The Journies of Miss Misery

I have decided to name my car Miss Misery and I'm sure most of you know why.

Anyway, I decided to start a new thread and deleted my old one. As of yet, I have pulled the engine, disassembled the heads, and taken off all the other parts. I am hoping to have her done by tomorrow. Going to reassemble and put everything on the new block today.

As I took the oil pan off, I was able to diagnose my engine failure cause...Just have a look below...



Anyway, as of right now, everything is in pieces, and the only thing stopping me is the o-ring kit for the oil cooler assembly. I am about to head to Subaru of Gwinnett to pick it up. After that, I will be headed back to the shop to piece my baby back together.

 

Did you replace the entire oil cooler? Did you THOROUGHLY have the heads cleaned and all oil passages cleaned?

DO NOT REUSE THE OIL COOLER.

 

I'll put it this way, I was at the shop at 8 am yesterday and didn't leave until 5 am this morning making sure everything was done right. I did not replace the oil cooler, but I did make sure that ALL oil passages were thoroughly cleaned. I became one with the parts cleaner. Why would I not reuse the oil cooler?

 

You will NEVER get the oil cooler thoroughly cleaned. TRUST me on this.

 

I'll have to see how much a new one is then. What I did to clean it was hook up a cheap oil filter, then ran the parts cleaner through it for about 30 minutes straight. Then ran compressed air through it without the filter for about 5 minutes. Seemed to do a pretty legit job.

 

I think I saw BRED and breel both say before it's best to just replace it. I do know of a few instances where a new rebuild failed due to the oil cooler not being replaced when a spun bearing or oil starvation was involved.

 

If it costs too much, then I'll have to put the car on hold, b/c I'm sure it's pricey.

 

Not sure if it's relevant or not, but as I was running the parts cleaner through it with the filter on, it seemed to be flowing just fine...

 

Replace it. I don't care what you see with a filter. You NEVER get all the material out.

 

Damn...and it'll be at least another 2 weeks now

 

Whys that?

 

It's better than it being months with any sort of failure that could potentially happen with a reused oil cooler.
You may as well give it a couple of weeks and do it right rather than having it possibly fail on you.
I'm not incredibly knowledgeable with any of that stuff, so I would have no clue what could actually happen, but it's just a thought.

 

Money is the issue. I've already dumped so much into this tht I can't afford anything that pricey right now.

 

Looked into aftermarket oil coolers?

 

I looked at a few in my search for a replacement one. I think they run about $250 for an OEM replacment and I saw a few aftermarket ones in the same arena. I was just weary of whether the aftermarket ones attached to the block or to the OEM cooler.

 

Their all outside of my budget for right now

 

wait two weeks and do it right or pray for two weeks and have the same problem,

 

Oh I'm waiting. Sucks, but I am.

 

In the mean time, I'm still going to button up the rest of the engine.

 

Did you tell the people at SOG that you were a member of this site?

They used to knock a little off the price if you did.

If not this is the next best place

http://www.trademotion.com/parts/20...teid=214857&vehicleid=1378773&diagram=7591060

AKA SubaruParts.com

 

They give me a military discount, which is about the same.

 

Sure

 

That wasn't meant for here

 

hope you went with a new oil pump as well

as for cleaning, did you use nylon brushes to clean ALL the galleys? Did you remove ALL the galley plugs to do the above? If you did neither then your heads aren't clean. If you don't have proper tools like a torch to remove said galley plugs then take them to somebody who will do it right. I've seen bad things happen with a bigger hammer.

 

Since I am putting in a brand new 257 block, I went with a new OEM 11mm oil pump. Also got a covert oil pickup. Any and all removable parts on the heads were taken out and cleaned. Trashing the old block, unless someone here wants to buy it.

 

comfortable enough with tolerances to be sure the head is within spec? when my old motor blew we took them to an engine shop and had them inspected and cleaned $60. shit can happen when shit breaks, haha. and good call with replacing all the peripherals. i think its recommended you replace all the timing belt rollers/bearings as well

 

What is the damage to the original block?

 

The original block had a busted oil pickup line and starved the engine of oil. The only things I am reusing on this switch are the heads, compressor, and alternator. Most everything else is brand new.

 

Do you know specifically what is wrong with it? How much do you want for it?

 

Not 100% sure, but it was producing low psi.

 

Sent you a pm

 

Just spent another night working on her. I have one person possibly interested in buying the old block. If all goes well with that, then I should be able to buy my new oil cooler. I guess if y'all haven't noticed, I have been doing all the work myself. At least the mechanic is kind enough to let me use his shop space. I've been reading manual after manual and doing tons of research and calling a few subaru mechanics I know personally from when I lived in Ohio for tips and opinions. As of right now, I have put the bottom end together, IE: covert oil pickup, windagetray, oil return seal, and all that jazz. I used an after market gasket and skim coated it with silicone gasket. According to the manual, everything is torqued to the right spec. I also got both heads on and torqued down. I pre stretched the bolts by torquing them to 22 ft/lbs, then 51 ft/lbs, the. Backing them out a 180 degree turn in alphabetical order, and then again.

More to come!

 

*Journeys (thread title).

 

Eh, journeys-journies, it all means the same in my special little world

 

She runs!!! The timing was off...

 

Well, she is running now, but the clutch ain't quite right. Every time I press it about an inch or so in, it "snaps" to the floor. I have to pull it back up because it won't come back up on its own. Tried bleeding it, but to no avail. Nothing but a frothy mess coming out of the slave cylinder. I figured I'd let it sit overnight and see what happens.

 

That sucks...best of luck.

 

Sounds like someone pressed the clutch while the slave cylinder was off. Or unhooked the hose.

 

Well, I was finally able to see my taillights that I blacked out with the VH1 nightshades at night. Turned out better than I thought.

Daytime - Not Running


Nighttime - Headlights only, no brakes applied

 

It's the daytime viewability of the lights in peak sunlight that worries me when people do this.

 

doubt you'll find much acceptance around here for those, just buy some 04-05 tails.

 

if you get rear-ended, youll likely get a ticket for equipment violation

 

while yeah, i can see how some would like the look, i've never for the life of me figured out why people would want to diminish the signals given to other drivers, especially when you're stopping. I would personally want my brake lights brighter, so the soccer mom on her cell phone has a better chance to see me.

glad you got the car up and running, though, time to enjoy it now

 

I want to get the jdm's. did this for now. I know I've had 2 cops behind me and nothing happened, but I'm sure my time is coming.

 

Got my BOV today. Now I get horny every time I shift.

 

Nice...enjoy making your car even more inefficient.

 

I will.

 

I just make the sound with my mouth. Pachoo-Pachoo!

They make your car sound like a total ricer and were maybe cool for about 5 minutes, 10 years ago

 

I'm about to do a blow through set up anyway

 

BOV didn't cost me anything. Traded something for it. Worst case scenario, it is very easy to switch the old one back.