Toph6888 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Brother's outback's engine took a crap this weekend, so trying to help him find a spare engine so that we can swap it out. Its a 2005, so looking preferably for a longblock ej253 engine, but if we can't find that then we would like to get a shortblock and will rebuild it. Wondering if anyone knows any place in columbus that has subaru engines for sale, so far ebay and picknpull/pullapart haven't had much to go on. Any thoughts on places to pick up an engine for around 1000-1500 or less would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 http://www.car-part.com That's how I found the head for my BMW. Great resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Speed S4 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 http://www.car-part.com That's how I found the head for my BMW. Great resource. Yes, I use this site a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 What's wrong with the engine in the car? Those are usually worth fixing unless it broke something in the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 http://www.car-part.com That's how I found the head for my BMW. Great resource. This. Bought an engine delivered to work (loading docks) for less than 400 iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Yep we've used it as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toph6888 Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 cylinders 1 and 3 missfiring. Haven't gotten the full story from him (hes not a car person so doesn't really know how to convey what the shop that looked at it told him) but from what I got apparently it somehow leaked oil, lost pressure, and rod knock on 1 and 3 from no oil. So yah, pretty much shot. The subaru engines apparently are made of gold cause cheapest I can find with around 100k on it is around $1500-1600 before shipping. Trying to get a quote on that one. Only other option seems to be to find a decent condition shortblock (apparently the EJ251/252/253 all share the same shortblock) and then get the stock heads cleaned up, full gasket set, new oil pump/pickup, and then just rebuild it from there. Still looking like that option would be around $1500-2000 though. THe car is a 2005 black on black outback. Brakes are still new, cv axles all the way around are new and never really had any issues. Car has around 180k on it, and I hate to see it go to waste since it is a really nice car even though KBB says its only worth $4k in private sale. Not to mention it has two sets of new tires (bridgestone all seasons and a blizzak set on steelies that were new last year). I still think it would be worth fixing but hes in a bind so will have to see what happens in terms of timing/price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 That's some high pricing. We bought a engine with like 34k on it for 1100 shipped They bcsn be found, just have to do the homework. Where is the car currently? Subies are essentially Legos- many peices fit together- just need the right combos Check with the COS Facebook group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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