Tearing Down A TRASHED Subaru EJ255 Turbo Engine!
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2022
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Todays teardown is the very first after my staycation while my wife and I had our second child. Everyone is doing great! I wanted to start off with a bang and I decided this Subaru EJ255 was the perfect core for tonights video.
This engine is a 2.5L DOHC Turbo Boxer 4 cylinder. Makes about 250hp in stock form though most get modified. Iterations of these engines came in a TON of subarus including the Baja, Outback XT, Legacy GT, WRX and Forester. I cover some common failure points along the way but the situation that led to this engines demise could have been prevented as most of my teardowns prove.
Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage facility in the Saint Louis Missouri area, and part of our model is tearing down blown engines and salvaging good parts from them.
I hope you enjoy this teardown and as always, I love all of the feeback, comments and even the criticism.
Catch you on the next one!
-Eric 
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As Eric's insurance agent I am astounded by his ability to heat up the bolts with only his breath to stay in compliance with our terms. I will definitely not need to investigate him.
Congratulations on a healthy baby and mother and let's not forget Dad, who's doing lots of extra chores nowadays. Aren't diapers fun? That engine has enough salt to serve a small town's needs all winter long. In lieu of Eric's breath, a modern heat gun puts out a lot of BTUs as well. As you expose these more-complex engines, I'm more appreciative of my slow-revving V8s with carburetors and VW air cooled engines. Have you opened an inline 6 cylinder engine? I enjoy seeing all the tech inside these engines as well as your banter. You're appreciated! 😀
Eric must be a shaolin priest....he studied the dragon 🐉 and Kung fu
Have you confirmed that with his doctor?
@@mikefoehr235 Practically a natural-born kung-fu genius!
@@mikefoehr235 No... He just had some ghost peppers during lunch. LOL
So happy that my core lived up to the hype I threw it's way. Thanks for the plug as always!
Thanks for giving Eric the opportunity to show us another teardown. Really appreciated.
Really glad you got him this one. Thanks!
@@maxwell431 That was not running when it got to us.
Any advice for a new Subaru owner? I’m a bit concerned because I know so little about them. Didn’t realize how different their engines are. Just picked up a 2010 Outback with 250K on it. 😂
@@samuel5916 Wow 250K it's broken in! If it's an H6 all you need to due is diligent maintenance, as with any car, especially oil changes. Don't use 0W-anything would be my advice, use at least 5W-30. Make sure you get the coolant changed once in a while too, like every 50K miles. Same with auto transmission fluid. At least a drain and fill every 50K. Timing chain should go foreverish. If it's a 4 cylinder, you have one of the last of the naturally aspirated EJ25 years. If it hasn't had a head gasket done, then likely it's good to go long term and you got a gem. If it has been done, then it seems it was likely done right so don't worry. Rules are the same, diligent maintenance, timing belt should be due at 300K, but check when it was last done if you can. Keep the battery terminals clean and make sure your ground straps are all in good shape. Enjoy!
Every time I watch this channel, I feel like I need to go get an oil change, even if it's just been done 😂
I wrote that a few episodes back. it probably doesn't need to be changed but I will go check it every few weeks after watching one of these just to make sure it's nice, clean, clear and up to the fill line. The oil in this engine was black.
Makes me think of my last oil change. When was it!
Every 5,000 w/ filter
I got my oil changed after seeing the Dodge V10 carnage due to oil starvation!
I had my oil changed yesterday. I feel like I need to go back.
I've had a 2005 legacy GT with the turbo engine like in the video for 14 years. I've programed the factory ECU for a bit more boost but not push it too hard, just an extra 30 hp and 60 ft/lbs of torque. But it's completely stock. I've always changed oil every 5000 miles with Rotella T6 synthetic and high quality filters. Now it has 130,000 miles. All I ever had to replace where two injectors, a worn out clutch, starter, PS pump and struts. Mostly maintnace items.. I live in Alaska and our winters are quite harsh but this car has been great and has never left me stranded. Although I do have to admit it's orientation makes it a huge pain to work on sometimes. After watching this video I would never want to rebuild one. The design seems very pointless compared to the simplicity of an inline 4.
Audibly laughed at "they never go bad" 😂
I wouldn't want one of these, especially since retired and limited budget. Marginal design to me (retired mechanic here).
Strange when I was a dealership mechanic in the 80's Subies were up in the top range for reliability. They were also the easiest cars to service, I had R&R the engine down to 45 minutes.
