nateb1583

There is definitely heat but it does die down if I'm not on the gas. Especially after I changed the thermostat. Worked for a few minutes then cut out altogether. Works for my drive to work and back though

For what purpose? Maybe the lack of combustion gases from that cylinder leaking into the coolant system would possibly stop the overheating?

I can make it 20 miles to work on the highway cruise control and just barely make it before it starts puking coolant. Any stops (gas) and it won't make it. Going 10 miles to the shooting range with two stop signs is a no go though. Pretty much any accelerating at all is too much. At this rate no way it will make it even to work in the upcoming snow.

Replaced the thermostat this weekend and as expected it did not help at all. Sucks but gonna have to retire the old girl soon.

Thank you both. Looks like about $20 for a new thermostat. I will swap it out this weekend and pray for rain. If not guess I'll use it to limp to work and back only and hope it stays alive long enough. I really loved this car and hate to let it die but it's just not worth putting $1k into it at this point.

Thank you for the input. Sounds like it's about nuked then. Hopefully it'll hang on a bit longer once the cold weather hits. I just bought a new Crosstrek for the wife in January and was hoping to stretch this til November so I can get a promotional rate on a new truck loan from the Credit Union. Gonna keep my fingers crossed. Any suggestions to stretch the life a little? Maybe some of that radiator additive claiming to "fix" head gaskets?

Also FYI, a few years ago my wife was driving and the top radiator hose blew off. After inspecting, I found it broke off the barb end on the top pipe coming off the radiator. I did end up replacing the radiator a short time later and have run for a couple years since without issue.

I'm having issues with my 2010 legacy 2.5 limited (275,000 miles) I was hoping for either suggestions or confirmation. To start, I have never replaced the head gaskets and I am sure they have been going bad for several years to some degree. I have taken pretty good care of this vehicle though it has been the victim of a hit and run 2 separate times and the second time it was totaled. Despite the body damage I have happily driven without issue for years since but lately It went from running without any overheating issues to overheating every drive, literally overnight. Unfortunately, since it is totaled I do not intend to put a bunch of money into it so if it ends up being head gaskets I intend to drive it til it stops (hopefully November when I plan to buy a new truck). If something I can do myself I don't mind putting a reasonable amount of work and $ into it. Symptoms/Beginning of this problem, one day it was overheating a little so I decided to refill and burp the system and within 5 minutes of starting the car with funnel attached it backed up enough to overfill the funnel. Ever since that day I can only drive it about 20-25 miles before it backs up all of the coolant into the reservoir and starts puking it out (boiling). Drive any farther and it empty's the whole system out through the reservoir. I expect this is due to the head gaskets being blown but maybe somebody has had a similar issue and was a water pump or thermostat or something? Other things it has been doing much more recently: it has been sputtering almost like a fuel issue right after starting it until I get going. After driving for a minute it will stop and idle as normal. I check and top off coolant daily before I leave work for home. Yesterday after sitting for about 11 hours at work I popped the hood and the top radiator hose was completely collapsed. Soon as I popped the radiator cap off it went back to normal. I still have not found any coolant in my oil. I have replaced the radiator cap and gone back and forth between the OEM and aftermarket a couple times. Again, I am really hoping it is something other than the head gaskets but I don't want to just start throwing money at a totaled car hoping to fix the problem by accident. Also afraid to go through all the work to do the head gaskets only to find out the heads are warped or something requiring even more money and work.