Hello guys,

 

This is my first post here. I hope this is the right forum for this. Anyway here is my question. I have a 91 Subaru Legacy that I bought May of this yr, and now the head gasket is blown because there is exhaust gas in the coolent and it always overheats and so I drive it around with the rad cap loose. How hard is it to change the head gasket's? anything I should know before I dive into it?

 

Thanks a bunch

HG is a pretty involved job (at least, on my scale). It involves basically taking off the entire top end of the engine - not an easy task for an unskilled person. Easy for a skilled person though.

 

Pick up a Chilton's or Haynes manual...this will give you all the necessary torque specs for when you pull the cams and etc.

Hello guys,

 

This is my first post here. I hope this is the right forum for this. Anyway here is my question. I have a 91 Subaru Legacy that I bought May of this yr, and now the head gasket is blown because there is exhaust gas in the coolent and it always overheats and so I drive it around with the rad cap loose. How hard is it to change the head gasket's? anything I should know before I dive into it?

 

Thanks a bunch

 

Get a factory service manual off ebay or craigs list.

This is soo much better than hayes or chiltons.

Not too bad of work if you have some tools and skill.

some folks have changed the gaskets without removing the engine. You would have a lot more clearance and could change some of the seals which should be due about now if you removed it though.

ok... Thanks for the imput.