subaru l series help

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:22 pm

Try penrite hpr diesel oil.
It is a mineral oil at 15w40 I believe.
It worked well in my friends diesel troop carrier.
Only took a few minutes to turn black.

Cheers Cam

l series mad · Post by **l series mad** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:24 pm

so use diesel oil in a petrol motor all right it just seems a bit funny thats all

l series mad · Post by **l series mad** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:44 am

hay is there any other subaru seats that would just bolt in my l series maybe some sti seats ?

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:48 pm

l series mad wrote:hay is there any other subaru seats that would just bolt in my l series maybe some sti seats ?

My heavily modified forester seats

Seriously though, the touring wagon seats are a slight upgrade if they're not already worn out and I think the Gen1 and Gen2 seats fit in with a bit of fiddling around - but I have not gone down that path so don't have the experience to say ya or nay on it. I've only seen the end results.

Cheers

Bennie

l series mad · Post by **l series mad** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:51 pm

is there something special u have to do in a l series to do an engine swap with a liberty or is it a quick swap ?

Post by **Alex** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 1:13 am

Please search the forums. The question has been asked and answered 9999999999999999 times

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Post by **TOONGA** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:05 am

Some suggested reading

showthread.php?t=11733

http://jdmfsm.info/Auto/Japan/Subaru/-- ... 1_EA82.pdf

have fun

TOONGA

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:55 pm

l series mad wrote:is there something special u have to do in a l series to do an engine swap with a liberty or is it a quick swap ?

I would say that it's something quite special - unless you get someone else to sort sections of the conversion out for you...

And Thanks Toonga for using my story on my EJ conversion thread! That's got all you need in there as I experienced it - from my naive questions to the finished product and beyond!

This is a thread I created from that experience that's basically a blow by blow of what you need to do to get an EJ into your L series (or basically an MY).

The EJ is well worth the effort - even if you get half way in with the wiring mess (cut down and when your L's apart!) and think what the bloody hell am I doing with all of this?! If you do experience this, take a deep breath and relax

Cheers

Bennie

l series mad · Post by **l series mad** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:17 pm

what about a 1.8 from a impreza is that a quick swap ?

Post by **TOONGA** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 6:39 pm

Nope the EJ motors all have more sensors than the EA82 motor. even with the EJ18 you would still need to use the computer, harness and other bits and pieces to get it to work.

TOONGA

l series mad · Post by **l series mad** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:19 pm

ok hmm i may have to get more help then hehe

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:00 pm

TOONGA wrote:Nope the EJ motors all have more sensors than the EA82 motor. even with the EJ18 you would still need to use the computer, harness and other bits and pieces to get it to work.

Yes you do. But personally I wouldn't bother with the EJ18...

Do some research about what's involved if you need more than what we've dropped in here.

Maybe Toonga's work on his '22 with an old school carb setup could be the way to go for you... I'm not sure if he's got a concise thread about it... yet. Do a search.

Cheers

Bennie

Post by **TOONGA** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:06 pm

El_Freddo wrote:Yes you do. But personally I wouldn't bother with the EJ18...

Do some research about what's involved if you need more than what we've dropped in here.

Maybe Toonga's work on his '22 with an old school carb setup could be the way to go for you... I'm not sure if he's got a concise thread about it... yet. Do a search.

Cheers

Bennie

LOL that was a bit A.R wasn't it Bennie?

no Ive not made a concise thread, too many spammers want to flood my threads, what can I say we have fun

if you go to my first post in my brumby thread all of the major build points (and some spam) are outlined

one day I will do a proper write up ... maybe.

TOONGA

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:13 pm

TOONGA wrote:if you go to my first post in my brumby thread all of the major build points (and some spam) are outlined

Hehehe...

TOONGA wrote:LOL that was a bit A.R wasn't it Bennie?

A.R? Not getting this one tonight

Cheers

Bennie

l series mad · Post by **l series mad** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:23 am

hi my friend told me that its bad to use 98octane in my ea82 mpfi l series is this true ?

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:19 am

No that's complete crap. It won't do any harm, but it probably won't do you any favours either unless you advance your ignition timing to take advantage of the increased knock resistance.

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steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:57 am

it is bad - to spread BS like that. It is bad to use any ethanol blend in a car with a metal fuel tank made before ethanol blends were thought of for the public. Bad in that ethanol sitting around for some time in a metal fuel tank has some relationship to rusting insides the metal tank. It may be OK to use it all up in short space of time

coxy · Post by **coxy** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:53 am

I am surprised nobody has mentioned replacing the cam belts on any secondhand car as you generally have no idea of actual service replacement on these items and that is the perfect time to do the oil pump and front crank and cam seals so you know they are good.This will often fix the noisy lifter tick of death noise.

l series mad · Post by **l series mad** » Fri Nov 02, 2012 4:14 pm

is there anything else that can make the tappet noise but isnt the tappets ???