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Hi all,

Thought i'd say hello and post a pic of my wagon I just picked up for $400.

It's a 1990, 5 speed, dual range, Mpfi with 290,000kms but has had an exchanged engine at some point in it's life.

It hasn't run for a few years so i'm going to replace the old fuel, oil, coolant and filters, chuck in a new battery and see what happens.

Wish me luck!

Cheers

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Welcome to the forum Phil!

I'm sure she'll fire up just fine once you've got some fresh fuel in there and a battery

Cheers

Bennie

Thanks Bennie!

I will pick up a battery for it tomorrow.

Just found a couple of split fuel hoses and coolant hoses so i'll replace them and see how it goes.

Fingers are crossed...

Some might say you stole it at $400

Looks good in white !

I would also turn it over by hand before doing any work on it, this will at least tell you if it's worth doing any work at this point, if it locks up investigate. If it doesn't turn over consider other options...

Cheers

Bennie

Yeah, $400 is not bad. It's straight and no signs of rust that I can see. It's just the motor that may need some work. It's had a pretty bad oil leak at some stage, it's got oil splashed all down the headers, underside of the sump and gearbox so i'll have to check that out but first thing is to get it to kick over.

I've never worked on a Subaru before so it will be a learning curve for me. I've had a read on here and there is a wealth of knowledge for me to draw from which will be useful.

And Bennie, I turned it over by hand before I bought it to check it wasn't seized up.

I'll keep you posted.

Cheers

Ther's a few of us who have progressed from EA81 to EA82 and know a bit , just start a post in chat or troubleshooting....start its post title with EA82 ...........

Thanks steptoe, will do...

Well she started. But idles on the verge of stalling and she's got a bit of a death rattle going on. I going to look at the timing belt and then oil pump.

If I have no luck i'll start a thread and see what other ideas there are out there.

Cheers

steptoe wrote:Ther's a few of us who have progressed from EA81 to EA82 and know a bit

Dunno about progress from Ea81 to the Ea82! Model change maybe but engine wise the ea81 rules in my book! Less oil leaks in general, no bloody cam boxes to leak, no rubber band cam belts to worry about and NO lifter tick of death!

PhilsWagon wrote:Well she started. But idles on the verge of stalling and she's got a bit of a death rattle going on. I going to look at the timing belt and then oil pump.

I will tell you now the biggest leak is the oil pump. To get to it the cam belt needs to be removed. When replacing the cam belts put one on after lining up the three marks on the flywheel, rotate the crank once then install the other cam belt with the same marks aligned. The cams should now be 180 degrees out from each other

Have fun! Grab a Haynes manual if you don't have one already

Cheers

Bennie

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on the purchase!

Yeah definitely going to get a Haynes manual.

A couple of surprises i found today...

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Seized idler pulley bearing
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Split hose
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Split fuel line

Thanks Tigger

Well, she's certainly nice and clean inside...

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Also it looks like the oil leak is actually power steering fluid. I think a good pressure clean is in order...

Lucas do a good for Subaru L Series PS stop leak, about 14 bucks from SCA , white plastic bottle with US flag colours on it, funnel squirter top. Highly recommend it after checking hoses, clamps and the flange nut at the rack

Looks very nice, hope once you do all the hoses, fuel lines, filters, etc, you have no probs firing it up...

I haven't done that much work on the EA82 although I have dabbled a little. and done enough on the old EA81's in saying that i'm in the process of rebuilding one now. But when i'm home I am in canberra so if you get stuck look me up and i'll see if i can't call around.

Thanks NachaLuva!

Thanks tex. I appreciate the offer. I'll let you know if I get stuck.

The cam belts were pretty loose so I tightened them up. I've replaced the split hoses and just need ti pick up a new bearing for the idler pulley.

I'm going to pull the oil pump one day this week and make sure it's working properly but i'm pretty busy with work so i'll see how I go.

Cheers

you will need some fine skills to replace that idler bearing and keep it all running true...I tried once, stuffed up once, gave up......