if you were me?

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:34 pm

would you buy a gen2 liberty with an EJ25?

the early ej25s have always scared me. I want a good reliable car, looking at afew gen2 RX wagons with the ej25 in them and around 2-250km.

i REALLY like the gen2 rx's i reckon theyre sexy. A motor swap, although easy, is out of the question.

cheers.

alex

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:12 pm

Why is an engine swap out of the question?
If the car is cheap enough I'd take a gamble on the EJ25, it'd probably be fine. If it fails, then an engine swap is as you say, easy.

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:45 pm

not sure if i can be bothered with a motor swap these days! haha

alex

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:12 pm

lol I knew it. Better sell all your tools then :P

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:32 pm

or give them to me, i'll definitely be using them:)

Engine swap only take a day, you know that!

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:12 pm

just budget for cossie gaskets and arp studs

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:54 pm

Usually been fixed by that mileage, there was a roughish Gen 2 Outback on Gumtree for $1,700 a couple of weeks ago with half a million K's, might still be there.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:58 pm

I wouldn't have got another "real" 4x4... Oh, sorry, I thought we were finishing the sentance

I don't see the issue with the first batch of EJ25's. I remember a certain year having head gasket issues but I thought this was due to dud factory head gasket design or production... Personally I wouldn't be concerned about that model.

If you do need to drop in a new engine palm it off to guyph! Don't leave it with him for too long as it might come back with a turbo conversion and a bill or he'll part it out forgetting you wanted a new engine in it and not just the shell back

Cheers

Bennie