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Hey all, I'm new to the forums, but I have been lurking and searching trying to figure out some things about my 2007 Forester X. First the Subaru was bought new, has about 94000 mi. on it, it has had oil changes every 3000 mi. it has performed very well, and been very reliable, but the official scheduled maintenance that Subaru suggests has not been followed. The other day early evening, after not being run all day, i took my G F to the ER (kidney stones) about a mile perhaps a little more from the hospital my car seemed like it was hit by a water balloon filled w/ steam on the passenger side, it happened as I was passing a slower vehicle (passing gear) Stunned, I looked at my temp gauge and it was just about in the red, raining and almost to the hospital I drove the last mile, and took care of my girl. When I left after 8 hrs and arranging a ride, I popped my hood and noticed the rad. just below the filler neck had burst. Next morning I got a flatbed tow to my house, and bought a new rad and 13 psi cap. after installing new rad and burping the coolant best I could I ran it for about 20 min. at idle, temp gauge stayed low for about 15 min. and blew cold air then gauge at half it blew warm, but not like usual. fans came on, but needle did not go beyond 1/2. I'm not sure if thermostat opened. shut it down after 20 min. next day opened cap and added more coolant and burped it, some bubbles burst emitting either smoke or steam I could not determine, ran it for 40 min temp gauge did same thing, today I filled rad and ran it for 50 min and it behaved the same. I'm a little reluctant to try it on the road short or longer distance, don't like paying tow charge, and don't like idea of doing further damage. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Tenneesseejed1