Yes Officer Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I have been sitting on the side of the road for an hour and a half waiting for this tow truck. I was driving home on 395 and all of a sudden I realized my temp gauge was through the roof. Pull off the highway and coolant POURED outta my car. I changed the oil toda and was actually happy to see it was antifreeze not oil pouring out. I'm trying to look on the bright side in tha I needed an alignment anyway so at least it will be going to the garage. And I am praying its just a hose. FML! I bought this car 3 days ago... I hope this isn't a preview of things to come..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baddog Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 This is the problem when people buy cars they don't research. Mileage? Have the headgaskets been replaced? You bought a 2.5 they tend to go out, the headgaskets do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Yeah - buying a used 2nd Gen Legacy GT/Outback is a crap-shoot unless you know how it's been maintained, by whom, from day 1. Hopefully, wherever you bought it will warranty it. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes Officer Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 This is the problem when people buy cars they don't research. Mileage? Have the headgaskets been replaced? You bought a 2.5 they tend to go out, the headgaskets do. I did research it and I was aware of the risk but it was a single owner from Greenwich, CT. It has 107,000 on the clock and he had nearly every scheduled maintenance done to the vehicle. Yeah - buying a used 2nd Gen Legacy GT/Outback is a crap-shoot unless you know how it's been maintained, by whom, from day 1. Hopefully, wherever you bought it will warranty it. Yah I am not thinking so, I bought it as is from a used car dealership. If that's what it ends up being I will ask them to pay for it, or at least help me pay for it since I have had it for three days. But who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W1CKED Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 When is yer alignment appointment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes Officer Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 When is yer alignment appointment? Its at the garage now. I just called him and told him to give me a call when they figure out why the hell it was overheating. And if its just a hose or something easy I told him to do an alignment, but we will see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baddog Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I did research it and I was aware of the risk but it was a single owner from Greenwich, CT. It has 107,000 on the clock and he had nearly every scheduled maintenance done to the vehicle. Yah I am not thinking so, I bought it as is from a used car dealership. If that's what it ends up being I will ask them to pay for it, or at least help me pay for it since I have had it for three days. But who knows... See what the dealership says. And all the maintenance that was done to it. Do you know if a Subaru Dealership did the work or some shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnegg Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 some states have lemon laws. you get 3 days to return on any car purchase. i'd tell the seller you want ot return it and if you really like the car re-negotiate the deal. what did you pay for it. there is almost no chance that the seller didn't know the gaskets were bad. you were cheated. if you do not get satisfaction, i'd protest out in front of the dealer ship with a sign saying they sold you a bad car. if they lose customers because of your sign it won't take long for them to compromise. good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes Officer Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 I just called the garage. They said it was caused by the Thermostat getting stuck. They replaced the thermostat and have had my wagon in the parking lot running for about 30 min. No leaks, no overheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Glad to hear it's minor - at least on the surface. That said, it could still be blown headgasket(s) and they're just "stretching" out their liability timeline and hoping to get it off their lot so it can expire...sorry, don't mean to be negative, just really frustrated by these shysters. Hopefully, they replaced it with a genuine Subaru thermostat, Subaru coolant and Subaru conditioner (requires all three) or this will happen again. Also, make sure they know what they're doing about bleeding air from the coolant system...Subarus are very different due to their horizontal layout. If they don't do it right, you will end up with hot spots and potentially blown head gaskets. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes Officer Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 Glad to hear it's minor - at least on the surface. That said, it could still be blown headgasket(s) and they're just "stretching" out their liability timeline and hoping to get it off their lot so it can expire...sorry, don't mean to be negative, just really frustrated by these shysters. Hopefully, they replaced it with a genuine Subaru thermostat, Subaru coolant and Subaru conditioner (requires all three) or this will happen again. Also, make sure they know what they're doing about bleeding air from the coolant system...Subarus are very different due to their horizontal layout. If they don't do it right, you will end up with hot spots and potentially blown head gaskets. I was looking through my paperwork and I bought the car AS IS so I didnt even bother with the place I bought it from. I took it to the garage I always goto and trust. And I hear what you're saying. He did tell me that they bleeded the air out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 That's good to hear. Hopefully, they had a Subaru FSM and followed those procedures to a "T", and used genuine Subaru coolant and conditioner...? - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yes Officer Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 That's good to hear. Hopefully, they had a Subaru FSM and followed those procedures to a "T", and used genuine Subaru coolant and conditioner...? I honestly dont know but I will definitely give him a call tomorrow. I have been friend's with the owner's son since middle school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdub4life29 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 What conditioner are u talking about and What dies it do. And What does it matter if u run Subaru coolant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnegg Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 the 00 - 03 2.5L engines have tend to have an external head gasket leak as opposed to the internal leak of the late 90s. and to help avoid the leak subau calls for a special ''conditioner'' be added to the coolant. it is required if you want your car covered by their warranty, i think. (if there still is a warranty.) the conditioner is pretty cheap, <$5, subaru label and works. i have even heard of it stopping a leak after it started. i have also heard it is actually a ''holts'' product. it has HOLTS embossed on the bottle. but i have not heard of it saving head gaskets from the 90s with internal leaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdub4life29 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 So I can run normal coolant in my 2.2 96 legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnegg Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 At this stage of the game, and not knowing what was in it previously, I'd give it a tentative yes to other than genuine Subaru coolant. That said, if you have records that show that it was maintained by the dealer since new with Subaru coolant, I'd stay with it for two reasons 1) It's specially formulated for the aluminum alloy in your engine and cooling system 2) You're maintaining the chemical similarity to previous Subaru coolant, which you wouldn't have with another brand/type I have one specific instance where my coolant was changed on my car (my daughter was having it serviced and didn't think to check) . Within a few weeks, sediment was apparent in the cooling system as the new coolant was leaching internals metals out of the block and into the radiator. I ended up replacing my radiator after that one due to the high animine content. There's an Endwrench article about it in the Coolant thread. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjay Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 wow i saw that car to and was gonna buy it but ended getting a different one... sorry to hear about your problem hopefully it is only the term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Hope it was just the tstat. When the engine is warmed up look in your coolant overflow bottle. If there are bubbles then your HGs are effed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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