@@pjford1118 I hear that. I owned SAABs and kinda looked at the Subarus of the day as similar and also desirable. I don't see that now with these later models.
Even Subaru fan boys 🤣 when he said that.
My 03 bugeye runs great, i do all the services myself. I heard that the new ones use silicon instead of gaskets for the oil pain and the excess silicon causes the oil pick up to clog and grenades the engine
Congrats Papa Eric! Great to hear everyone is fine! Excellent video as always buddy. Man, that’s some serious damage to that engine. Thanks for letting us ride shotgun. Big Al.
That windage tray looks like it was designed to hold chunks of loose metal. Great job Subaru!
I had a Impreza turbo - the costliest engine I've ever had when it came to repair and maintenance.
They’re usually very cheap to own up to around 90K - 120K miles then you’re in for plugs, timing belt, usually water pump and tensioners, etc, and those are labor intensive jobs on all boxers. And, if you’re unlucky you’re also in for head gaskets which is even more expensive. So I tell people to get rid of a Subaru before 90K unless you can do all that work yourself.
@@sharedknowledge6640 My turbo subaru had burnt valves at 91,000 miles. I should have sold it sooner
How?? They’re easy to work on and relatively cheap compared to some cars. We get quite good life out of them here in NZ, maybe because the Subarus here are all made in Japan?
@@sharedknowledge6640 Timing belt, water pump, tensioners etc. are all common wear items for any motor with a timing belt. It's not just a Subaru thing. Labor depends on the model, some models don't have as much space so radiator removal is necessary but some have enough room that you can do the entire job right there in front of the car. Head gaskets are annoying for sure, that's a motor out job for sure. Spark plugs are easy on the SOHC models, the DOHC models are a bit more of a pain but with the right tools (lots of little wobble extensions) and if you develop your own process it's not as bad as some make it out to be. The only things you really need to remove are the airbox, battery and depending on the model an air pump or washer bottle. All are easy to remove and reinstall. The problem with these turbo EJ25s is they're very finicky with oil (weight and quality) and hate abusive drivers. Not just lack of maintenance but abusive driving like lugging the motor in a high gear (bye ringlands).
@@sharedknowledge6640 Yup HG went on EJ255 at 93k. All repaired now and moving it out the door.
Congratulation to you and your wife on the birth of the second addition to your family. Thanks for the engine teardowns videos, Eric. You always post an interesting video.
As a certified risk underwriter for a national carrier, I admire your commitment to avoiding open flames in your shop. :) Love the vid sir, thanks. Particularly interesting as an owner of multiple subies including a turbo. And congrats on the new family addition.
I'm just not a Subaru fan, and this video helped me stay that way.
😂buddy, comment of the week
They were great engines back when everything was simpler.
I had a buddy back about 12 years ago that was driving a brat that had almost 400 grand on it and I was always impressed by subaru for that but not have this tear down. What a pain in the ass engine to work on.
@@jamescole6846 In that case, you should see tear down of an Audi.
I loved my Subaru, which ran perfectly until a drunk driver rammed it. I think it's very obvious from all the clues here that this engine blew from hydrolocking, some idiot hooning on a beach is my guess, from the salt water damage and a shattered piston. Fun fact - ANY engine will self-destruct if it sucks in water at hig-revs.
You should record these in front of a live studio audience, so funny. Love the "sleight of hand" comments! I have worked on cars off and on since my teenage years when I would help my stepdad fix the family car on the weekends. Never thought it would be this funny and entertaining to watch. Kudos to you for making it this way!
I have a brilliant idea. Just make the entire engine from the same steel that they use in the wrist pin... Engine will never break
Haha, except that it will be so heavy they'll have to put stiffer suspension in the front and it'll steer like a pig and get worse mileage. I'm assuming you were joking of course, but all-steel (really mostly steel) engines certainly have been made, but they are more and more uncommon for the reasons I listed.
Just like how they should make airplanes out of the same material they make the black boxes out of!
Eric is a dragon! Who knew?!! Congratulations on the baby. Hey you should do the engine that came in the Fiero of you can find one. The V6 version. I heard they were awesome. Barring that, a V12 from a Bentley
W12?
@@nicholasvinen Yes W12. I don't know why I put V. I do know better.
