tuma2.5

UGH... Time to go back to step one... finding another car. It was my head causing my Legacy to overheat! I can't afford to fix it, replace it or get rid of it... $3k down the tube!!!! FML!!!!!!

Man, look at all this Subaru love! Thanks for all the pointers and tips! I've scheduled an appointment to go to the mechanic Monday at 1pm... I am disappointed that I couldn't figure it out myself, but I am just a cook, not much for anything that doesn't have a recipe : (... I will however let everyone know what the verdict is, since you are all such devoted enthusiasts and much appreciated help only makes me stronger with these funky engines! I only hope that it isn't a head problem, I paid $3k for this thing and I don't want to spend that much again just to make it run, I can't afford it, I'm not a rich man! Cross your fingers for me!!!

Ugh... never mind... It still overheated and now I'm back to square one again! I wish I knew more about how cars worked...

Okay, I looked up a few things and one thing caught my eye, it may just be what's wrong, my thermostat is upside down... when I bought the car it didn't even have one in it, so when I installed the new one, it was installed upside down and I think that is the reason the whole problem started... well, hopefully... I am about to take it for another test drive to see if it will work, with my fingers crossed!

Thank you, I will have a look at it.

I have had my 2001 Legacy for about 6 months and I have done a ton of work on the engine, mostly just to keep it from overheating. It has been overheating since about a month after I bought it. I first put a new thermostat in it and that seemed to work at first. After a few months of driving on that, it started overheating again and I had one of my friends who is a Subaru mechanic work on it to get it to stop overheating and he can't figure it out either. He is also about to get married and his fiance is pregnant so he doesn't have the time to come over to check it out and I can't afford to take it in to a shop. So I am hoping one of you great Subaru enthusiasts would be alble to help me out here with some suggestions and tips possibly. I have had the water pump changed, timing redone, timing belt changed, new radiator hoses-top and bottom, new thermostat (actually TWO new thermostats, I just re-replaced it today thinking that the problems went all the way back around to the thermostat again, but it overheated once it was up to temp for about five miles.) I noticed that the two radiator fans run constantly and shut off after turning on, so they are on and off non stop, they never really run constant. The lower radiator hose seems to be leaking due to coolant not being able to be passed through the thermostat, which is why I changed it again today. There are no signs of a head problem; no water in oil at least... I'm lost, scared and confused without my little precious car to drive around... please help...