This is a 2.2L engine that does NOT feature the head gasket failure mode.
I will probably tidy up the bay when I swap the alt/ps belt in the near future.
The Subaru ej22 is a popular engine for people to swap into vintage VWs as the the flat-four piston arrangement is similar to the air-cooled “pancake” engines that came in the VWs. If I can find a cheap enough donor car, I will be putting an ej22 in my VW bus
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They are hard to find because the people with problematic 2.5L engines swap the 2.2L in. Cheaper to swap then have the gaskets done at a shop.
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This is the 2.5L ej251 that just had the mls gaskets put on because yes, that bitch was leaking again lol
2001 Forester. Did a lot while the engine was out to do head gaskets. My favorite I think was acousti sealing the mega fuck out of my flange gasket. So quiet now.
I think I’m being too cowardly with the belts because I’ve had to tighten them both at least once. Don’t have a perfect 12mm to reach the vbelt pulley so I’ll have to take the damn fan off again to get it