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2012 Head gasket issues

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I am looking at a 2012 Outback and need to know if that model year has the head gasket issues. It has 158k miles on it. The timing belt was replaced in 2019 at 136k miles.
 
#2 ·
If the engine has a timing belt then it is an EJ series engine.

If it is a 2.5 litre EJ25 engine (the 2.0 litre engines are EJ20) then it is susceptible to head gasket failure.

I believe the FB25 engine was released in late 2012 and so far this engine type has not been reported to have issues with failing head gaskets. The FB25 engine has a timing chain which only needs replacing when the engine is overhauled (expected to be around 300,000 to 450,000 miles)

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