mkap

Just out of curiousity, has anybody replaced the head gaskets themselves and how much of a pain in the a## is it and/or paid to have it done, if so how much????? Thanks for the replies Mike

I get heat from the vents without the thermostat in place. The car overheats with the themostat installed. When it is overheating, the system only blows cold air.

Hello all, First time posting here, looking for some diagnostic suggestions. I purchased a 1992 Subaru Legacy Wagon last tuesday from a private owner. On Friday the car started overheating badly, antifreeze was coming out the overflow. When i turned on the heat to try to cool down the car only cold air came out the vents, which immediately fogged up the windows badly. On saturday, I drained the antifreeze and pulled out the thermostat, it was apparent that somebody had put stop leak into the radiator. I reconnected the radiator piping with no themostat and the car ran perfectly. Sunday afternoon I put a brand new thermostat into the car only to have the overheating issue 50 miles later. Pulled out the new thermostat and am currently running without a thermo. Things I know: 1 The car overheats with a thermostat in place.ie the themostat is not opening. 2 When the car overheats, I have no heat and the windows fog up immediately. 3 There are no apparent leaks coming out of the radiator itself, just coolant blowing out the overflow when overheating. 4 Stop leak was in the radiator prior to the overheating incident. Anybody ever have a problem similar to this? Any diagnostic suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks Mkap