fish1963

yep engine is all good now,no knocks or rattles,just a whinning primary turbo. funny thing is,i changed it over and the replacement whines the same haha.

i know the young lad i bought car off told me he took car to a machanic and was told engine had a buggered piston or a cracked head. someone cut that wire. scary aye.

still have one small problem. a subaru expert might know the answer? the turbo on the passengers side was wirring when you rev car and when you turn key off you could here it spinning down. so changed turbo with the same known goody and it still wirrs?

ok have made some progress. problem was with number three cylinder. tried 3 or 4 different coil packs and plugs. have changed left fuel injectors cos number 3 was stuck open. still only running on 3 cylinders. pulled injector plugs off and no differance with number 3. so traced wires back about 6 inches from plug and you guessed it a broken wire. pulled the black plastic wire covering back and someone has cut wire. looks like been done with a craft knife. looks like it\'s been done on purpose as no other wires are cut. so i\'m guessing that cut wire has stuck injector open. fuel has filled cylinder and killed spark and what was\'nt going out exhaust was draining into sump oil and pushing the oil level up which was pressurising sump and pushing oil past rings. drained sump,added new oil, and car runs like a new one. i think car was sabataged before i bought it.

what is the difference between these turbo\'s? vf13 vf14,vf16 vf17,vf18 vf19?

what is the difference between these turbo\'s? vf13 vf14,vf16 vf17,vf18 vf19?

also the engine in this car has coil packs. so what year did they go away from the top mount coils?

hello everyone, what are the pros and cons of using a 94gt engine in a 97gt subaru? i think the 94 has vf13 vf14 turbo\'s and the 97 has vf18 vf19. can i use the 97 ecu on the 94 motor if i change over the inlet manifold from the 97[yellow injectors],and the turbos,and orange air flow meter? any thing else i would have to change? just to clarify, have bought a 97 gt wagon as a progect. it has ej20r on the plate. i was told it has had a motor change. it is smoking badly and has a lot of fuel vapour out exgaust. have done compression test and 120psi in all pots. turbo on passengers side is still winding down after key is turned off. have never heard one do this before. so changed turbo with a known good one and it still does the same. so guess it\'s ok. both turbos are vf13 and vf14,which i have been told are off a 94gt, thats why i\'m guessing it\'s an engine from a 94. have yet to check fuel injection pressure, as number three pot has excessive fuel and plug is wet. can someone tell me what are the correct size turbo\'s for a 97 ej20r? engine has yellow injetors and orange airflow meter. is there a number on block to show what year engine is? car was going fine for previous owner,them started to blow smoke and use heaps of fuel.

i'm hoping that there is some cleaver subaru buffs out there unlike myself.i pulled the motor out of my subaru 250t to fix the compuslery blown head gasket.was bolting motor back to auto gearbox and didn't have tork converter seated in gearbox properly before i tightened up the bellhousing bolts.there was a bang then bellhousing bolts and nuts went loose.seperated motor and box again and pushed tork converter into box correctly.started motor and runs great but got in car to take for a drive and no go.auto box is no go.no drive wot so ever.gutted.have pulled motor out again and see nothing wrong with tork converter except it doesn't appear to have any oil in it.and yes gearbox does have oil.any help or ideas would be bloody awesome.has this happened to anyone else?do you no anyone i could ring about this?