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Yes, I have stopped driving it. I am aware of what will happen if I continued to do so. Good points about using the OEM gaskets. I'll go that route. There are a couple other cars in need of work that are ahead of this in line. But I'll report back when I make progress.

i dont know if i'll soon be asking questions that belong in another part of the forum, but what about some of the other head gaskets out there that claim to be better than the Suby gaskets, like Six Star?

Yup, oil and coolant build up on the DS lower head, bubbles in the tank, but not boiling over, using some coolant. Engine starts easy and runs great. I just shut it down when it starts getting too hot. Lately I can't run it more than 20 minutes and the needle climbs high. So I can move it around to shuffle cars in the shop and driveway, but that's about it.

air bubbles in the coolant overflow, coolant loss, but no leaks (assuming burned off), nasty buildup of oozing nastiness at back of driver side head, and the fact that it still overheats despite replacing t-stat, various fan bits, water pump, etc. as far as i can tell, there's nothing left...

last one is a '27 T roadster on an A chassis. I built it for a beach race in New Jersey called The Race of Gentlemen. Raced it, got some pics in magazines, sold it. Now I'm building another for this year's race.

No, it's a Forester also, but yes, a 2.5l. 2000, 140k, 5 speed.

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