Jmiller1

Yes both fans do work. Is there an easy way to check and see if the radiator is clogged?

I'm able to get hot air out of the vents intermittently. I'm trying to find out some kind of pattern or logic to this whole thing but have been pretty unsuccessful so far. I guess heater core could be an option?

My 1993 Legacy 2.2L is overheating. Probably for the past year or so when I came to a stop or the car was at idle the heater would turn from hot to cold air. Four months ago the car started overheating bad I took it in to some good subaru guys I know and they said it was head gaskets for sure. I changed the head gaskets and had the heads decked. It has run fine for the past four months until a few days ago it started to overheat again. In the past few weeks I had noticed the temp. gauge would start to quickly go toward hot, but then it would dart back down (I assume when the t-stat would open) to normal temp. I changed the t-stat, water pump, and threw on a new timing belt for kicks, and it still is overheating. The top hose will bloat and be super hot and the cap on the right side won't even be hot? I'll take the cap off to see if the fluid is circulating and it isn't? I'll run the engine and it just gets hot and starts to steam and bubbles every once and a while? Is it head gasket again? I did see some water coming out of the tail pipe - is this a tail tail sign of another blown head gasket????????

For a while now my heater has stopped working when I come to a stop or if the rpm is low. in the past weeks I have noticed that when i turn on the heater or the engine begins to heat up after driving it for a while the temp gauge will rise and then start to overheat but then it will quickly drop down (like something kicked in). Now, yesterday my car started to overheat and the gauge will not come back down when driving. Water Pump? I changed the T-stat within the last four months so I don't think thats the problem?

No, the engine did not start. You think it might be the valve guides?

I replaced the head gaskets this past week on my 93' 2.2 legacy with much success (so i thought). I went to start it up and found that it was struggling to turn over. I ended up checking the plugs and found that the passenger side plugs were soaked in oil??? Is it the piston rings... if it is then why wasn't it blowing smoke before I did the head gasket change? What could it be?

I just finished changing out my head gaskets on my 93' 2.2L Legacy, put everything together, and I began starting it. It was struggling to turn over, so I ended up pulling the spark plugs only to find that the right plugs were coated in oil; however, the left were fine? Anyone have any ideas? I don't see how it could be the piston rings seeing that they were fine before? I'm clueless? Something to do with the valves?