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Subaru Legacy: Typical high-mileage repairs?
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Comments
-mike
30K for a head gasket failure is pretty premature, that's true. Maybe the engine overheated without you noticing it. That will warp a head quickly enough on a modern car. But sometimes it's just assembly problems. Statistically, all new cars will have a certain number of defects.
-mike
Ed
I don't know why running the engine for a while would fix a seal, was my point, but your explanation is certainly plausible as one cause of clattery lifters. Audis have a similar issue (the V-6 engines) but this is a pressure valve problem.
-mike
Yeah, XTs are an acquired taste. I like the new Subarus a lot better than any of the older ones.
I like my XT6 better than some of the new ones. It has more low-end torque than the WRX
-mike
This is standard practice in an engine rebuild, SOA.are paying for this repair and you can be sure it will be done properly first time around, they are not going to the trouble of rebuilding an engine to have it blow up in a short time again.
If there is the least suspicion that the heads are warped, they will either be resurfaced or replaced, the usual course is to replace the heads as resurfacing can alter the compression ratio,
Cheers Pat.
I have often wanted to get the head (and the spare head) on the old OHV 6 Stude resurfaced and magnafluxed, but haven't had the inclination, much less the desire to heave that old cast iron lunker into the back of the Forester.
I think I'm just gonna take some time over the holiday to fling the Subie around some PA country backroads to get that old feeling back again - it'll be good for the car and my peace of mind.
Ed
-mike
Well, it's interesting to speculate. If you ever do take the pump out, it would be good to measure the clearances and see if they are out of factory spec. Whether by wear or by bad seal, replacing your pump will cure the problem.
-mike
I know how you feel about throwing a big old junky cylinder head into your nice car, I feel the same way about mine.
Cheers Pat.
So far, the car got new air filter, fuel filter, pvc valve, spark plugs and wires. All these didn't seem to help.
Anyone have this problem before?
I manage to find the green service connectors under the dash. After plugin them together, the "Check engine light" give the 3 flash when the car is running. I got no idea how to decode this. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
http://www.batauto.com/Subaru.html
-juice
-mike
At 120k I would replace everything that is serviceable: oil and filter, air filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, plug wires, O2 sensor, tranny oil, differential oil (if AWD), belts, hoses, PCV valve, etc.
-juice
-juice
My son has a 1992 Honda Accord. It has 125k, and breaks down all the time. Yet, on the Kelly Blue Book, his car is worth $500 more than my SVX with only 85k, all the bells and whistles, and a gutsy boxer V6! What a joke! Buy a used Subaru, they don't hold their value at all, but they are reliable as dirt!
The SVX is such an exotic, still rare, collectible even.
-juice
http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/roadtests/spin/48363/article.html
-juice