bratman18

Same here, if I have any odds and ends lying around that you need, I'll donate them if you need them. Good luck!!

Yes they are the same PN, and great job on the search!!

I say do what you can to fix this one up, AND get the coupe. If you can get a solid coupe for cheap, jump on it!!! But if you can save the one you have for the price of your time, do that too!!

I honestly don't know. I just know that this is EXACTLY what mine was doing, and it was the HG's:-\. These won't mix with the oil, because the phase 2 2'5's have external leaks. You may not be seeing any leaks yet, but I bet there is some sort of leak there, it just isn't really showing yet. Just make sure that you let it cool down and top the radiator AND the overflow back off, so it never gets hot. My old RS is still thriving with it's new owner. He replaced the HG's and it's going strong!!

Well definitely try the radiator cap first. Just grab one off another similar Subaru and see if it works. If it doesn't, then I'd say it's the HG's. Man I really feel for ya. I tried the additive on mine. It prolonged it a little, but it still did the same thing to an extent

I think the STi motor swap would be real doable. They are very close. But to go with an H6, it would be quite a bit of work with wiring

I was dreading you posting about this eventually. It may be the radiator cap, but my guess is the HG. That's what mine did pretty much the whole time I had it. Spewed coolant outta the overflow. And as long as I replenished it when it cooled down, it would never get hot, but it was the head gaskets. Good luck man!!

That's what I thought. Thanks

I'm pretty sure it does.

Oh good!! It was just a thought. So What have you got in store then????

You getting LB??

Man that sucks. I really hope it's not too bad. Good luck!!

Looks like you're doing a great job!! Yeah it's always that way, the farther you dig into them, the more you find!!! That's how it was with my Brat too!!

As long as it was on the exhaust side it would have been fine, and it kinda sounds that way. I didn't think it had anything to do with the banjo fitting, again, that has only been a problem on the other style block (Legacy GT, Outback XT, and Baja XT) Glad it's all good now!! Hopefully it stays that way!!

That looks amazing!! Great job

Did they say what the issue was???

If you remove the fuse you are asking for problems if you ever get in a wreck and someone investigates. Chances are, no one will, but if they find you deliberately removed the ABS fuse and therefore had no working ABS, they might make a stink and then you insurance company will fight it all the way.

Very well said!! Thank you!

Still kinda sounds like some snow may have fallen on to the exhaust or something.

Sweet. That's good to know. For some reason, I thought the steering shafts were different sizes

^Headgaskets are not an issue on the turbo Foresters. I'm not saying it's never happened, but as a rule, the N/A 2.5's are the ones with the issues, and not the turbo'd ones. Oh and book value on mine with 78k on it and it's a 5spd is 11,500, it will be a bit less for the mileage on this one, and the fact it's an auto. I paid 9500 for mine

You'll love it. The auto's are great in these and the motor is very reliable. You will have to run at least 91 octane in it, the turbos don't like the lesser grade. It would be a good idea to use synthetic oil when doing oil changes, other than that, the maintenance is about the same as any other Subaru. Timing belt is due at 100k, so yeah try to get him to do it. It's not a bad price, but it could be better, so if you can get that stuff to be done, it would be better for you. It doesn't have serpentine belts, it has the same old 2 belts on the front, and then the timing belt behind the cover.

how did you do it??

+1 3eyedwagon.

That's BS. Salt doesn't work. It melts the ice and snow, and then it will just freeze again, it does here anyways. Sand does work, they might have to actually use a little more of it, but it works, or just leave the some snow on the roads, that is also great traction. Another idea, use pea gravel like they use in many parts of Europe!! They spread that on the roads and there is plenty of grip, then in the spring they sweep it back up and re-use it!!!! The only down side is they all have braws on their cars to protect from rock chips in the paint. Just my .02