A 2.8 60deg V6 should be easy. The 3100, 3300 and 3600 Gm V6 engines are the same family
Lol.. a GM 2.8 yawn. Its a garden variety 90° V6 ..suck spark bang blow. It came in everything..not just the Fire-O
O.G Bentley...before they got bought out and ruined by VW, had a Rolls Royce 6.75 L. V8. a great engine, unfortunately, everything attached to it failed
This is the best tear down in a long time. An unusual engine with some of the most catastrophic damage we’ve seen yet! Keep up the great work
Congratulations for your latest arrival to your family! Wish you and your family a wonderful future! Love the videos, carnage analysis is fascinating, certainly a lot of commotion going on in that engine before it failed.
Congrats on the new addition to the family. Good to hear the are all healthy. That's really all you can ask for at this time...well maybe a full night's sleep too 😄
I’m dying at your “heat breath”. Congrats on the addition and good to hear everyone is healthy. What is that light that you use? I want one!
Congratulations to you and your wife. Another carnage filled video, love em.
Congratulations on the addition to your family! My 8 year old son and I enjoy watching all your videos. Especially the ones with all the carnage
Congrats! And thanks for doing these tear downs. We enjoy watching it on Saturdays.
Congratulations on your new addition to your family. I have 4 children and 6 grandchildren and another one on the way. Our work is our passion and more importantly we work to support the the ones who matter most. Thank you for sharing. Keep them coming.
Someone went crazy with the rtv on that oil pan.
Eric, Welcome back from your time off. Glad your family is all doing well. Great teardown as usual and thanks to Pete for providing the core.
As a mechanic in Maine.... that Fuji looks about right! Oh and the wonderful exhaust wrapping around the oil filter, yup, great job guys.
As a Subaru owner from Pennsylvania, I'd like to take a moment to confirm this is the norm for crustiness outside of the car community.
Pennsylvania roads, or the deer trails we pass off as roads, are notorious for killing cars. Rims, suspension, engine components, body work, really all of it. The glass suffers from the anti skid used through the winter too, coal trucks kick it up badddd. I know from the two windshields I've replaced.
Nothing is sacred in PA when it comes to winter and your car.
But hey... we have autumn colors... so there's that I suppose.
This Wisconsinite knows exactly what you're talking about.
Same in Vermont. People from other states say Subaru rusts bad because they don't realize up here, everything rusts bad. This is just where Subaru is most popular. Wait until I show people how bad domestic trucks rust!
I’m from Indiana, so we understand. We also have the added bonus of not having vehicle inspections. So I literally get to see trucks rusted in half driving down the road with hardware store brackets and screws holding them together.
As a fellow Pennsylvanian, i definitely agree here!!!
As an Australian, I truly can't work out why you don't just move away from such a hell hole 😂😂
Congrats on the birth of your child! Great to hear everyone is healthy ! Love your videos and as I always remind friends and family "Check and Change your Oil!!!! " 😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍
Congratulations to you and your wife. May all of your lives be long and happy.
congratulations on the new young one. Glad everyone is doing good.
Back around 2015, my son bought a 2008 outback with the turbo boxer. Before he bought it I warned him about the reliability of these engines. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before the engine made me look like a genius.
Poor maintenance and modifications not properly done kills these motors otherwise they are very reliable. We get good milage out of these here in Australia
@@farnarkleboy I can confirm. Don't race or neglect them and they live a long time and work very well.
I've had a 2005 legacy GT the turbo engine like in the video for 14 years. I've programed the factory ECU for a bit more boost but not push it too hard, just an extra 30 hp and 60 ft/lbs of torque. But it's completely stock. I've always changed oil every 5000 miles with Rotella T6 synthetic and high quality filters. Now it has 130,000 miles. All I ever had to replace where two injectors, a worn out clutch, starter, PS pump and struts. Mostly maintnace items.. I live in Alaska and our winters are quite harsh but this car has been great and has never left me stranded. Although I do have to admit it's orientation makes it a huge pain to work on sometimes. After watching this video I would never want to rebuild one. The design seems very pointless compared to the simplicity of an inline 4.
Out of all tear down videos, yours are the Best! ...showing close up details and great neritive !!!
Congrats on new baby Eric glad to hear everyone is doing well
Having start a new job this year that means I work with building up older VW air cooled boxer engines, I have alot of appreciation for this teardown. Especially the splitting the block part and getting pistons out and in. Would love to see an old type 1 beetle or type 4 2L van engine. Or another mazda BP if possible, loved the last teardown
no point doing a tear down of a vw flat four air cooled engine, anyone can do it and the rebuild with an adjustable spanner and a screwdriver!!!
