how dependable are Subaru 4 cylinder boxster engine?

Very if you maintain the gaskets
>poor fags will put it down because you have to spend $1000 after 150k miles

>>17638180
>maintain the gasket
what, just don't overheat it? Keep up on maintenance schedules?

>>17638255
Pretty much. Also if you're going to mod it to make more power, do it professionally. Subarus don't react well to dindu mods.

>>17638255
Mine is at 338k km and it is being ran with a botched LPG conversion. So I would say pretty reliable.

>>17638180
>>17638169

they're not very reliable. Mine blew up at 120k and I made sure with every piece of my being that I took care of that car like it was my spoiled kid.

Had nothing but problems after 100k.

Never buying a Subaru again.

>head gaskets
>Ringlands
>Dudebros fucking the drivetrain after dumping the clutch @ 6k two step launch control from thier cobb v3 access port
Ya na.
What I'll never understand is people will buy them for >muh AWD>muh handling >muh daily rally car, then proceed to lower them on thier nuts and tune them for highway pulls

>>17638169
not at all.

>>17638169
On my third engine.

First one, the 2.5, started knocking and I didn't abuse it. Died around 106k.

The 2.0EJ I ordered on eBay started knocking after three or four months. I abused it. Was also informed I should've primed the oil pump before running it as they sit in a warehouse for who knows how long. It was pinging like crazy when I filled up for the first time. Dumped in octane booster and about a week later it started knocking.

Currently daily driving another 2.0EJ, but I treat it like the original 2.5. Hardly enter boost as I don't want to drop another $900 for another EJ.

Thankfully they're rather easy to work on.

Everything is expensive for the Subaru. Everything.
>$220+ for OEM CV Shafts
>$550 for OEM timing components

>>17639968

First you said your EJ20 started knocking after 3 or 4 months, then a few sentences after, said it started knocking a week after the first time you filled it up? which one is it?

>>17638169
Proven technology its a 50 year old engine and doesn't make too much power with a turbo.

>>17638169
ej22 is the reliability god
at 220k miles right now on a '99 impreza