joybell Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Originally posted by duane b OFFSUBJECT: WRXSUBARU: You sound like a canadian:D I notice you guys don't like to share the "American" label when there is a target on your back. "Americans" are people who live in USA (can't call you USAers!) "Canadians" are Canadians "Mexicans" are Mexicans NORTH Americans include all of the above. VIN numbers starting with 1 are assembled in USA VIN numbers starting with 2 are assembled in Canada VIN numbers starting with 3 are assembled in Mexico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane b Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Joybell, thanks for the clarification! Actually I'm married to a canadian so whenever her friends and relatives come to town I'm always debating with them about Canada vs USA. It always starts out with "You Americans.....", whatever! 99obw said: "I think I explained that pretty well above." You explained the differential pressure between combustion chamber and water jacket and Phase I and Phase II 2.5L very well. However my problem seems to be between the water jacket and oil ports. Of course I have to plead ignorance if there aren't any oil ports in the heads of these 2.2L Subaru motors but I couldn't imagine they could run without them. I feel lucky that I don't have a full blown HG in the combustion chamber, yet. I've had them before and know what the symptoms are: Milkshake looking oil, fluctuating temp gauge, carbon crap in the rad/overflow, missing or loss of power. Fortunatley I don't have these symptoms, just a few flecks of oil in the radiator/overflow. I have yet to change the PCV valve which might clear up my problem but if stop leak could help I would like to know. A little oil in the combustion chamber never killed a motor but coolant getting places inside the engine other than where it's supposed to be can cause real problems. If oil is getting into the coolant then possibly coolant is getting into other places. Just my thoery. But I suppose I should stop living in denial and face the fact that I will have to spend $$$ on this car in the near future. I think the HG will eventually fail around the combustion chamber and no amount of coolant additive will stop that. Thanks for the knowledgable people on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 the oil pressure runs at a max of around 70 psi. Water is usually at a max of around 15 psi. It will leak oil into the water for quite a while before it makes the nasty goo. Nothing is going to help but changing the gaskets. The good part is nobody has told me yet that there is much tendency for cracked castings on these cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalcom Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Originally posted by 4FOR4 That removes 40% of the guilt I've always had about not buying American, but then again, how many cars are all USA? AFAIK GM only owns 20% of Subaru, not 40% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 American I would be sitting here naked. Frankly we live in a world economy now. One of my friends is a retired FBI agent and gave me an FBI mug for Xmas. It says made in China. We have had world trade for a while now and we might as well get used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Originally posted by smalcom AFAIK GM only owns 20% of Subaru, not 40% Hey, I said that 15 responses ago.. you guys are as bad as my wife.. Nobody listens to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99obw Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Originally posted by duane b 99obw said: "I think I explained that pretty well above." You explained the differential pressure between combustion chamber and water jacket and Phase I and Phase II 2.5L very well. However my problem seems to be between the water jacket and oil ports. Your engine would be the same as the description of the Phase I, as something is entering the coolant. I have heard that the 2.2 is slightly proned to plugged oil passages. Perhaps a plugged oil passage contributed to a head gasket failure near the passage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX1AB Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 subaru has been making aluminum block aluminum head cars for a long time and does infact know exactly how to make them. they must have forgotten. You should all remind them with a class action lawsuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69800 Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 I just read my 2005 2.5i owners manual and the are still requiring the coolant additive be put in. Is the the same additive as used in 99-02? It was not recommeded..........it is REQUIRED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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