Subaru legacy engine compatibility

Asked by Lyubomir Feb 17, 2019 at 01:35 PM about the 2001 Subaru Legacy L AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Hey everyone. So I've been looking at a 2001
Subaru legacy l sedan. But it has 240k miles on it
and the engine is having issues. I've found a used
engine on offer up but it's an ej253 and the one on
legacy is ej251. I was wondering if I will be able to
swap those two without having any issues. All
replies will be appreciated)) Thanks

1 Answer

F_O_R answered 5 years ago

The EJ253 has active intake valves which the EJ251 does not. If you want to do this be sure and get the 253 wiring and ECU.

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