Andrey

hello to all! i wanted to hear your expert opinion on the issue i've had with my 97ob this morning i tried to get in and the alarm would not work so i opened the door with the key and tried to start the car. it was dead. i checked the fuses, replaced the battery and it's still dead. looks like the power was cut off completely. not even the lights inside the cabin, horn, ignition.... nothing.... tried to call dealers and they could not tell me what the reason could be. i also can't locate the ecu unit to check if it blew off. any ideal??? p.s. thanks in advance

thanks, that helps

hi to all! i've had my 1993 legacy wagon for quite some time and never could find info on that little button on the auto trans shifter which says "manual". when pressed it shows "manual" on the panel. nothing seems to change however. does anyone have a clue on this subject? thank you.

that's what i did first. no signs of oil anywhere near to the coolant. fans are fine. The car still runs perfectly well. I'll have it checked some time next week and then post new info. since the car has only 84000 on it and was well maintained, and taking into consideration the symptoms of overheating, i still think this is not a gasket issue. i suspect thermostat or (less likely) radiator malfunction. take care

i forgot to mention one thing. when that overheating happened, i though the engine was pretty hot:) the radiator was cooool. so i still think this is not a gasket issue. any ideas?

Hi guys! thanks for your replies. i just have one question: if it was the gasket, how come i still driving the car? i've already had bad exp. with gaskets on ogher makes and the car would be impossible to drive after it had been blowed. thanks once again

Hi to everyone. Since I'm new to the forum my question might have an answer somewhere in the archive, but i couldn't find one. SO here is the story: today driving through the cascades in w.washington my '97 ob (2.5) overheated. it happened at the very end of very long (15 min.) and exhausting ascend. When i opened the hood i saw the fan was on, there was fair amount of liquid in the surge tank (or whatever U call it). opened the radiator cap and it was just boiling. so i let it idling for a while- quite an interesting thing happened: the gauge was showing the temp between normal and HIGH - so i mean it was just going back and forth... i turned the engine off and let it cool down for half an hour. then filled the system with water and started again. suprisingly, everything was ok. the temperature was stable for the rest of the trip. so i'm confused. could it be that termostat just did not turn on once? what other problem areas could You suggest. and what are the possible consequences of overheating an engine for 10-15 minutes? thank you.