That's the piston that went a missin'!
Always look forward to your teardowns. Thanks for putting together great content!
@ Martin Pavlik, Gotta love those FORGED PISTONS! Looked a bit beyond Shot Peened to me!!!
Interesting tear down, not sure that I have seen one of these before but you have done a few at this point. Thanks for taking the time to share!
Congratulations on the new addition to the family and thanks for another great teardown.
"Piston McNuggets" made me laugh out loud. As someone who has a very similar engine in a 2004 Forester XT sitting in the woods this is very good info for when the time comes to make it roadworthy :) It runs and drives, and hopefully it won't have any serious problems, but seeing its anatomy is very helpful.
I'm excited for this one! I've been driving a WRX with the 205 for a couple years now, I love these engines!
🤣
..oh wait...you're serious. 😒
Congratulations to you and your wife - good to hear all 3 of you are well. As a future teardown, can I suggest you do a mini or MG from 1960s to show young viewers what engines looked like when home mechanics could easily work on them without all the complications of so called improved modern engines!
Congratulations on the baby. Happy to hear everyone is doing well.
SCOOOOOBY!!!
Also i am surprised at how well contained that carnage was! I expected a boat anchor from this engine, but it's a very stout design despite becoming both the blender and the milkshake.
It's a boat anchor. Even when brand new.
It was a boat anchor when new, so nothing changed
Congrats on the addition to the family! Would love to see some old engines on the channel like the 225 slant six and the nissan z24😄
He's gotta find a non-running slant first. Good luck with that. HAHA!
Eric congratulations to you and your wife on having a baby girl. Glad to hear everyone is doing great. Thanks for the teardown on a Subaru engine. The carnage was all over the enginen. Oil is the ĺife of the engine. Always enjoy your channel and content. ❤🇨🇦
"It's like engine paste"....That cracked me up. Thank-you Eric, for brightening my day!
I eant to believe that when that piston broke it had to have sounded like glass shattering. I've never seen one broke that bad before. I'm very impressed.
P.S. Congrats Papi on your new munchkin 💖
Thanks, Eric! Glad to hear all is well with your family. Be careful when you blow out candles, you could blast a hole in the side of your house.
Congratulations on the new arrival. I love these videos!
Eric, congrats to you and your other half on the addition to your family!
Congrats on the new little one. Glad everybody is doing good. As an owner of 3 Subarus...I well, probably shouldn't admit that. Anyway, I was tearing down a Volvo turbo i5 engine the other day with the integrated cam caps in the head with like 50 bolts holding it on. I couldn't help but think of your channel, it was great. I found that cylinders 2 and 3 had something go through them and the pistons and heads were hammered pretty good. It would have made a great tear down video.
Those Volvo i5 engines are fantastic. Unfortunately a lot of them met their demise due to the timing belt breaking. People balk at paying a mechanic $1500 to replace the belt on a car that isn't worth a lot more than that, but if you maintain them they'll run forever.
Congratulations on the kid
Plus I reckon this is one of the chocolate piston issues
Thank You Mister for your work for us and your knowledge .
Wish you and your family good health and hapiness.
I had to replace an EJ-25-whatever came in an 01 Forester. My wife insisted it was my job to check her oil every time she bought gas. Sounded like a bad rod bearing. I was curious to see what it looked like inside, but I knew it was not worth fixing, so I junked it intact. I'm glad I didn't have to tear it down. You just did it for me. Thank you!
Northern Michigan…. 180 inches of snow a year. Roads are covered in salt for months at a time. Rust is a way of life.
Congrats on your 2nd! You and few youtubers feed my love for cars till I have my own.
Nothing better than a Saturday teardown of an engine that ran like it had the rickets.
I have a 2012 Laramie just like that smashed one in the outro but mine is black and silver and, well, not smashed. Sitting at 200k miles so far and looking forward to seeing it maybe hit 300k
Hey! First off, congrats on the channel, quickly turned into one of my most favorites.
I appreciate your knowledge and humor!
My suggestion for next teardown is an N14 or N18 engines found in second gen mini coopers (2008-2014). It was shared with peugeot and citroen and was the base for the bmw engines that followed.
Thanks for your awesome work and inspiring us geargeads!!
Watching you take apart that rats-nest of an engine causes me to once again, congratulate myself for never buying a Subaru. I've been tempted sure, but now I know I did good. Thanks as always.
