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Disregard the part about the oil in the antifreeze.... My son wanted to know what it would look like if he added oil to the antifreeze and poured some in it... Ding dong kids!! Anywho, I need to start another post, we have another problem now.

Yay is right! With 239K on this thing I think the thicker oil will fill in the gaps that are caused by driving more than the distance of the moon and back. I didn't fill it up with 30W, just added a quart of it to the 10W30 that was already in it. My slide rule says that it is quiet now so I'm happy! LOL!!! Couldn't be any worse than putting Lucas Oil Stabilizer in it.

95 Legacy Outback, 2.2L, 239,000 miles

We bought it from an older couple that was driving it last fall in a caravan of people and the people behind her saw what looked to them like the car was smoking. They called her on her cell phone to tell her and she noticed that the temp gauge showed hot, so she pulled over and parked it until they could trailer it back to town. They never had it looked at by a mechanic but assumed that it was a stuck thermostat or failed water pump. The oil didn't have any water in it, the radiator didn't have bubbles showing up when it ran after we bought it, and the compression tests for all 4 cylinders were very close to each other. We towed it home after paying $700 and hearing it run for a minute, and it runs really well.

I added a quart of gas station brand 30W oil to the crankcase and the ticking stopped within 5 miles of driving. I tried Marvel's Mystery oil a few months ago, Lucas Oil Stabilizer a few weeks ago, tried changing the oil and filter several times in a row but when I was a quart low I just added a quart of cheapo gas station 30W to the oil and it was gone within 5 miles of driving. Crazy. Thought I would share if anyone else has tried many other remedies to no avail.

My son just bought this car, 95 Legacy Outback 2.2L, and it had overheated. We are in the process of replacing the water pump and timing belt and saw this coolant settle out over the last couple of days. This isn't heavy like oil but it is darker than the rest of the coolant. Would a block testing fluid still be able to test this after it is out of the vehicle? Thanks for the help! I've had a lot of good help on this forum!

Awesome! Thank you guys! I have sent GD a message and contacted fixmysuby.com via e-mail for quotes.

Clutch is thrashed, in need of a replacement ASAP. Still drives OK, but the clicking is getting louder, the shudder getting worse and we will need to make a return 750 mile trip soon.

Burnt exhaust valve. $655 for parts and labor and I don't have to keep throwing parts at it. This summer it gets a new clutch, timing belt, and water pump.....

I changed the oil and found a small piece of blue hard plastic and some white/off white colored gritty looking stuff on the pan that I drained the oil into. Could the blue plastic be part of a valve seal/guide? I am going to change it again, I am trying to get rid of a ridiculous ticking sound, I'm thinking I have a sticky lifter/valve.

I changed the oil and have found what looks like plastic pieces in the drain pan. Valve seals? Some of it looked like blue plastic, like a valve seal, or seat, and some of it looked like white sand.

When I had the P0420 code I put in a new front O2 sensor, OE from Subaru. I don't ever smell fuel. I just had the codes read at Autozone and it has no codes stored. Any way to test for a bad cat, or a trick to do it on the cheap? If I have to get a new cat I will, but man this thing is getting expensive! LOL!

I can see the CEL during the bulb test when I first turn the key on. And it worked when I got the P0420 code a few weeks back. The car will stutter at about 2700RPM when in the last three gears, 3-5. And it only does it when the temp gauge reaches the normal operating range. In the past it clears up when the engine gets ran for about 5-10 miles, but I haven't driven it that far since I started replacing sensors. If I keep it under 2700 RPM in the last 3 gears in won't do it. I didn't put 2 and 2 together at first, but when I would shut the car off it would smell like hot metal. I smell the same thing when following a snow plow that has it's plow down grinding on the asphalt. Well, I smelled that last night after a drive and noticed the cat was glowing.