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hi i am looking at doing a subaru conversion as i blew my 1.9 watercooled a few months back. i have been speaking to Richard at RJES and to a breaker who sprecialises in removing engines and removes everything you need for the conversion with it. the costs seem scary and the list of things required ...

good idea... i'll check all the pipework as i had no leaks with the van.. so there was no issues with me loosing coolant or oil. when i stopped i had no idea why as i had no warning. my temp gauge was fine and i have an override switch for the fan which was on at the time... so i should have had amp...

morning

my only worry about that is the big ends going once i had done the heads. But you know you are right. I seem to be making hard work for myself... especially as im doing this in the street.. (my neighbours love me)

cool i will find their numbers and give them a call.
looks like i am going to be doing a full rebuild .. my first. nothing too scary about that. lol

HOW MUCH??
ouch thats going to hurt......
well theres one on ebay... i will need to replace a few bits but it will work..
thanks for the info

just my luck really...

thanks for the help ..

when i put the part number in the search engine it came up as a common head on the 1.9 and 2.1.. is that right?? if so i can broaden my search to the 2.1 too

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ok i will give it another go

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hi well my technical term of let go is as follows.. i was driving down the road doing about 50 when i had a sudden loss of power and with this came a slight lerch. i took my foot off the accelerator and then put it back on and noticed a nice cloud of smoke bellowing out of the exhaust. i pulled over...

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its a DG. I have tried to add pictures but it keeps on telling me they picture type is invalid.
to be honest i am not sure on what is concidered big in terms of cracks.
they run straight across the cylinders and one is slightly bigger than the other. the gap is about 0.5 mm

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