twotone_ae86

I'll have to ask around and see where i can get it tested.... well i got the car insured so I was able to take it for a test drive. I drove around for a good hour and a half. afterwards I had to top up the coolant with about a litre. I'm going to do an oil change tommorrow.

thanks for the suggestions, I'll have to take a look at that today! the rad was replaced last year, and it was bled properly. I'll check the oil for signs of water. I didnt notice any oil in the coolant

Hello Everyone! I am new to this forum, i have been lurking for a good 2 weeks now. here's my situation, a family member gave me a 1990 subaru legacy with a blown headgasket. it has the symptoms that everyone seems to talk about, overheating with coolant loss. the past owner had problems with it over heating on the highway, or when driven hard. she took it to the local dealership to have it tested out. after doing a compression test they told her it was the headgasket. So now that its time for me to do the work i decided to redo the compression test (at this time the car has been sitting for about 3 months). I warmed it up and went a head with the test. I tested each cylinder twice just to make sure. the results were rather good! Cylinder 1 - 180 PSI Cylinder 2 - 180 PSI Cylinder 3 - 180 PSI Cylinder 4 - 180 PSI what the heck is going on here? to me this does not indicate a blown headgasket. could it be that its blown between a cooland and oil passage? I dont know what the liklyhood of this is because both oil and coolant are'nt under that much pressure? can anyone shed some light on my problem?? BTW: when warming the car up i noticed that the check engine light came on. it threw code# 22, knock sensor. I thought id mention that just in case it meant anything. thanks in advance!