1992 Liberty GX AWD EJ22 to EJ20T Options

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:55 pm

SWEEEEEEEEEET

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:53 pm

Just to clarify - have you put a cam belt kit on and a new water pump?

Cheers

Bennie

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:03 pm

negative

Engine has done low k's so not needed for a while a believe.
That and ive been spending money on the skyline!! lol so cant afford it

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:32 pm

Oh.. almost forgot this thread was about a subaru

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:27 am

Lol i worked late tonight so didnt get a chance to work on it

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:45 pm

jayrod wrote:Engine has done low k's so not needed for a while a believe.

Personally it's something I would do with every conversion for piece of mind - at the very least swap for a new cam belt...

jayrod wrote:That and ive been spending money on the skyline!! lol so cant afford it

Maybe, but it could end up costing you a pot load more if it lets go. Just saying so you know

Cheers

Bennie

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:32 am

True, but im pretty sure i could get a engine itself for the same price as a timing belt kit :P

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:55 am

LOL.. I won't to know your parts guy.. I'd love to buy a cheap EJ20T (running one)

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:44 pm

mabye i exaggerated :P

Update

Got my turbo gaske.

Wiring is proving to be a bit more of a hassle than initially thought.

I believe i have spare plugs for ABS, and some other things. ( that i dont have )

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:23 pm

Maybe but I won't hold it against you

If you can take some pics of those plugs, and let us know where abouts they are, then maybe we can help you out?

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:24 pm

Update

She runs

:):):):):)

And some pics i took of my ..."workplace"

Red car is Donor
Silver Car is my Current lifted subi
Silver car with red door is the Ej20t car i will be lifting

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:18 pm

Excellent news.. can't wait to see it tearing up the dunes

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:34 am

Setback

To be expected, nothing goes smoothly lol!
I should of compression tested before the engine went in ...but hey...it happens.

So anyway i took it for a drive and it lacked on power, sounded ok, but lacked power.
Took each spark out 1 by one until the back right plug made barley any difference when i unplugged it, replaced spark plugs no go.

Went and got a compression tester, tested other plugs and got ~130, back right plug got.....50...., also not sure if related ( might be ) very loud tapping near the back right, ( stuck valve?)

I have got some spare heads, i just want another feedback on what you guys might think the problem is. I know the engines gota come out and most likely heads off, just if anyone else had this issue?

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:48 am

Most problems I see with the EJ20T engine is the timing belt is set wrong and/or valves have been knocked buy other valves and because they are very thin stems, they tend to bend very easily.

Has the timing belt been off?

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:47 am

No never touched it, that said the previous owner could have.

Once i get it out ill do Head gasket/timing belt
Is it easy to see what the issue is once i take the head off?

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:15 pm

I would leave the engine in place and just remove the timing covers first, then if the timing marks all line up correctly, then start thinking about pulling the heads off (engine out for this). Once the heads are off, you can do vacuum checks on the ports to see if you have any bent valves.

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:33 pm

Ok sounds good.

Should be able to get to timing area with radiator out but engine in?

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:41 pm

If you have coolant in the rad, then just remove the fans but it's not really too much hassle to put coolant back in and it is a lot easier without the rad in place.

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:51 pm

Ill just drain it.
All the "hard" work is done which puts my mind at ease a little.

If i need to take the engine out again im not to fussed as ive done all the wiring and test it all and all works

jayrod · Post by **jayrod** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:02 pm

Ok engine is out
Heads are off

The cylninder that was giving low compression looks all ok, piston looks ok, no scoring or anything.

What was wierd was there was a bit of water in the piston cyclinder, and the valve area looks "cleaner", with the valve themselves looking alot "older".

It looks like it could be a headgasket causing the issues, (hopefully)

I put some fuel in the exhaust and inlet on the head, and the exhaust side leaks slightly on the cylinder that had low compression

Next step take it to a shop and get them to see if the valves are all good, and fix it if they arnt

The problem im going to have is putting it all back together
I have taken all cams off and im hoping puting it back together is fairly simple ( timings, direction, orientation of cams )