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Old 05-22-2010, 02:01 AM   #13
williaty
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Location: Licking County, Ohio
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2005 2.5RS Wagon
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Oh god, that's why you removed the bumper. I wouldn't have put it back on if I were you

Many notes:

1) The things you keep calling "headers" are the cylinder heads. Heads for short. There's a big difference and you've likely confused the hell out of people.

2) You did way more work than you had to. The intake manifold and all the fittings on it can stay in place. A deep socket with a 6" extension on it will allow you to reach in between the intake runners and remove the inner bolts. You can leave the manifold resting on the top of the block during the whole process. Really, you took a whole lot of time and complexity there that you didn't need to.

3) You need to get the sealing surfaces for the head gaskets way cleaner than that. Those little dark areas are sites for potential future HG leaks. Subaru HGs are stupid fracking picky about how well you clean up. All around the sides of the shortblock, all under the heads, needs to be spotless.

4) To go along with #3, Using some Permatex Copper Spray-A-Gasket on the HGs will DRAMATICALLY increase the chances of a successful long-term repair. That stuff is fracking awesome.



On notes to other people;

a) If you're at a point where you need to do this, it it's worth doing other required services in the area. For instance, all new timing belt/tensioner/idlers, new water pump, new oil pump, new front main seal, new valvecover seals, new spark plug pipe gaskets, reseal the oil pan, cam seals, etc. There's a lot of stuff that tends to go out at about the same age as the HGs and it's WAAAAAY cheaper and easier to fix while you've got the engine out of the car anyway.

b) Make very, very sure you do every thing you can to keep track of where the dirt you're making is going. You don't want to end up with stuff you're cleaning off falling into the oil or coolant passageways.

c) If there's a surface with a gasket or a seal against it that you removed, clean it SPOTLESS. If you "broke the seal" on a seal or a gasket, replace it. It's an utter, utter bitch to have to pull the engine back out because your lazy ass didn't clean the top of the head well enough and now you've got an intake manifold vacuum leak.
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