My First Hiccup, finally put this to bed after the 3rd try Options

[76-914]

When we returned from Rt66 '16 I pulled my exhaust system down for a little trimming and noticed water in the left bank muffler! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) We did drive through a ton of water on that trip. Then when returning from Costco yesterday it acted as if it were starved for fuel when it stumbled during acceleration. The fuel filter was the same one that came on the engine so I ordered another one. When I looked at the filter to check which one I had I noticed the coolant level in the expansion tank/reservoir had dropped. Well, there you are. Head gasket time. Now, I'm wondering if the stumble was due in fact to the head gasket failing? Decisions; should I fix this one which presently has ~ 185K or buy a JDM replacement. After perusing the net I found a few peep's whose JDM experience was less than stellar. Apparently it is a crap shoot as to what you get and the 40-50K avg mileage is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif) . So, for about 1K I can pick up another engine and hope I bought a good one or open this one up and hope that is all it needs since it wasn't overheated. What does the the Wasser family think?

EDIT: It's an EZ30D 6cyl

[ThePaintedMan]

Yeah, you'd need to find the stock thickness - I believe it's .040, but it'd be better to check with Subaru. Then, have the heads inspected and whatever machining is done to them will determine the thickness of the gasket you'd order from Cometic (0.040 + 0.0xx).

Thanks for the pictures. Now I remember how you did it. In my case, the stock engine mounts for the EG33 are shot and prohibitively expensive. So I'm looking at using solid mounts from the cradle to the engine and early 914 engine bar mounts to provide some movement/give for vibration.