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the car blew the upper radiator hose last week, took me a few hours to replace the upper and lower hoses when refilling I couldn't leave the cap off to see when the thermostat opened, coolant was surging out of the radiator... I closed it up and drove it for an hour + temperature level was...

I have a 2013 Outback with 200k miles on it. Bought it used and it uses about a quart of oil 300 miles. My concern is my coolant resevoir has oil in it. I cleaned it out once and thought it would stop. I noticed bubbles blowing in it when the ac is on. I dont see any smoke white or black or...

The coolant crossbar O-rings failed about 2 weeks ago and dumped the coolant tank so I replaced those and the intake manifold gaskets while I was at it. After I finished the job it started having the overheating issue, and thinking it was the thermostat I replaced that, but the issues persisted...

Hello, Please help. I have had my car look at by my local mechanic and a Subaru specialized one. It has gone terribly. Neither of them found a true cause of why my car was overheating or why the coolant levels are now depleting rapidly. They replaced the thermostat just to be safe, and it seems...

Hi all, Late last year my beloved 2003 with 230k miles overheated on the interstate--we had it towed home and discovered a cracked radiator. Radiator, thermostat, water pump, and timing belt components were all replaced. After replacing those parts, it idled fine and drove fine for several...

Having recurring issues with overheating over the past year in my 2008 Forester X. No visible coolant loss throughout the problem period. It has been pressure tested 3 times over this time as well, every time it comes back fine. I have been adding about 1/3 of a bottle of coolant to the rad...

I've got an 07 Forester with 188k miles of questionable history. Over the past week I've notice some issues with the cooling system. 1. Fog accumulating on the right (passenger) 1/3rd of the windshield and passenger window. At first I assumed this was just blocked vent or something of that...

Hi all, Looking for some advice & ideas on this baffling chain of events: 4 weeks ago the engine overheated (Subaru Forester XT 2005). (was being driven by a friend). He noticed & stopped. Called me. After a couple of attempts to continue (when the car still overheated and he promptly...

Hi! I just bought a 2003 forester and it had a coolant leak that I am having trouble figuring out. I added dye and the leak seems to be in the rear, bottom drivers side. The steering rack, cv axle, cross member are soaked. The only hoses I can see that are in the area above it are the heater...

Hey guys, I'm new here and am new to self-maintenance on my car. I haven't had any trouble with my '04 Forester, up until this past month. I noticed I was slowly losing coolant and was topping it off until I could get to it. So this past weekend I tried my hand at replacing old cooling lines...