I used to be a DOT surveyor. As a part of the job, I had to do a lot of surveying of active traffic roadways. Many times, I'd hear horrible sounding engines that sounded like they were beating themselves to death. I'd turn to look, and more often than not it was a Subaru. I wouldn't take one of those things if you gave it to me. I'm amazed that other people actually buy them. SMH.
You really don't want a turbo subaru. My car had the engine out 3 times for major repairs
@@budlanctot3060 I have a 2000 Subaru that my wife drives because she likes it. I bought her a 2004 turbo one which she's yet to really use because it needs some TLC. The one she's driving now is on its second engine, though the first one did NOT fail catastrophically; it developed a knock at certain engine speeds and loads because she allowed it to almost run completely out of oil, was driven gently for quite awhile with a knock (albeit with oil in it), then I dropped in a used engine. I will say that while these are very ODD engines, and at their best they sound like junk, they really are pretty tough and if you're not neglecting and/or racing them, they actually seem to last pretty well. They're very popular around here because they're an affordable AWD vehicle, and we get unreasonable amounts of snow. I don't mind them at all other than yes, they're a little cramped for surgery, and yes, many years after the engine was initially designed, complying with governmental insanity has resulted in some necessary stupidity, but I still like them. That said, I like my Chevy 350s better ;)
Ya because transverse V6's are packaged so well and so easy to work on as well numerous Ford V8's. Let's not split hairs here this is one engine in a small compact chassis. No matter who makes it there will be space issues.
@@budlanctot3060 On that mindset never buy a Honda or Toyota from the early 2000's because you will be replacing the transmission 4 times.
Yep looks like all the neglected northeastern Subaru engines I've seen, and I've seen a lot of them. Contrary to internet memery, they can be great engines in general and they are quite easy to work on. Subaru in general is one of the easiest brands to work on according to me and many mechanic friends. All the misinformation comes from people who have never worked on them because, let's be real, they aren't as common as other brands and most people never do more than spark plugs themselves.
Agree with you on Alan bolts. One trick I saw is welding a spare Subaru axle nut to them and using a 32mm socket, hahaha. Hot breath you've got there! My first suspicion with these engines is blown turbo due to neglect or because the banjo bolt oil feed filter you mentioned has clogged and starved the turbo. Yours was probably on the second turbo and the filter was removed. There are things to know about these cars to keep them alive long term. Exhaust studs usually come out of the heads at least.
Part of the reason Subaru has a reputation for rust is exactly what you see here, rust. They were, for decades, primarily sold only in the northeast and in snow mountain areas. If a brand is almost exclusively sold in areas where cars rust badly, the brand will have countless examples of rusted cars. In my experience, every brand rusts out up here in the Vermont mountains. Subaru is no worse than most. So this engine looks like hell, and people will blame Subaru, but it's just a result of the environment.
I obviously know you know Subaru. Engine looked quite clean and nice inside. Wondering if the scoring was from the catastrophic failure or if it was damage over time. Could have been neglected and then owned by someone who actually changed the oil regularly. Given the modified intake, makes me wonder if it was a typical throw an Accessport on it, turn it up, and pop a piston or rod deal. In the end, oil issue makes sense. Most common reason for any engine failure really. Gotta keep it lubed!
Clearly at the end it's revealed you and I had a lot of similar thoughts. I was writing this while watching. Fun teardown. If anyone read this whole comment, try working on a Subaru sometime. You'll like it!
Thanks, but I'll pass on working on a Subaru. Loved your comment.
I'd never own one, let along work on one. No thanks.
@@jeffryblackmon4846 If you've never tried, you would be pleasantly surprised. I am not joking when I say every mechanic friend I have agrees they are far easier to work on than most brands. The only regular things that are a bit harder are spark plugs and timing belts, and even those are basic. Stuff like accessory belts, starter, alternator, power steering, AC, exhaust, axles, sway bars, radiator, the list goes on and on, all easier than most brands. Working on a longitudinal engine is just so much nicer than a cramped transverse engine stuffed up against the firewall and tire well. Even pulling an engine or transmission in a Subaru takes half the time of many cars. Anyways, really appreciate the comment!
@@johncoops6897 See my above comment. Someone who is unwilling to try a new experience will rarely learn something new. I may not like Ford for example, but I still work on them. That's how I learned I'd rather work on a Subaru any day, hahaha.
