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OT - Subaru question |
r_towle |
Nov 17 2011, 10:46 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
Trying to be a nice uncle and buy my niece a car....she just had her first baby.
So, what might be wrong with this car? http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/2692681186.html Rich |
DBCooper |
Nov 19 2011, 06:43 AM
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14's in the 13's with ATTITUDE Group: Members Posts: 3,079 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Dazed and Confused Member No.: 2,618 Region Association: Northern California |
It was the 2.5 twincam motors, 96-99 in the Legacy, with the headgasket problem. It isn't difficult to fix, R&R the engine, have the heads gone through and replace the timing belt and water pump, with parts cost (a few years ago) under $1000. The Subaru valve grind set has the upgraded replacement head gaskets, so you're good there. That car is getting up in miles, but with reasonable maintenance those Subaru engines go forever, so doing the gaskets will probably get you another 100K.
Alternatively replace the engine. Craig's List is usually cheapest but is hit and miss, so look on www.car-part.com (choose the "non-interchange search" on the first page to search for a range of years) for auto recycler engines near your zip code, and it lists miles for a lot of them. It's a good way to see probable cost for the engine alternative, even if you're just going to do the gaskets, to compare. Those engines are $1000 or less now, so sometimes you can run across a low mileage alternative to doing the gaskets yourself. |
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