Shropshire-Guy

Anybody Answer this for me please.?. Went to my local Motor Factors today who i trust and have used for years to get myself a Engine Gasket set. Told them the year of car etc (MY97) and got given the Question ,is it

1, A Boxer Engine
or
2, A Flat 4.

I though they where the same Engine. Anybody throw any light on this for me please.

Cheers in advance Steve (SG)

drb5

iTrader: (4)

pmsl yes m8, you are correct. they are the same engine

Shropshire-Guy

cheers drb5. Trouble is believe it or not the gasket set sets in the Payne catalogue has 2 different part numbers .
1, Is for Boxer engine.
2, Iis for the Flat 4.

So WTf is all that to do with then?

I,ve worked on Many engines, Cars , trucks and agricultural stuff etc so im hardly green behind the ears when it comes to Engines but this i admit has baffled me

Chris L

Well if you're being picky:

"Some experts distinguish between V-at-180° (flat 4) engines and real boxer engines. The real boxer has one crank pin per piston while in the V-at-180° engine two pistons share the same crank pin"

I'm not sure what difference (if any) this would make to a gasket set though.

Chris

drb5

iTrader: (4)

why not just go to subaru m8y for the gasket set? ok may be more expensive, but you know what your getting, or better still RCM?

Shropshire-Guy

Reason ,i only want certain gaskets ie inlet and exhaust plus other little ones. Im not doing Engine rebuild. Genuine Subaru is £ 250 + VAT, which to my mind is rediculous

drb5

iTrader: (4)

tis, you just the rest of it and either sell them or use them when the time comes, or you even just use them all and everything is new then, if you catch my drift i had to bite the bullit myself m8. just paid the money. when it comes to a rebuild, it pay's to do it all right. not that i'm sayin your doin it, wrong, just sayin