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Right on ! So my dad (nearly 93) had issues today and I had to take him to the hospital and never got myself looked at. As mentioned , live for another day !

Excellent. I’ve bought a few Subarus from Florida and Georgia for that reason. my current daily driver is from there. Timing belt - what brand and did they replace the lower pulley? That lower cogged pulley fails more than the belt. If it fails it’ll bend valves and need another engine or valve repair for as much as you’re currently spending for the car. I’ve bought Subarus with EJ25s (engine in that 2000 outback) for pennies with blown pulleys, some with brand “new” timing parts that were cheap brands. “New” timing belt is nice marketing but low grade sales tactic. I’d ask what brand and if the pulleys were replaced. That pulley is $35-$50 from Subaru and can be replaced in an hour. So you could easily do it yourself or have someone do it later too. I always just install a new Subaru belt and pulley on one even if it’s got a new belt to make sure it’s got a new pulley and Subaru branded belt. Dayco and other belts ocasssionally fail - and that also bends valves. AT is automatic transmission. check headgaskets too - that engine was under an extended headgasket warranty by Subaru 7 years 100,000 miles due to that issue. $1,500+ repair. The original factory gaskets leak coolant at the rear lower corners of the head to block mating surface. so it’s easy to spot if you can get some light snd eyes back there. Good chance theyve already been replaced though. In which case I’d be trying to determine who did the job and what gaskets were used.

That will be this weekend, make sure to share a photo so we can see what happened.

Should have had another cup of coffee. Bus crossed a double, double yellow line turning into a gas station. Said he never saw me. I'm here. Any Day you can get out of bed, have a hot coffee and shower is a Great Day. If you make it to the end of the day and have an IPA it's even better!

Look up it's crash test ratings? Slightly different thing - How are you going to keep it running? These are approximately 30 year old cars, not many mechanics that know their idiosyncrasies are around, parts are not easy to find, many are NLA. Are you looking for a project, or a daily driver? I run a couple of 30 year old Subaru wagons as 1 daily driver. Yeah, 2. When one has a problem, I can have time to fix it while driving the other. I also have a LOT of spare parts from the other ones I've owned that I saved when the bodies rusted away.

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