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if you were me?
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:34 pm
by Alex
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
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:12 pm
by AndrewT
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:45 pm
by Alex
not sure if i can be bothered with a motor swap these days! haha
alex
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:12 pm
by AndrewT
lol I knew it. Better sell all your tools then :P
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:32 pm
by guyph_01
or give them to me, i'll definitely be using them:)
Engine swap only take a day, you know that!
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:12 pm
by H-top
just budget for cossie gaskets and arp studs
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:54 pm
by d_generate
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:58 pm
by El_Freddo
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