nighthawk2006 Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 I just bought a 96 OBW with 350,xxx on it. Still runs strong. WHAT. No way! Is it the legacy outback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=CC= Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 WHAT. No way! Is it the legacy outback? Yep! She's a beast! I was playing in the snow/ice in the backyard with it on Tuesday, gotta say I'm pretty impressed so far. Still trying to get tags on it, so it's not road legal yet. Soon hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joomanburning Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 200k birthday just last Wednesday on the '99 Outback Sport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nighthawk2006 Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 https://boulder.craigslist.org/cto/6050125812.html This seems like a good option. All i would want to know is when the timing belt was done last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 2.2's (and EJ18's) are beasts. They can make 300k easily - they're almost boring for an old engine - you can expect it if they haven't been abused. They're much more forgiving with oil, cooling and don't have headgasket issues, compared to EJ25. EJ25s have headgasket issues and arent as forgiving if run hot or people are a little flippant about oil change intervals. If you repair the HGs, never run them hot, change oil like a champ, and address oil leaks quickly, they do great as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I just bought a 96 OBW with 350,xxx on it. Still runs strong. On 20 year old high mileage vehicles It's usually difficult to verify with 100% certainty the engine is original, never repaired, or the instrument cluster hasn't been swapped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbianchi Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 389899 just had the water pump explode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Oh no ! But I'm guessing you'll be swapping pumps and doing timing etc and taking it over the 400k mark. Yes? Just finally turned 300k in NYC this past weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureSubaru Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 389899 just had the water pump explode Easy peasy. Don't let that one die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureSubaru Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) I fixed one up for a coworker of mine. 99 outback that had thrown a rod. The outback had about 90k on it. I swapped an EJ22 from a 95 with about 235k on it. That was 3 years ago and he drives a lot. Probably closing on 300k at this point. Edited March 22, 2017 by AdventureSubaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 My 98 Forester with its high mileage transplant has 200k on the body and about 230k on the engine. This the third engine in the car, the first two during previous owners and this one installed by me since I despise the 2.5's with their quirks and will only have a Subaru if I can have a non-interference engine (the 2.2). My body is rusting away rapidly, but the engine is a superb runner, doesn't use enough oil to add between 3000 mile changes, doesn't use coolant, and is extremely reliable. They should have built the Forester in this combination and avoided all the bad feeling created with the often-broken 2.5's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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