iv got a 2000 plate wrx import and it has a knocking noise from the engie not sure what it is maybe bigends maybe somthing small but if it is the big ends would this be the right engine to get to replace it even tho it say 94-98 years on the add

Subaru EJ20 turbo engine 94-98 + warranty* on eBay (end time 22-Jan-10 12:51:21 GMT)

 

might be cheap but the warranty is bollocks.1 month if they fit it????

 

would this be a good way of doing it? then just swapping everthing over but get new pumps/ belts

and do you know if it will fit my car?

cheers

 

Wouldn't be a good way for you to do it, no, as aside from any other issues, a "94-98" engine won't fit your 2000MY inlet manifold.

 

i know this is a stuiped question but what engine an i looking for?

 

You need a 99MY+ engine to drop straight into your car - although I have no idea whether your import spec WRX is fully compatible with a UK market engine. Would have thought that your first and best way forward from where you currently are would be to find out for sure what's wrong with your current one before doing anything else.

Even if the one you linked to on eBay would fit, a random engine with effectively no warranty and no provenance could easily be a recipe for more trouble shortly.

Why don't you have a word with DavidAPI?

 

Go api or any off the proper subaru specialists
i live in brum and have seen the one place that is on ebay and never have been so shocked search on here about replacement engines pretty sure that place is one of the horror stories .
Might be cheaper in the long run to have yours rebuilt or find someone breaking a car and go private but run the risk of will it wont it last
firstly call david at api only ever heard good things hth

 

A big end repair at APi is £1400.00 + VAT [ £1645.00 inc ] drive in - drive out. Proper job, proper parts. Warranty is restricted to crank and bearings, but as that is the part we are replacing that is fair enough.

Obviously we warrant our own workmanship, but we cannot warrant the remains of the original engine, as we wont have supplied those parts.

Call if I can help or you want to talk it through. Good Luck - David

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£1400 Cash in hand is a great price.

 

If only I could

But you see, that nice Gordon Brown is really strapped for cash 'cos he's bailing out all those ******* - oops sorry, bankers and starving Albanian refugees who get more dole than any UK citizen ever will and the money has to come from somewhere

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I always say this with engine builds:

I'ts going to be an expensive job and not one you should solely do down to a price (although of course everyone wants to get the best deal)

Get the job done right, pay once!

An ebay special isn't cheap if you're only knocking on APi's door 2 months down the line, cause the engine you got from the bloke who swore specialists were a rip off lets go.

 

^^^^ totally agree. the number of people that come on here looking for advice on a job they should have had a professional engine builder doing amazes me. Shut up Sinky say no more.................

 

hey thanks for the replys guys

took the car to my mates grandad whos being a mechanic for about 30years and for him listening to it for about 10secs he said it sounded like a timing tensioner and i asked if it sound anything like the bottom end and he said no still taking the car to the garage on saturday to get it check over

thats very good price, once you add up the new pumps and belt ect and labour of going down the ebay engine route i dont think it would be much cheaper than £1600 and there no warranty. will take a look thru your website

thanks guys

 

Good stuff, hope it turns out to be something as simple as that. See what I mean about being sure what's up before you go forward?

 

yeah thats true

would i be better fitting a whole new kit or just the tensioner?

 

How old is the timing belt? If it's nearly due for replacement, and if the noise does turn out to be the tensioner, may as well do the whole job in one shot. Depending on how desperate you are to get the car back on the road, it's worth taking the other pulleys off and checking them individually before deciding whether to replace them. If they're still smooth and play-free there's no point shelling out on a full set you don't need.

 

il let the garage to have a look and see what the say prob best just paying to get it all done at once i suppose, and lets hope the noise goes away

 

where is the best place to start looking for a kit? found this site doing a sreach but not sure if they are any good? Buy Parts By

thanks for the help people