mitchel1

My car is in the shop so I cannot verify the part number of the magazine in my 1999 Subaru Disc Changer but this is what I found: CD Changer Part Number: CX-CF1410F Magazine Part Number according to the following web site is: YESFZ222 http://www.buyphilipsparts.com/item/3238545/Panasonic/YESFZ222/Magazine

UPDATE Well...it's the Head Gasket. The cost is $1600 (including labor) for the Head Gasket OR $2100 (including labor) for the Head Gasket, Timing Belt, Water Pump, Idler Pulley's, Spark Plugs and whatever else is in the area that goes with this type of maintenance. I plan on driving it for many more years so I decided to go with the $2100.00 option. Seems like in the long run it would be silly not to get the other items changed while they're already in there. Thanks!

Thank you everyone for the great information...I am going to take the car to my local Subaru shop (not the dealer) and see what he finds. The car has been awesome for 15+ years and I always said I would drive it till it died or became to expensive to maintain...I sure hope this does not end up being the "thing" that kills my car. I'll post an update as to what they find. Mitch

1999 Subaru Outback – 130K Miles 3 MONTHS AGO We were driving in traffic with the A/C on and the car started to overheat, I shut the A/C off and as soon as we moved the temp went down. Traffic stopped and the temp when up, we turned the heat on and once traffic kept moving the car never overheated again. I took it to my trusted local independent Subaru mechanic and he inspected the car and did not think it was a head gasket. He did notice the coolant was very dirty and looked rusted, he flushed the system and we never had a problem again. TODAY We were driving with no problem, 85deg. outside and the A/C running fine. Suddenly the Temp gauge started to climb, A/C blew hot air...we started to move and everything was fine. 20 miles later, 2 blocks from the house...the A/C started blowing hot, the temp gauge spiked...I shut off of the A/C, turned the heat on full blast and made it into the garage. I heard a leaking sound and there was coolant all over the floor. I opened the hood and looked in the overflow tank and it was full to the top. I got a flashlight and looked under the car (not that I know what I’m doing) and noticed fluid leaking from somewhere towards the front of the car, but could not locate the area because it was dripping from lots of areas, it must have sprayed all over the place? 30 minutes later the overflow tank was empty. Any ideas as to what might of happened? Thanks! Mitch