EJ251 longblock from 2004 Forester X 4EAT
08-15-2018, 09:41 AM
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Car Info: 1999 2.5RS / 2004 Forester X
EJ251 heads from 2004 Forester X
EDIT: Heads only now, block is sold!
In March 2018 of of the radiator fans on my Forester got jammed with debris and my engine overheated in the red for 2-3min minutes before I could shut it down. Over the next few months the car began to overheat more and more often till eventually I used a combustion leak tester which indicated the hg's were blown. Fyi, I just had the hg's, timing belt kit, water pump, thermostat all done back in September 2016 (by a dealership master tech). Even while it had the intermittent overheating it still ran extremely well and I did not notice any loss in power or torque / responsiveness.
Before the car overheated last year it ran flawlessly and never got hot even in traffic at 105 degrees. As of now I am running another EJ251 from a 2003 Legacy.
Anyways, I already sold the block just need to have someone get the heads
Heads are @ ~35k, so still very new
Compression #'s before teardown
Cyl 1 = 210psi
Cyl 2 = 212psi
Cyl 3 = 212psi
Cyl 4 = 210psi
$300 Picked up in the Bay Area
Should be able to just get the heads decked and put on with new gaskets and keep going.
PM if interested, thanks!
In March 2018 of of the radiator fans on my Forester got jammed with debris and my engine overheated in the red for 2-3min minutes before I could shut it down. Over the next few months the car began to overheat more and more often till eventually I used a combustion leak tester which indicated the hg's were blown. Fyi, I just had the hg's, timing belt kit, water pump, thermostat all done back in September 2016 (by a dealership master tech). Even while it had the intermittent overheating it still ran extremely well and I did not notice any loss in power or torque / responsiveness.
Before the car overheated last year it ran flawlessly and never got hot even in traffic at 105 degrees. As of now I am running another EJ251 from a 2003 Legacy.
Anyways, I already sold the block just need to have someone get the heads
Heads are @ ~35k, so still very new
Compression #'s before teardown
Cyl 1 = 210psi
Cyl 2 = 212psi
Cyl 3 = 212psi
Cyl 4 = 210psi
$300 Picked up in the Bay Area
Should be able to just get the heads decked and put on with new gaskets and keep going.
PM if interested, thanks!
Last edited by stg2lgcy00; 05-19-2019 at 10:56 AM. Reason: sold the block
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