>The producers of the Subaru engine design did not abandon it for
>other designs and production methods, but continued refinement
>through the '90's to the point that it is now apparently a very
>good, solid performer with a very long life. Natural attrition
>through wrecks and accidents is making available

The new generation of Subaru engines (EJ series) is a totally
different design to the unreliable EA-series 1.6 & 1.8 of the 80s.
Subaru must have taken to heart somewhat belatedly) the issues with
the EAs, and done proper high-milage trials  to make SURE the EJs
were reliable. I only hope the new EZ30 six will be as good, because
the EA series is due to be replaced by 4-cylinder derivatives of the
EZ.
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut