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I have never heard of seafoam, what is it?? I know that if you take some chevron techron (not the injector cleaner which doesn't seem to do anything) it will clean the carburator (or injectors if you have them). Just remove the secondary fuel filter near the brake master cylinder and drain it. Then with a small funnel pour 2 tablespoons of techron in and put it back together. Start and drive the vehicle. This works best if the motor is warm before starting the repair. Techron is sold in Walmarts. ALWAYS use the gasline antifreeze periodically in cold weather in all cars. It is cheap insurance. Water in the gas is even worse in injected cars because of the circulation of the fuel and once the temperature drops enough it will freeze in the gas lines where no heat is present. That is even worse than in the carburator where the engine heat will melt it most of the time or in the tank where it the ice crystals will just float around and not cause troubles.

Check the rear bearings and brakes and allignments. no reason to assume it is in the front just beacause it pulls. I've had worse "pulls" due to rear end problems than front problems. My 88 kept pulling and wearing tires. Two chain tire stores said it was in allignment and not ajustable anyway, so I finally took it to an actual allingment shop. The rear was way out. They had 3 guys working on it but got it in allignment in about 30 minutes for $80 and no pulling and tires last forever.

Thanks for info. Haven't run it much ( 3 times for less than 5 minutes) so hopefully the bearings are OK I don't know history before me. On my non-turbo, pulling the engine was exceptionally easy so I will probably pull this one and do both per your advice

I've got 2 88 subaru wagons. one with and one without turbo. I bought the turbo for some parts cheap on ebay since it was less than the pic-a-part prices. Problem is it runs great for about 5 minutes then starts getting water in oil, still runs great, though. So--- I am thinking of trying to fix it rather than just using it for parts. I suspect a bad head or gasget but am surprised it runs so good if that is what it is. I have looked at drawings in the books i have and can't see other ways for water to get into oil. I suspect it is on the return side since it does not get oil in water and the water pressure is less than the oil pressure. (maybe this explains why it runs well) 1. Is this more likely to be a bad head or a bad head gasget? ( or something else?) 2. Anyone with knowledge or ideas to tell which side it is??? 3. any other thought or ideas welcome.