olders ones have this. you could also check the owners manual or FSM if you have one. or...someone hear can post a picture for you.

 

i'm on dial up or i'd consider taking a picture or looking for an engine bay photo.

 

and yes this is affecting your automatic transmission shift points - it uses that pressure sensor on the strut tower, those vaccuum hoses need to be hooked up.

[xt61991]

hey thanks for the info gary. im not sure about the egr, thats why i wanted the hays. I will try to get some pics up of my engin bay to help us. That stuff on the left strut, none of the plugs are hooked up or the vaccum line. how do i go about hooking that suff up.

[xt61991]

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