Need advice on Subaru EJ25D rebuild
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:17 pm
Guys I'm refreshing up my first Subaru engine and would like input from veterans.
I hate to call this a rebuild as I'm going to pinch pennies where possible. Basically it had the typical head gasket failure and leaked oil into the cooling system. I'm having the heads rebuilt locally and they'll be done in a week or so. The cylinder walls look good and even though I know it's got 160K miles on it. My gut instincts tell me to split the case so I can clean and inspect the bottom end so that's my plan. If all the bearings look good, I'll just reassemble with what's there. If it needs bearings I'll put those in.
I need gaskets and I'm leaning towards Felpro. The trouble is I have not found a complete Felpro engine gasket set. I've seen a head gasket set listed but not full engine.
Beyond the gaskets in the head set, what other gaskets are needed? Does anyone offer a bottom end gasket kit that compliments a head gasket kit?
Advice from experienced Subaru builders will be much appreciated.
I hate to call this a rebuild as I'm going to pinch pennies where possible. Basically it had the typical head gasket failure and leaked oil into the cooling system. I'm having the heads rebuilt locally and they'll be done in a week or so. The cylinder walls look good and even though I know it's got 160K miles on it. My gut instincts tell me to split the case so I can clean and inspect the bottom end so that's my plan. If all the bearings look good, I'll just reassemble with what's there. If it needs bearings I'll put those in.
I need gaskets and I'm leaning towards Felpro. The trouble is I have not found a complete Felpro engine gasket set. I've seen a head gasket set listed but not full engine.
Beyond the gaskets in the head set, what other gaskets are needed? Does anyone offer a bottom end gasket kit that compliments a head gasket kit?
Advice from experienced Subaru builders will be much appreciated.