by ahrexwagon » Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:33 am
I had this issue with a Subaru I bought from a "trustworthy family man" who claimed his wife drove the car to the station every day.
2002 Liberty wagon with 120,000km on the clock, was very clean for its age. So I snapped it up, only to discover the head gasket leak AND valve cover gaskets leaking.
$250 gasket kit later and about a weekends worth of work I'd replaced both head gaskets as well as valve covers, got heads machined for around $200 by a local shop and replaced all fluids. Total cost approx $700
5000km later the input shaft bearing on the 5spd has gone making the ride really uncomfortable and now I'm staring down the barrel of a rebuild or total replacement of the tranny...
The Weekend car: 2002 BH Liberty Wagon, 5mt, blown ej25, currently doing H6 conversion
The Donor car; 2003 Outback ez30 H6 auto
The Daily/Camping Car: 2012 Isuzu Dmax Dual Cab SX 4x4 auto