gyuunuuya Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Hello I got a friend that has a 93 sub legacy 2WD. Anyways he says he was driving it and all of a sudden it lost al it's power and when he pulled over all the oil was gone out of it, and it was idling rough. He says he drove it home and let it cool down ( with no oil in it ) and then started it again to make sure it still worked, and it did, but he hasen't otuched it since that day. Anyways I went to his house yesterday to look at it and I put 4 quarts of oil in it expecting it to blow oil everywhere so I could see where it was coming from. Started the car and it died right away. so he started it and I held down the throttle, and it held an idle but very rough. I held it down for about 5 mins hoping to see a leak.... nothing. I let go of the throttle and it held a rough idle. sounds like at least 3 of the pistons if not all 4 are firing but I can't tell. Also when I rev to engine I can hear a high pitched sqealing that doesn't see to be coming from the belt, but possably something more internal or maybe a pump of something. Ok so I let the car heat all the way up and I start seeing oil coming from the bottom of the engine right next to a gasket near the radiator front., but I can't tell for sure if it's that gasket that's the problem of something else. Also I opened the radiator resivoir tank and it wasen't quiet boiling but it was having air bubbles come out, and I'm not sure if that's normal. I also noticed that there was a little bit of soot in the water resivoir, but it didn't quiet look like oil just a bit of dirt, but then again how the hell does soot get into the water resivoir. The last thing that I can remember is I opened the oil cap to see if foam was underneath it but I didnt' fid any then again the oil cap come off a long tupe from the engine so I'm not sure it the foam could reach there in the short time I had the engine running (about 10 mins), but I did notice the oil was spitting out of the oil cap when I removed it. Like a pretty decent amount of oil was spitting out. in about 1-2 mins u could soak a paper towel with the stuff spitting out of the cap. Head gasket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Pin Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 None of this sounds very good. Oil in the engine is good-no oil-bad! Bubbles in the coolant overflow tank is pretty solid evindence that you have at least one bad HG. A high pitch noise could be bad bearings or more as it sounds like there was no oil in the engine. Sounds like it might be time to tranplant a new one or explore other options. Good luck to your buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 The engine is scrap. Never run an engine without oil unless you are in the middle of no where and have no choice. Even then, you need to know that the engine is scrap. Sounds like the cylinders are heavily scored. In this case no oil most likley blew a HG, or cracked the block. Oil is also a coolant as well as a lubricant. Time to shop for engines. Also replace the radiator, as im sure there is oil in there making a nice glue right now. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyuunuuya Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 Cool thanks alot guys. Yeah I told him yesterday that the engine is scrap and to trash the ride and get a new one. I'm pissed at nippers response because I just put a brand new radiator in my prelude and it now also has a blown head gasket. So I hope I don't have to replace the brand new radiator again : ( Again thanks for for the input, and quick responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Cool thanks alot guys. Yeah I told him yesterday that the engine is scrap and to trash the ride and get a new one. I'm pissed at nippers response because I just put a brand new radiator in my prelude and it now also has a blown head gasket. So I hope I don't have to replace the brand new radiator again : ( Again thanks for for the input, and quick responses. No no no no You have a new raditor, you shold be ok. Its the older radiators I worry about. A 1993 subaru will have scale inside the radiator. It doesnt take much to clog up a radiator that has rough internal passageways. the roughness will capture any globule mass and start clogging up (like arteries). If you have a new radiator, you should be ok with a flush. You ccould even just flush it out of the car if you wanted too. Just remeber onbce everything is flushed to fill the cooling system with 50/50 premix or use demineralized water. nipper nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyuunuuya Posted March 28, 2007 Author Share Posted March 28, 2007 Thanks GREAT to hear that : ) I'll have to drain my fluid tonight to ensure I change out the fluid when it's fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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