andy101

Bought my55 wrx 29000 miles, in December and took it out today and it failed. Sounds like camshaft or bearing failure.

I need help with

Best way to strip down the engine

Tools required

And any drawings exploded views or parts list for the ej20 engine please.

andy101

What would be the best upgrade seen as it's getting stripped anyway?

jura11

iTrader: (7)

Hi there if you want to do on your own you will need probably Subaru service manual and lots of patience.

About the upgrading,depend if you have 2.5 or 2.0.

If you have 2.0 really good investment will be 2.1 Stroker kit which selling Advance Autmotives or Mark@Lateral performance.

Or if you have 2.5,you can go forged route(forged pistons,rod and HG set etc.) as 2.5 are known with failures.

Second option get engine rebuild here known companies such as APi,Engine Tuner or Harvey etc.

Jura

andy101

Yeah it's a 2.0 standard other than the PPP

A service manual would be good if anyone knows where one could be obtained????

WMS

iTrader: (2)

Have you had much experience of engine building? If not it may be better to buy a short engine already built?

andy101

No had no experience with engine building, but am an aerospace engineer, so it shouldn't be much of a problem with the right advice a short engine sounds like the way to go, where's the best place to look and what type of prices do they go for?

jura11

iTrader: (7)

Here are some service manual,maybe help

https://www.scoobynet.com/technical-...d-updated.html
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5...21d66e282a0ee8

Jura

andy101

Thank you, will download and start planning the removal of the engine.

Andy

maydew

iTrader: (9)

sorry to hear mate,
sometimes with these things it works out in long run cheaper to let somone with correct tools/machining equipment in house to do the job,plan wisely .

recent oil change by any chance/aftermarket parts fitted?

low mileage really.

andy101

have been losing oil for a few weeks through the sump, think i tried remedying the problem too late had the sump off today resealed refilled following the process as stated on here but i think it was already letting go last week, no aftermarket parts fitted is a one owner full service car. pretty pissed off but just need to get it sorted.

as for letting someone do the job ill explore every avenue before doing anything i want it right.....its my third impreza just been unlucky this time.

maydew

iTrader: (9)

very unlucky mate.

so did it start knocking after resealing the sump ,

did you turn over first with crank sensor off till oil pressure built up and light went out?
maybe excess sealer clogged pick up pipe .

trouble is you see so many try to rebuild on the cheap but get bitten twice as hard .

andy101

Yeah i did everything as posted in another thread. Im sure ive been too late with the leak.
Dont know where to start at the moment need to get the job priced up and pull the motor out see what damage ive done.

maydew

iTrader: (9)

where you from as can recommend from there,always best to try find the cause of the problem if you are to reuse parts,to save further headache as said above fairly low mileage for failure really unless been run very low on oil.

andy101

Im in the north east, near middlesbrough. Yeah it had ran low week before last had a week off this week so planned to do a few things......now its one big thing.

wrx fifer

iTrader: (34)

sorry to hear that mate not a good start to scooby ownership

APIDavid

iTrader: (4)

Give me a call and l'll let you have some info and torque settings etc.

David APi

01926 614333

andy101

Thanks David but im putting it on hold as because I have no car I went out cycling and got knocked down on a roundabout a broken. Heel for my troubles, when I'm mobile in about 3 months will definitely ring and get some info off you if you wouldn't mind.

Thanks again (lucky) Andy lol

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Lucky sod.........the compo should pay for the repair!

andy101

Hopefully!