Generally there is no reason to replace the head bolts.

We dont here unless there is a problem.

Justin

They are 2 totally different cars, so it sounds like maybe your needs have changed?

My advice is to keep what you already own until it no longer suits your needs you will always keep more money in the bank.

Yes the price is high, should be some sort of a multi service discount option if you do the big repair with the other things at the same time, or at least there would be here.

I also like the Baha and its unique utility, and there wont be another like it for quite some time, if ever again.

Justin

Moist likely you had a Turbo fail and take out the Engine with it. That is a common thing to happen to thew 2005 and 2006 XT, and GT.

The humidity thing is a little weird to understand, are you saying it ran poorly but never set a check engine light?

The price is high, but 16 payments later youre done, where the other way your only one third into a car loan, you will pay $8500.00 in first year depreciation and interest.

Its really what you are the most comfortable with, you will have a rough go at trying to get money out of the car you have now unless it is repaired.

Hope that helps

Justin

That is the WWP-99 Campaign. Which involved an additive put into the cooling system and stretching out the warranty to 100k for affected vehicles.

Justin

Every 2 years is what I like to see on coolant changes, or at least having the coolant checked for voltage after 2 years.

Justin

By the way, a lot of your original post matches my car. I have some corrosion on the battery posts, the last spark plugs were evidently not good ones, (I don’t even know who changed them), and of course lots of cold weather.

So, the total is between $4500-5500 in the next year. I am considering an alternative of putting down about 7k and trade this in and have a new Honda Fit. Am I missing something when considering this alternative? Your input would be helpful. Thanks

I took my 2005 Outback 2.5XT turbo into the dealer hear about a year ago right after we had our 60K service done, because when ever it got humid the motor would misfire and run very rough. The dealer didn’t really offer any solution, and said that we had sludge in our motor, implying we had not been doing regular oil changes because the sticker was over due, I change my own oil and don’t update that sticker. I have noticed that there is always some oil leaking around the oil filter. After the fruitless service I started to change the oil and filter every 1,000 miles, however whenever the humidity would return so would the misfiring motor. The problem also never occurred during the winter.

Unfortunately at 92,000 miles my mother in law was driving it and it started to smoke, when I got there, it would not turn over and there were two piles of molten plastic on the ground by the mufflers. Had it towed to dealer and they say it is seized and I need a new motor, but have not analyzed the oil or hand cranked it, they also say it had no coolant when it arrived. First thing I did on site was check the oil and coolant, coolant tank looked like it had coolant and the oil was fine, not milky or anything. The car has never overheated before. Dealer says it will be $8,500! For new motor, is it worth putting that kind of cash into a 100K car? That is almost 16 payments on a new one. Should this have been something they should have been able to figure out during my two service trips for the problem and over $1,000 spent for nothing?

I maintained the motor just fine, I am scared that it will do this again.

Thanks

My 2001 forester that i just bought has a sticker under the hood that says something about a coolant recall back in 2001 , i assuming it was the head gasket recall back when they started haveing problems with the head gaskets, the sticker says do not remove,this was a one car owner that kept up on all the service through subaru , was this something they did to all the subaru , to prevent head gaskets problems? i dont much about weather or not they fixed the head gasket before they started but im hopeing this is the case thanks

PEggy