Hi
my 96 Legacy Outback (160,000K's) gave up the ghost on me last week on the busiest road in Auckland and my mechanic few days earlier said that I have head gasket issues which I was not what I wanted to hear. I did a google search on this and apparently its quite a common issue with these legacy with the 2.5i engine .. I think my one is a phase I type engine. This is basically what models are affected:
PHASE 1 (Dual Overhead Cam):
Used in:
1996 to 1999 Legacy Outback
1996 to 1999 Legacy GT
1998 Impreza RS
1998 Forester
PHASE 2 (Single Overhead Cam):
Used in:
2000 to present (non-turbo) Legacy Outback
2000 to 2004 Legacy GT
2000 to present Legacy
1999 to present non-turbo Impreza 2.5 (RS, TS, Outback Sport)
1999 to present non-turbo Forester
I just wanted to know how many people has this happen to here at clubsub and how much did it costs them to fix and can they recommend any mechanic? Am gutted my trusty subaru outback has this problem as it is a mint car and served us well .. in the mean time I consoled myself by buying a NZ new 2004 Legacy GT B spec wagon ... yeahhawwwww it rocks!!!! But I want to find out how much it will cost to fix me old Subie and flog it off or flogg it off as is ... anybody keen to take this Subie off my hand do a search on Trademe and you will see the pics
cheers
TinTinz