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hi, i am currently rebuilding my impreza. i was given an engine (ej20) by a friend which was burning oil, piston rings, i have removed my pistons from the engine that was in my car to put in the engine that i was given. but there different. . . does it matter? there the same circumfernce only diff i can see is that the skirts are slightly longer on the pistons with the rings gone and have kind of a rectangular shape on top, and the ones im going to put back in have a shorter skirt with a square on the top of the piston....oh and only diff i notice with the engines are that on the oil pump casing my engine out of the car has a guide to stop the cam bet coming off. the engine i was given doesnt have a place to bolt it on to. dont know if this makes a difference or not?
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hi, i am currently rebuilding my impreza. i was given an engine (ej20) by a friend which was burning oil, piston rings, i have removed my pistons from the engine that was in my car to put in the engine that i was given. but there different. . . does it matter? there the same circumfernce only diff i can see is that the skirts are slightly longer on the pistons with the rings gone and have kind of a rectangular shape on top, and the ones im going to put back in have a shorter skirt with a square on the top of the piston....oh and only diff i notice with the engines are that on the oil pump casing my engine out of the car has a guide to stop the cam bet coming off. the engine i was given doesnt have a place to bolt it on to. dont know if this makes a difference or not?
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merlin - i cant upload photos for some reason? how do you guys manage it?
rob - how do you get the pully off the crank, i got the aux crank pully off but the toothed one i cant seem to move on either of the engines.
thanks for the replays so far keep em coming
rob - how do you get the pully off the crank, i got the aux crank pully off but the toothed one i cant seem to move on either of the engines.
thanks for the replays so far keep em coming
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