Greetings from Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Sure, send me the link, if you have up on youtube.

It can be a few things, when you take off the door panel, pay attention to how the cables to the door handle and lock are sitting, sometimes those come off or get caught on something and this happens, sometimes it the actual actuator that is failing.

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No you shouldn't, I used some swivel head extension. amzn.to/3OnMuof This is the link to Amazon for the tool, hope it helps

For the auto trans you have to remove the torque converter bolts, there are none on the manual trans, everything else would be similar

If I remember correctly, you have to unhook the throw out bearing pin, otherwise the trans and engine won't seperate.

@Align700nitro yes for the early 5 speed wrx and the sti, there is a pin that holds the release bearing in place

Oil consumption are the main issues with the chain motors, but maintenance is the key to any longevity of a engine. The older belt engines had the head gasket issues.

Underneath the throttle body, there is a small access hole, covered with a rubber cover. Remove the cover and u will then have to rotate the crank by hand with a 22mm or 19mm socket and wrench, depending on motor. You will see the flywheel bolts u are referring to. Some people remove the throttle body, some don't. So do it the way you feel comfortable. Some newer models have 6 bolts, older ones have 4. They should be 12mm bolts.

@@thesubieguy1014 how the bolt are connected with? There’s nuts in there so I should use 2 wrench? 1 for hood the nut and 1 for unscrew the bolt? I’m talking underneath

1 for hold I mean

@@thesubieguy1014 I really appreciate your help and your further answer.

Hi, I apologize for the late response, off the top of my head I don't know exactly what needs to be changed but I am sure you can make it work. I believe some of the electrical are different, and maybe the oil pan is different.

Hey Dantelchico, thanks for watching my video, the wrist pin for the fa/fb motors are serviced like inline and V motors, where you take off the connecting rod cap at the bottom and then the piston and rod goes up through the block. You just have to rotate the crank until each bolt clears to be undone. If that makes sense.

@@thesubieguy1014procedure is pretty clear. What I'm looking for is the plug that goes on the block to cover the side hole once the piston is done, I can't find it on part diagrams. Thanks again

@@Dantelchico the fa/fb blocks don't have the wrist pin plugs, only the EJ motors had the wrist pin plug. Unless you are looking for something else I am unsure what you are looking for. If you have a picture, I might be able to point you in the right direction

@@thesubieguy1014 the hole seems to be covered by a freeze plug. Unlikely to be reused

@@thesubieguy1014 how do you cover the wrist pin access hole?

Honestly it depends on the machine doing the extracting. I used 1 once and it did not work very well, but if you have success with a certain machine let us know. I Honestly recommend doing the old fashion draining oil to get rid of all possible sludge in the pan.

Thanks for the quick reply, was asking more about does the dipstick tube have any thing obstructing a tube from reaching the bottom of the pan? Which would keep an extractor from getting all the stuff out of the bottom.

@@waynecostanza2280 no there is nothing that is in the way of the dip stick tube

Thanks for watching my video. Let me know how it goes

Hey, thanks for watching my video, I'm sorry for the late response. I don't believe a catch can will help in anyways unless there is excessive blow by from your block, which then returns to your intake. Most of the FB motors have piston ring issues where the oil gets burned and out the exhaust. I personally haven't seen much issues with the new values that are installed into the heads, all of the new loaded heads for the FB/FA motors comes with the "blue" painted springs. Thank you again for watching my video. Let me know if you have any questions.

@@thesubieguy1014 Okay, thank you for the thorough response

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Looked pretty clean inside. I am soon changing my fb20 to a low mileage fb20. After 365,000km I am using 7 litres of oil between changes @ 7,000 km. Looking forward to the better mileage again and not so much oil lol. I plan on pulling my old engine apart just to see clean I hope it will be and to separate aluminum from cast to scrap

This we a 14 crosstrek. Was consuming oil, subaru's fix was to replace the short block.

@@thesubieguy1014 ah I see. Do you recall how many miles were on it when that started happening? My daughter has a 2015 Crosstrek with the FB20 engine. I'm a little nervous. Thanks for the great videos!👍

@@SuggonDeizNutz the mileage for this one I don't recall, but if they did start burning oil, they started as early as 40-50k miles. Just keep an eye on your daughter's oil level from oil change to oil change, if you're not losing much, say no more than 1 qt between oil changes, you are good. But keep an eye on the oil level, find out if it is or not burning. Then go from there. Let me know if you need anything else

@@thesubieguy1014 fantastic! Thank you so much for your advice. Not burning noticeable oil so far.🤞

No, the fb20 will have dual vvt system, while the fb25 only has single, you have to do something about that if you swap them.

I do this everyday, removing the motor would be anywhere from 45mins - 1hr, tear down is probably another 45mins to 1hr, rebuilding is where it takes up most of the time because of all the cleaning

Thanks for watching

@@thesubieguy1014 Where's your shop? I should bring my Forester to you...probably won't work because it is in Canada

@@onebigpack located in Michigan

Yes there is a specific position they should be at before removal.

Real time without any issues and being fully mentally there, roughly 45mins

Subaru has a recall for the valve springs, which if fails will cause the rocker arms to fall out. Get your vin to a dealer and they can tell you if your vehicle is affected by it or not.

No purpose just preference.

Subaru's fix for the oil consumption was to replace the short block.

Oil consumption

I believe you can, but will be a tight fit to get the oring for the pick up to fit properly on the front cover. Make sure you get all the front cover bolts that holds the upper pan off also

Sorry for the late reply, did you jack up the transmission so the engine mount is up pass the front subframe?

Great job appreciate the share.

It was in for a short block replacement.

i mean, you cant allow one video determine the reliability of a whole brand?

Sorry for the late reply, it was the entire climate control panel that needed to be replaced.