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so yesterday i bought another Leg...94 ls 4wd at....was rallying around my hood (haha)..and i believe i f***ed up a rod bearing...clickin pretty good w/ 260k stock!! anyways i was just wanting to know what the torque specs/sequence was for them...goin to get the 52mm and i wouldnt think the crank needs to be turned as it just started...and im going to do this under the car...Thoughts/insight appreciated!

You need to pull motor and take it apart for rod bearings....

man...ive pulled and replaced 3 jeep motors in the past couple weeks...not lookin forward to pulling another...at least its a subaru...so no way to do it underneath?

Cant get to the back bearings without removing the x-member, etc. Even then it will be pretty tough, at that point it's easier just to pull. I think WRXdan was able to do all but the last one from under the car, IIRC...

what douglas vincent siad, you have to split the block in two half's if your changing bearings.

go out side and open the hood and look at the motor, it splits right in half an i mean right in half.

Are you sure its a rod and not the hydraulic lifters making noise? They can start ticking real loud with alot of miles and neglect of oil changes, I just poured some seafoam in the crank case for mine when I got it and drove it like I stole it down the freeway and the lifters pumped right back up.

well im pullin the motor today...in the rain..yaaaay! im not positive its the rod bearings just because i havent pulled it apart yet...im going to look into the lifter tho...how do i check for that???

question...will a 97 outback motor bolt up??? not even sure what motor is in those but i just saw an ad on CL for 200 bucks...come with all the goodies! would it just be worth my time to replace it!

sorry...98.. not sure if it matters

The 97 Outback most likely is the phase 1 2.5 which is the DOHC motor and is notorious for headgasket failures. If, and I doubt it is, one of the few that came with the 2.2 in it, then I think by then Subaru was running the single port heads on them which means less air flow and your exhaust wont bolt up. As far as the motor bolting up, yes almost all Subaru's are interchangble motors as far as the nuts and bolts go. I believe it will work but may have some wiring issues here and there.

so it turns out it was my HLA's!!! yaaay...way easier...replaced it with an HLA assembly at the junk yard....hasnt made a sound since!!! thowin a code tho...comes and goes...mostly comes (thats what she said...sorry) doesnt seem to run different tho!