Re: Head gaskets and CV joints

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Re: Head gaskets and CV joints Posted by Craig [Email]

(#3854) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Craig) on Fri, 22 Apr 2016 09:53:30

In Reply to: Head gaskets and CV joints, JerseySaab

[Profile/Gallery] , Thu, 21 Apr 2016 20:12:30 Members see ZERO ads on the bulletin boards and get more feature. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

The head gasket issue truly is ridiculous, especially since there are two head gaskets for only four cylinders. It only applies to the 2.5l cars though, which while a lot of them don't include the turbo cars us Saab owners should be most interested in anyway. Subaru isn't by any means the first or only company to get into trouble by pushing the bore spacing on an older engine design further than they should (eg the Saab 2.1l) but surely it's among the most prolific. I'm not sure the CVs are much worse than on a lot of cars, except there are obviously twice as many.

I want to like Subarus in a way, I admire their simplicity and basic goodness and doing things a bit of a differently in their engineering, but they also feel cheap, loud, tiny, and dated to me, so while their might be a similar appeal to a Saab, the execution is just totally different and not very appealing to me.

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GrandAm and all transverse V6 engines, MI-Roger , Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:23:12
- I just picked up an 03 alero..., Johnson , Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:14:53
  - Re: I just picked up an 03 alero..., MI-Roger , Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:50:13
    - Thanks!, Johnson , Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:09:41
      - Or remove the alternator, MI-Roger , Wed, 20 Apr 2016 02:59:18
        Got the spark plugs done!, Johnson , Sat, 4 Jun 2016 18:58:31
        I haven't done the spark plugs yet..., Johnson , Mon, 9 May 2016 08:25:36
- Makes me love an inline 4 cylinder! n/m, Noel, Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:10:51
- Subaru Outback H6, No Snaab, Tue, 19 Apr 2016 04:37:27
  - 4 hours?, Snowmobile , Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:19:05
    - Re: 4 hours?, No Snaab, Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:18:44
      - Re: 4 hours?, Snowmobile , Thu, 21 Apr 2016 06:59:14
        Re: 4 hours?, cheaptech, Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:22:10
        Head gaskets and CV joints, JerseySaab , Thu, 21 Apr 2016 20:12:30
        Re: Head gaskets and CV joints, Craig , Fri, 22 Apr 2016 09:53:30 <-- Viewing This Message
        X2 the most complex part of the engine: heads., Norm9-5, Sun, 24 Apr 2016 11:08:20
        that was exactly my conclusion also..., Snowmobile , Sat, 23 Apr 2016 17:39:57
        The Subaru appeal is pretty strong., Cary, Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:42:10
        Re: The Subaru appeal is pretty strong., Snowmobile , Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:48:41
        Re: The Subaru appeal is pretty strong., cheaptech, Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:58:17
        Re: The Subaru appeal is pretty strong., Snowmobile , Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:19:57
        Re: that was exactly my conclusion also..., cheaptech, Sun, 24 Apr 2016 08:23:34
        CV joints, No Snaab, Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:40:03
        Re: Head gaskets and CV joints, cheaptech, Fri, 22 Apr 2016 04:30:08
        ...and Buick is the safest car, beating out Volvo., Norm9-5, Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:54:32
        Re: ...and Buick is the safest car, beating out Volvo., cheaptech, Sat, 23 Apr 2016 09:25:22
        You are assuming the writers are performing research, MI-Roger , Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:36:291
        Why only Japanese car going 250,000 miles?, Norm9-5, Sun, 24 Apr 2016 11:15:25
        Dang. Gotta get me a Buick truck., Dan Lerner, Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:17:50
        ...reading over Subaru Class Action oil consumption., Norm9-5, Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:05:12
- At least it's not a Hyundai!, JerseySaab , Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:39:26
  - Or a 2.8T with intake removal., Norm9-5, Tue, 19 Apr 2016 03:27:40
- Re: GrandAm and all transverse V6 engines, Steve T, Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:28:58

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