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Oh I definitely agree. I've got a 85' Turbo GL-10, stock and only has 112k miles. It's too nice to modify so that's why I mess around with the Loyale.

ATF is red. ATF is used in the gearbox if it is an automatic obviously. And ATF is used in the power steering. So It could be a leaking power steering system (check the fluid in reservoir) It could be your automatic is leaking ATF (bad) check the dipstick It could be that your gearbox seal between the front diff and automatic is broken (very bad) and that it is leaking out of the front diff. Check front diff dipstick. To check the PS: pump and lines and steering rack for leaks. There rubber boots around the moving parts of the steering rack, they age. Automatic: There cooling lines from the gearbox to the radiator, check those for leaks. Front diff: check the drive axle places where enter the diff. Check all drain plugs

What a way to get into old subes, quite possibly the best! 85-87 also have the much more desirable flat bumpers. 88-91 guys swap them, if you see it call them on it, cause the tail light is different (sube symbol in the middle) too bad these don't have the headlight actuators with the knob like 80s firebirds, I like your car is winking, I would do that at shows! Eg33 with a turbo will definitely smash! Just a na ej22 made my GL so much faster and easier to live with! 81 factory hp from the factory? Not even adequate for most of us in the US. 135 hp dosen't sound like much, but it's a 63% increase and ej parts grow on trees. My GL will murder my Camaro drag racing! Lol! This forum has a number of old school sube experts, and seems to be the most active, there is a subaru xt only forum, but it's broken last I checked. I never got into Facebook myself...you get better google results if you put a year first. Take her to a show and wait for the confused looks and "what the hell is this car?" And a few guys will say cool! An old Subaru xt! My goal this summer would be the suspension work and take apart the ea82 to see if she's mortally wounded (cylinder heads cracking between exh ports is the number one killer). If not, reseal and thrash! And a nice coat of black primer Eventually a ej22 with turbo add on I understand an na engine can be low boosted with no mods! The ecu can handle about 10 psi I've read...no need for megasquirt and honestly probably enough to start breaking things or too squirrely to keep her on the road! I have everything already...hehe so if the ea82 is broken swap time! And free ea parts! Welcome to the old school subaru family man. We're worldwide here, the Russians and aussies think they are nuttier than us Americans, but i beg to differ! There is a guy in Alaska like Subaru survivor man, pouring water into the intake to check valve seals - works, but dunno how, haha! Oh and did you name yours yet? Mine is Ghost The thing i love about subaru, is that they seemed to be the most experimental in the 80s. Everyone was all coked out and weird to begin with back then, but Japan always takes the cake cause they love not making any damn sense and making an assymetrical steering wheel shaped like a gun? And the door handles by the feet? 3 f**king D digital dash? Wtf dude this really happened, look! Haha! They let their freak flag fly with the xt and there is nothing like it! The only time I was more proud of an auto company being themselves was when in 75 the govt. mandated the 5mph bumpers, so for the 73 model year the camaro was available with half a bumper (the infamous split bumper that is beautiful, but copied far too much) American muscle will always be the coolest cars hands down, the man hated them! But nothing so beautiful and powerful since then... And yea the bastardization of once proud names is extreme here and makes me sick...be ready when you tell someone 86 xt and they ask "oh outback or forester?" You're a weirdo now, embrace it. Can't blame them for not knowing about a car that will always look like it's from the future somehow...haha! Chevrolet Malibu maxx SS anyone? U kidding me? Subaru sucks after 96 (engines) and 94 (bodies) with few exception, like the 98 2.5 rs...pretty body, but everyone got that as the wrx while we got that ugly frog face bug eye one...wtf? And I'm in Colorado so the tail is a bit of a drive for me too, but i understand the West coast Subaru show is like mecca, so suit up man! We'll roll together from CO in a F'n xt convoy! I'll need two friends for my 86 and 88 GLs to go to that show! I'm for real man, within a few years at the most! My GLs, the baby lion and Skye. The red has the ej22. https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/165601-xtv8-build/?tab=comments#comment-1374305

Congrats on the find bro! Cool! She has the 85 premiers too? Dope! Factory Subaru 4x140 alloys are a tough find these days! I am also the proud owner of an 85 xt turbo, she's a sweetheart! If you saw the rotary swapped xt that was rally racing on YouTube, that dudes an animal, and if turbo, you have to go without a hood, or cut a blasphemous hole! So don't go that route unless you love rotary that much, but slammed rwd rotary xt? Hells yea! But for ease and low cost go ej swap, I did it on my 86gl and don't regret it for a second! The cost was almost negligible, I found a $500 donor 95 leggo. I'm ej swapping mine someday. And slamming her as lower than low. Did you know that the car on the digi dash was designed by Atari? And the prototype (acx ii) had a printer? And first production car with a CD player? Mercedes? No. 1985 Subaru xt, before most people even had cds! Have you seen the guy with the LS6 tt in his xt? Ridiculous! But there is an annual gathering of xts (og years only, no bs outback xts) at the tail of the dragon, so we'll team up to pass him, while the sti swapped guys wait on the turbo lag, we'll get that 7,000 rpm ea82t thrash to the top! Lol Cheers man, happy wrenching!

My Gen1 RS liberty: Cheers Bennie