she came in with the title today.. i took care of her bill (beings i'm the service manager) and she walked away with $645..

 

i got title and keys.. gonna drive her home tonight and clean her up (its dirty)

 

finally found a newer gen car i could afford, lol.. htinkin about it its the newest car i've ever owned..

 

ohh the lady bought it used in december if 99' with 2020 miles on it..

 

i'm really excited... :banana:

That's a good deal! At worst, you'll have to change the headgaskets. Couple of hundred bucks in parts.

 

I read the story in the other thread, sounds like the old lady was looking for an excuse to buy a new car.

 

Congrats!

she came in with the title today.. i took care of her bill (beings i'm the service manager) and she walked away with $645..

 

i got title and keys.. gonna drive her home tonight and clean her up (its dirty)

 

finally found a newer gen car i could afford, lol.. htinkin about it its the newest car i've ever owned..

 

ohh the lady bought it used in december if 99' with 2020 miles on it..

 

i'm really excited... :banana:

Congrats!

You will love it!

I think 96-99 OBW are the best until the new 05s

me too, she bought a new honda crv, lol..

Sweet! How many miles are on it?

 

And...WE WANT TO SEE PICTURES!!

131k.. only 1 ding in teh back bumper.. not bad at all.. nice on teh inside, etc..

 

drives great, has a li8ttle shudder in 1st and second..

 

it drove half ways home (10 miles) fine, good heat, good temp.. but i heard the air bubble in the heater core..

 

so i stopped for gas, and when i left the heater was cold even though the temp gauge was on normal.. with a little rev up to 1500 it got warm.. so that told me its got a wicked air bubble in the cooling system.. anyways on down the road a few more miles i notice the temp guage shot up to about 3/4 in about 1 second.. then it dropped down to normal, then back up, then down, then all the way and it pegged.. so i kill it, and coast off in a driveway, pop the hood, and the radiator is cold. i pop the cap and she's warm but not super hot and it spewed a little bit (normal spew of a normal temp engine)

 

anyways i sit there and let it cool off then drive it the last mile home, ended up coasting into my driveway to keep it from gettin hot again..

 

pop the hood, same thing with the radiator and the heat was cold too.. but its still full of antifreeze..

 

top radiator hose was warm but not extremely hot, couldn't feel the bottom.. bettin its gonna need a HG but am wondering if the freakin t-stat is stickin + its got the air bubble..

 

gonna change it tomorrow and try to get the air bubble out of it.. once thats done, if she does it again its gonna sit until i can afford to either replace it (it was pretty gutless, felt worn out) or tear the heads off and hope thier not cracked..

 

its deffinitely worth fixin.. too nice of a car...

For what you paid for it, you could drop in a rebuilt engine and still be money ahead. After fixing, you could sell it for $6000 easy here in NJ. Sounds like a keeper, though, if you need/want the car.

131k.. only 1 ding in teh back bumper.. not bad at all.. nice on teh inside, etc..

 

drives great, has a li8ttle shudder in 1st and second..

 

it drove half ways home (10 miles) fine, good heat, good temp.. but i heard the air bubble in the heater core..

 

so i stopped for gas, and when i left the heater was cold even though the temp gauge was on normal.. with a little rev up to 1500 it got warm.. so that told me its got a wicked air bubble in the cooling system.. anyways on down the road a few more miles i notice the temp guage shot up to about 3/4 in about 1 second.. then it dropped down to normal, then back up, then down, then all the way and it pegged.. so i kill it, and coast off in a driveway, pop the hood, and the radiator is cold. i pop the cap and she's warm but not super hot and it spewed a little bit (normal spew of a normal temp engine)

 

anyways i sit there and let it cool off then drive it the last mile home, ended up coasting into my driveway to keep it from gettin hot again..

 

pop the hood, same thing with the radiator and the heat was cold too.. but its still full of antifreeze..

 

top radiator hose was warm but not extremely hot, couldn't feel the bottom.. bettin its gonna need a HG but am wondering if the freakin t-stat is stickin + its got the air bubble..

 

gonna change it tomorrow and try to get the air bubble out of it.. once thats done, if she does it again its gonna sit until i can afford to either replace it (it was pretty gutless, felt worn out) or tear the heads off and hope thier not cracked..

 

its deffinitely worth fixin.. too nice of a car...

 

Sounds to me like a vaporlocked cooling system. Burp it, after you replace the thermostat with a genuine Subaru one (the aftermarket ones do not have the hole that allows it to be burped). Search this forum for "burp" and you should find the procedure easily. I would not mess with the heads until you are sure they are blown. After that, go for it. The car is well worth whatever effort you put into it. . .

anyways on down the road a few more miles i notice the temp guage shot up to about 3/4 in about 1 second.. then it dropped down to normal, then back up, then down, then all the way and it pegged.. so i kill it, and coast off in a driveway, pop the hood, and the radiator is cold. i pop the cap and she's warm but not super hot and it spewed a little bit (normal spew of a normal temp engine)

 

but am wondering if the freakin t-stat is stickin + its got the air bubble..

 

gonna change it tomorrow and try to get the air bubble out of it.. once thats done, if she does it again its gonna sit until i can afford to either replace it (it was pretty gutless, felt worn out) or tear the heads off and hope thier not cracked..

 

its deffinitely worth fixin.. too nice of a car...

 

I wonder if it's the temp sending unit (or it's getting grounded) ??? I'd put in the new thermostat & test (or replace) the sending unit & BURP that car's cooling system... see if those cure the problems.

Later,

Peter

Its a bad headgasket and I think he knows it. Did you ever check for hydrocarbons in the the antifreeze? (see his previous post)

 

Still got a hell of a deal. I would get a new motor from CCR and not have to worry about it for another 100k miles.