
stevetone
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Oh my -- 2nd gear at 55mph? Just a hunch, but that seems like it would come close to redlining the engine, wouldn't it? At the very least it would be beyond the most effective torque range for the engine. If so, the computer is keeping you from a damaging or ineffective situation. Maybe the '93 computer is not quite as "smart"?
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I'm a little unclear - did your vehicle overheat shortly after the flush job? If so, then I say that the (improper) refill may have contributed to HG failure. But, if there was no overheating, then why would a radiator flush "cause" a HG failure? That line of reasoning doesn't seem right to me, but I may be missing something.
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IMHO, I think you might be "throwing the baby out with the bath water" if you sell it due to this maintenance issue. Fix it and it's fixed for many, many years. I would expect this type of issue on any vehicle that is 14 years old. If you buy a different used car, you never really know what your getting in the form of "deferred" maintenance.
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Not to rain on your parade, and certainly you can go ahead and do it, but the money that a newer vehicle depreciates will never come back as well. It will be cheaper to maintain your Impreza over the next 100k miles than the maintenance cost and depreciation expense that you will experience with a newer vehicle. You just have to decide if the joy of ownership is worth it or not.