can you swap motors?

Asked by Guru993ZD6 Oct 21, 2020 at 04:31 PM about the Subaru Forester

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

can you take a motor out of a 2007 forester and put it in a 2007 legacy both
cars are auto and have the 2.5 sohc

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I would say so. The only variable I can think of is one could be 50 state smog legal and the other one could be 49 state. If so you might have to swap some sensors and smog devices.

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