Suby Club

Hey guys, I hope all your chrissies have been better than mine!

I was on the way to Buxton (near Picton) and the motor seized in my RX lib. No warning, just started making a horrible knocking sound, so we pulled over and then it just shut up shop. No belts are broken, no leaks and it never blew smoke. Oil level was checked only a few days ago.

Anyway, I'm not worried about diagnosing the problem, as I need to get it back on the road asap. So I'm just hunting down an EJ25 replacement motor.

Does anyone know of any places in Sydney/Western Sydney that they can recommend? I should be able to organise to pick it up so I won't need delivery and I can do the transplant myself so that's all cool.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers guys,
-Paul

PS: I can't remember if the motor would be a twin cam or a quad cam? I'm now nowhere near the car to check...does anyone know?

Bugger.

Will it crank on the starter?

Nothing at all. When you turn the key it just seems like the whole engine is stuck. It's like it tries to crank, but it just can't.

NG Jap has a SOHC EJ25 (I believe mine is SOHC, but I'm not 100% sure without seeing the car now) for around $1700, tested and guaranteed. I'll keep shopping around, but is that a decent price to work off or is he pulling my leg a bit?

Pick and Pull in Seven hills 18 Powers road. cheap engines but from low kms cars

Hey mate, if you want to fix a suspected head gasket, I'll sell you the engine I'm pulling out of my car today. Runs fine, just has head gasket we think. Will let you know later for sure.

Cheers for the offer. I'll see how I go with tested and guaranteed ones first, if all else fails I'll let you know. My time is very limited with my mate's workshop so fixing a gasket plus the swap may end up taking too long. I will let you know though

Pick and pull, not the same as pick and payless? Just making sure I don't get them confused

why not get a full reco engine???? call all drive subaroo.\ they built my engine and are very good

Hey mate, if you want to fix a suspected head gasket, I'll sell you the engine I'm pulling out of my car today. Runs fine, just has head gasket we think. Will let you know later for sure.

Shazza,

How much for your EJ25 with a blown headgasket?

Cheers

Alex

why not get a full reco engine???? call all drive subaroo.\ they built my engine and are very good

I'll get whatever I can at the moment. Problem is at this time of year the funds aren't exactly in my favour

What did it cost you to get the full reco engine?

$600 if you want it mate. Has auto box and all other associated ahit as well.

FYI as well man, we don't know 100% its head gasket. I mean, you just need to top it up with water every 3-5 days, and its fine. Its just that it is absorbing water into the engine somewhere, and we don't know where. The engine still operates perfectly though, other then the water issue. You're welcome to come and have a look tomorrow morning, as we are lifting it out tomorrow morning. Still starts perfect everytime and drives fine though.

Cheers,
Shazza

$600 for a motor with a blown headgasket?

LOL

I was thinking more like a hungee.

Yeah I dunno what they're worth... I figured if good ones were going for 1700, a forked one would go for less then half, with the box?

Cheers,
Shazza

$600 for a motor with a blown headgasket?

LOL

I was thinking more like a hungee.

i've got an ej255 if you are keen

I'll get whatever I can at the moment. Problem is at this time of year the funds aren't exactly in my favour

What did it cost you to get the full reco engine?

myn was different as i got a brand new sti block so cant compare

Fair enough, makes sense

I'm back on the road as of last sunday. I got the motor from NG Jap (who tried to rip me off $50!! Who does that!?) and did the swap on Sunday. Turns out the motor is a full reco job and it drives fantastically now. Feels like a totally brand-new car. All up my adventure cost me $1900, so I got out of it relatively unscathed.

Thanks for the help fellas