jranaudo123

Expensive, these days, with living in nothern nj, everything is. Inconvience is not big deal as I am keeping my jeep so if something happens. I can use that for a while until I decide to fix it. Good point though. I'll have it checked out before I go any further.

Yup. sounds right. I spoke with my friend who was a suby mechanic for 5 years and he said they were good cars and recommended them. He did say he did a few headgaskets during those years but not enough to warrant calling them crappy cars. He said, an honest price would be about $500 per side to repair them which is not great but managable. Hell, I'll take my chances, if it happens and I feel pissed at myself, i'll sell it, take a loss and move on.

Damn Damn Damn! This is driving me nuts. I really dont want to end up in a yota or honda. I am starting to think this was a bad idea. I mean, I have a jeep cherokee that I drive through water, over rocks, hill clmbs, you name it. 95K miles and no problems except for a soar rump roast on long drives.

Thanks for the responses. My brother just informed me that we have a family friend who was a suby mechanic at a dealership for 5 years or so. I will be calling him to get his opinion. I think it might be favorable because my mother told me that his mother is driving a older forester. We'll see. I let everyone know. Thanks

I doubt they would go for that. They'll probably say something like "What do expect us to do, cover the headgaskets for the next 100K miles?"

I just put down a deposit on a 98 forester with 52500 miles. After researching and researching somemore, I found your site and see some problems with head gaskets with this engine. Is this a frequent problem? Can every suby owner expect this to happen sooner or l8tr? Any advice would be highly appreciated. After being married for 5 years, I cannot stand to hear my wife complain and moan about me making this purchase if something happens. I chose this vehicle because I don't want a honda or toyota but I am starting to think they are the only choice for someone who commutes to 50 miles to work and needs something cheap and reliable I just hope that if I back out, they will give me my deposit back.