cusackd

Alright lads finally saved the cash to get a full rebuild done and was just looking around on how to ID the block i noticed on another forum that if theres cross hatches under the alternator pulley its safe to say its a closed deck is this true because i have these on mine, did i stumble upon a little gem for the build or is this untrue??

bigsinky

mate this has been covered numerous times. take a look here

merlin24

iTrader: (1)

You do get cross hatching above the oil pump and inside of the bell housing but the only certain way to know is the cross hatching on the oil filter/modine casting on the block





Mick

joz8968

iTrader: (13)

As Mick says - the ONLY way of being 100% sure is the x-hatching around oil filter housing. As also confirmed by Subaru guru, API David... who's opened up more EJ engines than you can shake a shi**y stick at!