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got jacked up two inches for more ground clearance, but I am sure some of the foks on this board actually own the models you mentioned. I like the handling of a Legacy better than the Outbacks I have driven, so unless I really needed the two inches of clearance I wouldn't bother.

On my BMW you have to jack it up and get out the jackstands. Then you crawl under and remove the heatshield over the filter. Then you get to have it dribble at you to change it.This is a well done location and is one of those things that make you like the serviceabilty.

would have to commit Hari-kari over the design of the phase 1 2.5 head gaskets.

Tweetnomore when I had the pilot bearing go. Make sure they give you a new pilot bearing, I had no idea a lot of Subaru places think you only change it when you change a flywheel.Twelve lousey bucks and the engine has to come back out to put it in.

so it is easy to find. The killer is all those that pass every test and then overheat on the road. When they puke brown stuff and bubble its pretty hard for people to do the Monty Python "no it's not to you."

for mechanics who work on Subies. I am sure some of the other folks will give you several more.I think Josh has a lot of info on his site and he is one of the moderators here. Do a search on changing cam belts or cam seals or oil pump seals and you should find a lot of info.

there are lots of subies out there that run fine.

but if you catch it when it just starts to bind you can lube it. You could also bend the regulator if you let it freeze with no lube on it. Setright, thanks for the German lesson. I knew rubber was gummi but had no idea what pfledge was.

seals. I had them all changed on my Subaru and it does not leak at all. I don't recall any vehicle I have owned so prone to seal failure as a Subaru. both my BMW and my Subaru are 99s. The BMW has had no seals changed and does not leak at all. The Subie required all of them.

I change every hose on the car every few years. Vac leaks or failure to get a good vac signal can prevent a device from working and the only thing the ECU records is that the device did not work.

I wonder if you don't have enough voltage to the computer? I have seen cars that sat and could still turn over but not have enough power to run the computer to fire the plugs.

there is an independent Subaru place in Palo Alto that is supposed to be good. Sorry I don't know the name.

the head gasket failure is caused by poor design. Subaru has done at least three revisions to this gasket, and I have heard the latest seems to be working. The thermostat probably did not fail at all. It is a good idea to change thermostats regularly since they work hard and are necessary for proper operation of the heater,engine cooling and fuel injection system. Your engine will be running rich and affecting your mileage and emissions all the time you have it out. On a car with a good design a bad thermostat can cause head gasket failure by an overheating event.In this case it is niether the thermostat's or your fault.

when the temp goes up from pulling hard or getting stuck in traffic. It might go weeks of short trip stuff without overheating again. Taking out the thermostat lowers the temp the engine runs at. You don't really reach enough heat to make it leak. Check your water when the car cools down becuse odds are that was a bit of gas being released into the coolant at the drive in. That is why it is so tough for a mechanic to find. By the time they go to test the engine it is cool and does not leak.It can release so little gas into the cooling system that it does not leave enough residue for a gas sniffer test to find.

or does each local area get its own supplier? Sometimes Subaru reminds me of Will Rodgers classic line "I don't belong to any organized political party, I'm a Democrat."

classic symptoms.

a bit. The water wetter might help a borderline overheating problem in Arizona, but you have a mechanical problem. The Subaru additive is for the next generation of engines that develop tiny external leaks, not internal. You will have the combustion gasses venting to the cooling system under high pressure when it gets hot, and it will get worse and worse. Eventually it will become undriveable at all, and possibly damage the block and head. Some folks have limped around town for a while with the thermostat out for a while till they could afford to fix it. The average non Subaru mechanic probaly can't even find it or diagnose it. This would not be my choice as an ex mechanic. I would fix it or park it due to the extreme risk of damage.

and you probably get an old Nascar mechanic down there.

I think that might be why Subaru offers a package with both of them together? They were old, they are cheap, you are lucky.

but I think it has the begining of a blown head gasket. The time to repair it is really now rather than after you damage something. Sometimes that is not financially possible but don't go on a long holiday trip with this car.

I have seen bubbled and rusted areas under a brake master cyl and I never thought of putting this to good use. This should be on Mythbusters in the enxt few weeks. Did you see the one where they tried Coke as an anti corrosive?

We have heard of a number of times when it only works when the gasket is totaly fried. The age old compression test is a failure until the gasket comes out very bad because it seals when it cools down enough. If it is really bad it's easy to find.

was one where you could hear the motor running but when I pulled off the hose to the nozzles nothing came out. I removed the motor and soap had clogged the pickup. This most resembled sperm and the owner who was looking over my shoulder said it was becuase he really liked his car.

with waterpump would sound good to me. Unless you find a lot of damage in there when you open it up. The dealer price is not that bad for a dealer, but according to the board folks have often gotten a better deal than I did for gaskets and such on my 99 Forester. I sure do like that 2.2 conversion but it would not be worth it to me unless the car was truly mint.

stop there. By the way brake fluid can damage paint so be careful with it.