Hello everyone, I bought a 2.2L 99 Legacy L sedan with about 150k miles recently (not sure exactly because until I fixed it the odometer/speedometer would stop working intermittently :-\ )
Anyway, there is an oil leak that looks like it might be coming from the head gasket. It drips onto the exhaust on the passenger side exhaust.
I don't know if this is relevant, but it also bogs under load at high speeds, i.e. up hill or on highways, and I overheated it once and the leak got a lot worse for a while. However, it idles great but I haven't done a compression test yet to confirm that the HG isn't blown.
From what I've read, this 2.2 should be the last of the ones with the good HG before the problem period with the leaks etc. However, I can't seem to track this one down. I replaced the valve cover gaskets, which didn't appear to be the problem anyway, and washed the suspected areas with engine degreaser.
Anyway, here are some pics. Let me know what you think.
TIA!
Back of head and timing cover are clean, so I don't think anything is dripping down?