So I have some odd things going on with my 92 2.2 Legacy

I noticed a few days ago that in 7 degree weather going down the freeway my heat quit blowing hot on High. The next day I was able to get Low heat, but never enough to make the car warmer. The 3rd day I stuck a piece of cardboard over have the heater and that seemed to work. The first 2 days the Temp gauge wouldnt reach normal temps until I stopped driving. With the card board in it was just fine.

 

i just bought a new Tstat to put in. However once i pulled the housing off, there was no Tstat there. I went ahead and put the new one in and now it overheats as soon as its warm. Any thoughts? Need help!!!!!

Rut roh.

 

Is the new t-stat from subaru?

 

 

Also replace the cap. This car is old enough to have a clogged radiator. Are you consuming any coolant or pushing any out?

 

 

nipper

bleeding the iar out is tricky. fill the block from the upper hose before you stick it on the radiator, then fill the radiatpr. that is the trick

I filled up with coolant as you described. I was on hear earlier and saw that tip. I ended up taking the Tstat out for now and will replace the radiator after xmas. After digging around some more I found evidence of stop leak in the radiator so i might as well replace it and go from there. Also, today on the way to work with temps around 30degrees it seemed to produce heat just fine.

I had this problem with my '92...a correct flush and fill solved it.