'03 outback limited, '01 Outback Limited, '01 Legacy L wagon, '96 Legacy Brighton wagon
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A few weeks back, while working on a friends '05, I let the '96 idle out back to charge the battery for a couple hours ( the car hadn't moved for nearly a year) - totally forgetting that I hadn't fixed the radiator fans yet ( they keep blowing the fuse). Of course, it overheated to an extreme degree, enough to even cook the Castrol synthetic oil that was in it.
Finally realizing what a boneheaded move that was, I shut it off, convinced that I most likely now had an expensive boat anchor.
Finally changed the oil and filter today, and I'll be damned but what it still runs like a champ - and this is the second time it's had a big overheat (the first was because of a leaking water pump while I was in stop and go traffic, where even turning on the heater didn't help).
So, kudos to Subaru for the robustness of this engine!
Now, if only they would figure out what they did right with the 2.2 and incorporate it in whatever new engines they come up with.......
What are the chances that i also need to change the trans fluid - what was in the cooler should have also gotten rather hot.
Finally realizing what a boneheaded move that was, I shut it off, convinced that I most likely now had an expensive boat anchor.
Finally changed the oil and filter today, and I'll be damned but what it still runs like a champ - and this is the second time it's had a big overheat (the first was because of a leaking water pump while I was in stop and go traffic, where even turning on the heater didn't help).
So, kudos to Subaru for the robustness of this engine!
Now, if only they would figure out what they did right with the 2.2 and incorporate it in whatever new engines they come up with.......
What are the chances that i also need to change the trans fluid - what was in the cooler should have also gotten rather hot.