1998 SUBARU WAGON
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MENA BOSIE
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i have just bought an EJ15 engine for my subaru legacy and
its has no power in terms of when u engage gear 1 or 2 or 3
the movement is slow and
the morning without warming the engine it shuts down when u want to move,
also the petrol smell from it exost pipe is to much ?
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Mar 22, 2013 at 8:46 PM
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ASEMASTER6371
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new or used motor??
why did you replace it???

Roy
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:56 PM
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MENA BOSIE
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i wanted an engine with power and the one i could get from the deals was the ej15, so it was better than the previous one, the engine is used exported (used japan)
Mar 23, 2013 at 8:57 AM
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always leery about used engines.

need to verify timing belt, compression as a start

it may be a bad motor.

Roy
Mar 23, 2013 at 1:27 PM