OK, so I think I found another Loyale wagon, this time with Hi/Lo 4x4. But the guy says the coolant is "Milky." If memory serves correctly, that means mixing of oil and coolant... is that correct? If not what is that indicative of?

 

The CV joints click. How far could one get on bad CV joints, as I'd have to drive this some distance to get it home. Besides, if there is a head gasket issue (above), then I'm probably stuck towing anyways....

 

Also rusted into the storage bins in the rear. Is this a quick bondo job, or leading to other issues down the road. I am in AZ, so I'm not so worried about the rust once it's in the desert....

 

Input...

 

Thanks,

Milky coolent....bad head gasket mojo.

Clicking CV joints....bad axle mojo.

Rust.....super bad mojo; there's an old saying:

"Rust never sleeps."

Unless you're a home mechanic with good abilities in bodywork, walk away from this one. There are still lots of nice Subarus around at good prices. Even if this one were free, I don't think I'd go for it.

I'm in no way an expert on this, but I read somewhere that milky coolant is when oil mixes with it, usually with a blown head gasket. Also, you can get quite far with clicking CV's, but if they fail they can fail in one of two ways: one is the car just loses power on that wheel (solvable by putting it in 4WD ), or two, which is unfortunately the more common one, seizing up altogether. Do the joints click when going in a straight line? if only around corners, then they might still have some life left in them.