My daughter might get the mentioned car from the people she does child care for. But needs ahead gasket. What would be a reasonable charge to have in Indy shop do the work in upstate NY.
Subarus use a horizontally-opposed engine.I thought this is a straight 4 cylinder with a single head. Why do the replies mention "heads"?
While before my time, it’s lilies an old Chevy Corvair engine.I thought this is a straight 4 cylinder with a single head. Why do the replies mention "heads"?
Think of it as a water cooled 60's volkswagon.I thought this is a straight 4 cylinder with a single head. Why do the replies mention "heads"?
I paid around 2K at a place in Fort Edward, NY. Motor out, mill both heads, T-belt, tensioner, water pump, cam seals, the whole 9 yards. All Subaru parts back in too. It was worth the drive for me. It took him about 3 days.My daughter might get the mentioned car from the people she does child care for. But needs ahead gasket. What would be a reasonable charge to have in Indy shop do the work in upstate NY.
Why sign up for the hassle? The value of the car needing head gaskets is less than the cost for replacing them. Unless you can diy it, find something else.My daughter might get the mentioned car from the people she does child care for. But needs ahead gasket. What would be a reasonable charge to have in Indy shop do the work in upstate NY.
A point.Why sign up for the hassle? The value of the car needing head gaskets is less than the cost for replacing them. Unless you can diy it, find something else.
If it is leaking oil from the head(s) it may have been run low on oil, in that case either split the case and do the rods, bearings and pistons/rings at the same time. The parts are not big $$ but a brand new short block is not expensive either.My daughter might get the mentioned car from the people she does child care for. But needs ahead gasket. What would be a reasonable charge to have in Indy shop do the work in upstate NY.
I don't believe the root cause for the natural aspirated EJ253 motor and many previous iterations was the simple fact that the design of the head gasket spec'd for this motor was of improper design that ultimately could not handle the requirements to properly seal over time. The aluminum head against the iron block created inherent movement and expansion that over time, failure was inevitable. The amount of surface area was also smaller from all the ports and water jacket channels that thus created a very demanding robust gasket design in which the OEM was not it. The Subaru turbo engines in the same era seemed to have a much much lower failure rate because of the multi layer steel design and this seemed to be the answer to address the courtesy replacements (but I don't think an official recall because it wasn't safety related) and and eventual out of warranty replacements. I'll have to find a reading on the NASIOC forum saying that there was so many head gasket repairs at the dealership that the techs were not machining the heads and just cleaning with wizz wheels to save time and cost and you know how the story ends.If the head gasket needs replacing then its likely the engine overheated? Head will need to be resurfaced? Or are the other reasons the head gasket goes on this engine?