What's wrong with it

needs rebuilding. Jumped timing and went boom...

Awwww wish I could help

you can share my gofundme link. That is free and only takes a minute.

I will I promiss

Thank you!

Welcome.

looks like a fine engine

Lol. Nope... Click the link to find out why...

oh ok

seems cheaper to just get a new motor http://www.ebay.com/itm/01-02-03-SU.....9a&vxp=mtr

That isn't new. I would rather rebuild it so it lasts instead of getting a used motor that I don't know the history of.

newer from a warehouse 50k to 60k miles, its what i did with my old supra when mine went out

Sadly, most subarus are in junkyards because the motor went on them. That or rust. It is extremely difficult to find a "low" milage subaru engine for under 3,000 dollars. They are very expensive. And a "rebuilt" one will run you almost 5,000 dollars. But I can rebuild my own for a lot less and it will be like a brand new engine. I plan on keeping the car a very long time.

Friend of mine just rebuilt his himself. Obviously sent the block and heads to a machine shop. I was surprised by how cheaply he got it all done, maybe $1400? He's pretty meticulous, so I'm sure he did it right. Said it's easy to pull and an easy rebuild.

Subaru really has no excuse for the low mileage failures of its engine, IMHO. I've seen many Toyotas and Hondas run way over 200,000 without a glitch. Once the Subies are rebuilt, they seem fine for many miles, but they shouldn't fail at 110-120,000.

I agree 100 percent. I plan on shopping around for the right price for parts and such once I get the money. I use OEM parts so it is a bit more expensive. but you repair things to make them last. The original motor on this car died at 150,000 miles due to a spun main bearing. This one has a lot wrong with it also because it was beaten on it's whole life before my car. I got it with about 100,000 miles on it, and put almost 40,000 on it in 3 years. It's wore out, and that motor cost me 1,500 dollars when i put it in! I would rather rebuild the motor so I have a "new" one instead of buying a used one and hoping it lasts another 50,000 miles. I'm going for over 500,000 on the shell. It has very close to 200,000 already.

Junkyards will be your best friend. I have found many rare or hard to find parts for my s10 blazer. Also, I rebuilt a used motor with a out of work family friend 'I paid him for his work'. It had 177K or so on the engine before the oil pump went south and blew the front two rods. I used some of the old engine for parts on the new engine. The engine with turned crank and new bearing for about $1100.00 from a machine shop.

Note: Replacing the oil pump is a good idea, and find a local place to get left turn drill bits if you break a bolt. They cost more but save a lot of time.

I had a hard time taking it out without a engine crane but, I built a wooden gantry crane and borrowed a chain hoist to put the rebuilt back in. That was fast after you moved the vehicle as the crane is staked into the ground with re-bar.

I know what I'm doing bud. Not trying to be an ass. I don't want to repair my motor with junkyard parts. Don't get me wrong, Junkyards are amazing. I would trust most suspension parts, body parts, and interior parts. But internal engine parts from a junkyard is a BIG nono. Kind of like replacing the clutch with a used disk is not the way to go. Intakes and stuff like that are okay. But keep in mind, most Subarus go to the junk yard for 1 of 3 reasons. A crash, rust, or the motor blew. I have an oil pump from my previous motor, but no internals. As I said in the above conversations, I want to rebuild it with good parts that aren't going to fail 20,000 miles down the road. I'm planning on keeping the car for a long long time. I don't want to be rebuilding/replacing the engine every few years because I bought junkyard parts.