@@802Garage - I am sure they are fun, however I am not a mechanic. Subarus have no attraction for me... probably a similar why I would never own or work on a Harley.
Great teardown video. Congratulations on the birth of your second child. God bless your family.
Congratulations Eric. Cherish these years.
This is part of the reason I was never a big Subaru fan. These boxer engines are just one big pain you know where.
Congrats on the deduction!
Amazed at what you have to go through to get these H-4's apart.
It's another, "What did this sound like when it detonated" thing. Must have made some loud noises, lol...
I’m not sure if deleting a piston could even make these things sound any worse than they do from the factory.
@@jacobrzeszewski6527 - And yet most aftermarket exhausts make them sound worse. Horrid sounding things, they are!
@@jacobrzeszewski6527 Never understood the love for these things, sound awful, fragile, hard to work on.
@@ferrumignis The sound alone is enough to put up with all the problems. However, the JDM EJ20 is a much stronger engine in general, the 25 is known for a lot of issues.
@@owensharp8568 They sound awful though, like a giant duck with terminal flatulence. I had a Civic that burned an exhaust valve and at idle it sounded almost exactly like a Subaru.
Gotta say I love the videos im a mechanic outta nc and enjoy getting to see deep inside some of the engines I never really get to pull apart.
Congratulations on your second child. Enjoying the videos.
Judging from that aftermarket intake, this thing was beat on and didn’t have enough oil changes
My guess would be some douchebag driving a WRX with his hat on backwards.
You should do a tear down on the “bulletproof” 3800. They aren’t known for breaking down I would like to see why they would go bad!
Depends... the NA 3800's usually die from poor maintenance, the blown 3800's usually get raced to death!
congrats on the little one. that is fantastic news and makes everything else pale in comparison. enjoy every moment of it.
I really enjoy your videos. I found your channel a few months ago. They’re very informative!
Instead of breath, couldn't you use one of those induction heating coil things?
"Splitting the case" is typically the end of 80% of Subaru engines-
Keep up the good job! learned so much from your channel.
May your breath be always warm!
I've always enjoyed your PSA at the end of these videos.
It's good to learn what the usual failures of an engine are. They seem to be common issues to.
Thank you for shattering this block. 😂🎉😅
Congratulations 🍾🎉🎈🎊 on being a father 👨.
I know it would be hard to get but I think it would be great if you did a Ford 300 or AMC 242 i6
Honestly I never expected that engine to be that big. Also can you do the V6 from a 4Runner?
It really isn't. The boxer with double overhead is just particularly wide but it's very short and and well, flat.
Congratulations on the new baby!! ❤🎉❤
Congrats on the new addition to your family!
Subaru EJs are the most reliable engine platforms to *ever* exist.
Just do the common maintenance items, like head gaskets, rod bearings, ringlands, etc, and they'll last another month!
Just the *easy* stuff, ya know?
Lol, no
It's sad, because the 90s EJ18, EJ22, and even EG33 were downright bulletproof. Subaru earned a reputation for golden reliability and many diehard buyers. Then the fire nation attacked. Wait... I mean then the EJ25 came out. Really if it wasn't for the faulty head gasket design, Subaru memes wouldn't be anywhere near as prevalent.
Each one is blessed with bad head gaskets. Many a young person buying their first EJ25 sub gets to know this fact
This is the greatest comment ever. I had a guy that worked at a Subaru dealer at my cousin's house. I started talking about how the Subaru engines weren't that great and he got so mad. He said that the engines and cars were great, they just weren't to be driven like a regular car and needed extra care, but would last 300k miles. Like he truly believed this.
it's crazy how bad the ej255 is in comparison with an ej22. those are friggen bulletproof. where did it all go wrong? oh wait, a turbo lol
3.6 vr6, any displacement vr6 would be interesting or any VW group 5 banger:)
Congrats for your family :) A teardown of an H22, that would be really fun!
Congrats with the new addition!
I finally figured out why Eric has so many projects going on all the time. He likes talking things apart but not putting them back together.
His floor is like ave's healing bench. To the fuckin bucket she goes. Good shit goes into bins 🤣
That engine looks like a pleasure to work on if it’s actually in a car 😉
Oh yeah you just know it. I'd rather beat my head against a cinder block wall.
It looks like a nightmare even on an engine stand so I could only imagine working on this thing in a compact car.
I heard replacing spark plugs on this thing can be fun, not.
Also 4 cams in a 4-cylinder engine seem ridiculous.
