I'm not keen on running down someone's choices.  though when we began to
see what could be done with OUR 2.5 Subies with failed motors, I found many
many failed Subies on the various web sales sites, head gasket failures.
They​ musta sold a lot of them with that problem... I have one now, 97,
near PDX, that's available for $300.  New radiator and newish tires.. whole
car for the cost of scrap metal...

On Jun 21, 2017 11:27 PM, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 21 Jun , 2017, at 8:37 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>
> > a slight thread-hijack.
> >
> > That 2.5 Subie motor is known to fail at the head gasket, similar to the
> > waterboxer you'd be wanting to replace.  We inherited two, both dropped
> > their head gaskets, and no shop would agree to repair those motors for
> > under about $3000.  Every shop we talked to had the same rap...."2.5
> Subaru
> > motors?   Those have known head gasket problems, junk it!".
> >
>
>         The Shops that You talked to are Sadly Mistaken ~ There is
> absolutely nothing
>
> Wrong with the Subaru EJ25 as long as it is put together with Care & the
> Components
>
> that are used Perform as They Are Supposed To ~ The HeadGasket Issue of
> which You
>
> Speak happened for a Few Years about 16Yrs ago ~ It was Not a Problem with
> the EJ25
>
> but with the HeadGaskets that were used in the Builds & when it was
> realized, Subaru
>
> Developed HeadGaskets that solved the Issue ~ I used those UpGraded H'G's
> on My EJ25
>
> when I did the Conversion on My 90Westy in 2009 & Never Saw Any Signs of
> Leakage in
>
> the 75K Mi's that My VDubaru has traveled since ~
>
>         Saying that an engine is Junk due to a few years of a HeadGasket
> Issue is kind of like
>
> saying that a Vanagon is Junk because You might encounter Eng' Running
> Issues if You Do
>
> Not Clean All the Grounds Every 10 Or So Years ~
>
>
>               ORR ~ DeanB