ej22 motor lifespan

loostriker · Post by **loostriker** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:26 am

just a curious question about how many K's on average you'd hope to get out of motors sitting in soobys from say 1985 to 92? EA82s, EJ22s n the like.

mainly asking to try and be convinced its ok to buy a 92 liberty wagon with 300 thou on the clock...

maybe also just a note on what to look out for if its about to pop?

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:55 am

With EJ22 Subaru motors what really matters is wether or not they've been thrashed and if they've had regular servicing or not.
Driven with respect and regular servicing they should last well beyond 300,000kms. Your best bet is to make sure you have a full history on the car.
Otherwise you can listen for any worrying knocks and have the compression tested. Also check if the oil is very dirty.

daza · Post by **daza** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:11 pm

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:55 pm

ej22 wont last long if your name is alex.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:06 pm

loostriker wrote: mainly asking to try and be convinced its ok to buy a 92 liberty wagon with 300 thou on the clock...

depends on the price

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:56 pm

my bros lib has done 320 ish n it still a very strong motor its got no signs of it being rebuilt but leaks no oil water n used less fuel than my lib so it really depends on how it was treated but theres always a rebuild option

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:16 pm

Subafury wrote:ej22 wont last long if your name is alex.

True that!

He got it rebuilt yet?

Bennie

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:48 pm

its in process benny. patience

dave

Post by **Alex** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:56 pm

stfu!

It was high kms. And it also had the balls thrashed outta it before i got it. Remember that night we first got it?? Andrew should! Lol.

Alex

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:30 pm

Mine now at 272,000kms and still going strong, estimate possible will reach 350,000kms. Oil is still always light brown and never burns oil so suppose it'll last for a while...
Cheers
AP

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:34 pm

Alex wrote:stfu!

It was high kms. And it also had the balls thrashed outta it before i got it. Remember that night we first got it?? Andrew should! Lol.

Alex

haha, we had to blow the cobwebs out!
That was probably like 1% of the reaming it's had since then

loostriker · Post by **loostriker** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:14 pm

yuhuh ok cool, but they can go longer depending on how rough and how much u wana screw up the rest of your parts...

and then i guess the option is to replace the motor. even tho im sure its in other threads, how much wud a swapover be?

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:21 pm

For a proper recon motor with a garantee you'd be looking at upwards of $2500 I'd say.
If you just want another second hand one in reasonable condition obviously prices range a fair bit depending on condition and kms etc.
showthread.php?t=9851 <-- that's an example of (in my opinion) an overpriced one.