@@znogaragego3421 Ive replaced the plugs and ignition coil on my 09 forester. Def not fun, at all.
It’s not too bad with experience and understanding.
It’s not an inline-4, but plug difficulty is pretty straightforward if you do your homework.
It can DEFINITELY get frustrating for those first trying to do this with no background.
@@znogaragego3421 it’s not that bad, use and extension and a swivel. The plugs are down on either side of the engine. Little tight on room but it’s a 10 minute job
Congrats on the new addition to the family!!!
That was the first thing my dad told me.....checking your oil and changing it atleast 2 times a year on a normal use family car, will save you a TON of headaches and money! Even just making sure your oil is topped off if you can't get a oil change right away will save you! Cuz a full system of old oil is better than a low system if new oil....
Very well written.
5:17 - “Let’s try to find a ‘better’ socket…” Eric reveals one of his secrets: pound a 3/8” onto a 10mm bolt for totally delicious imperial/metric satisfaction!
Here up north where everything is rust, these tactics become the norm. I've done insane things to get a bolt out without breaking it.
@@802Garage step 1 is always empty a can of PB Blaster on the area and then have a torch handy
@@brianl8983 Hahaha absolutely.
Another handy one is for rounded out Allen heads: get a cheap torx bit that is slightly larger, align on the hex, and hammer it in! Hopefully this will swage the bolt to match the torx bit allowing you to unscrew it.
There are countries that landed a man on the moon, and everyone else uses the metric system...
I worked at a Subaru dealer for a couple of years as a used car tech. I lost count of how many of those came in the main shop destroyed similar to that one. Pure fucking garbage engines.
Is this on Japanese assembled Subarus or USA assembled? I've heard the US assembled ones can be a bit hit and miss and Subaru USA has some odd servicing guidlines. We get Japanese made cars here in Oz and when you see problems 90% of it is operator error or neglect . Maintained properly , these are very reliable engines but they are not idiot proof .
All of them were the Japanese built pre-2014 WRX's and all the STI's. To be fair, it was unusual to see a newer FA20 WRX engine blown up.
@@tjw8t1 We get a lot of EJ255-257's that are doing well over 250,00miles on the original engines. Maybe the demographic (probably was a bit older than in the USA ) that tended to buy them here in Australia were more mechanically sympathetic to the engines etc ? We usually see damage on cars that have had engine mods but have not been retuned , young guys mostly!
Eric,
Congratulations on the new child! God bless.
Paul (in MA)
Loved this one. Great to see the in-depth tear downs. Cheers.
LMAO! "I'm sure this piston was burning some oil." As a Subaru owner, and mechanic. All Subaru's burn oil. New off the showroom floor. It is even in the owner manual about oil consumption. 100% normal. Note to all Subaru owners out there that don't know this already. Check your oil every time you get gas. Change it every 4500 mile (not 5000), and always use synthetic oil, and add Lucas Oil Stabilizer to get the most life out of your engine. My 2003 Forester has over 200,000 miles on it, and still going. Also if you get the head gasket coolant issue in the corner. Replace the gaskets with the Turbo MLS type head gaskets on the none turbo cars, and never worry about that issues again.
turns out laying the cylinders flat makes oil scavenging really hard! the solution to the oil burning on my 2013 crosstrek was to switch to 5w30 oil, and beat the snot out of it to make sure the oil rings are slinging the oil as hard as possible. now I get ~1,500-2,000 miles per quart.
@@francistheodorecatte I run my hard as well. Mine has the close ratio 5 speed. So I zip through the gears fast then they do in the Fast and Furious LOL
Since you're a mechanic, I would have expected you to know better than to own such a ridiculously designed engine. Anyway, if it wasn't for granola type lesbians from Vermont, or leftist/liberals, I'm sure subaru would not have a market here in the United States.
What a cluster F of an engine design ! Another reason to avoid Subaru !!!
Congrats man, and thanks for getting back to it!
Great job as the opposing boxer-style engine are hard to work on. Congratulations on your new addition to your family.
Who knew lesbians were so hard on parts
That's a ugly engine
I just pulled an EJ255 today, the shredded timing belt said "abby belt" . It broke at 2 years and 35,000 miles. Buy quality parts people. Especially for such a fragile engine.
Congrats on the new baby!! Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Except for sleep I imagine.
Congrats Bro! love the videos!
Congrats on your new addition!
Congratulations on the new baby and thanks for the teardown. 👍
Congrats on the new arrival!