by "commander warsstar is smitten with subaru legacy outbacks (and redheads)" (warsstar)
Published 10/29/2017 at 11:04
by "commander warsstar is smitten with subaru legacy outbacks (and redheads)" (warsstar)
Published 10/29/2017 at 11:04
Tags: Subaru
; LegacyGT
; rod knock
STARS: 4
Some of you probably remember that I bought and fixed a $500 2001 Subaru LegacyGT wagon a few years ago. It’s racked up close to 300,000 miles, 40,000 of which I put on.
It’s been a great car, but it’s finally reached end the end of its life.
Last Monday, I was on my way back to Indiana from Vermont, having gone to visit a friend and pickup a bunch of stuff. I was a 150 miles from home when the engine died and wouldn’t restart. I got the car towed home by AAA (thank God for 100 miles of free towing) and I had the trailer towed to a local yard since AAA doesn’t do anything for trailers unless they’re travel trailers.
At first I thought that the timing belt had gone, but after getting into it, I found that it was fine and timing still lined up. After charging the battery (which is on its last legs too), I started it up, and heard the death knell: rod knock. It seems that due to the trailer and cargo inside the car, the rear end squatted enough to raise the front end enough to cause oil starvation to the front of the engine over the 13 hours I’d driven like that.
Current plan is to pull all my stuff out of it, and drive it to the junkyard. I’ll get my new car fixed soon, I ordered the front end for it this morning.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
10/29/2017 at 11:14, STARS: 1
Oh damn, if that starved the oil what if you had been driving up a mountain. Was the oil low too? At least it served you well while you had it.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
10/29/2017 at 11:33, STARS: 2
I don’t think the angle of the engine starved it, that just didn’t make sense... Probably just on its way out
"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
10/29/2017 at 11:40, STARS: 0
Why not a B4 project?
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
10/29/2017 at 11:44, STARS: 1
I agree with Hammerhead. If that picture with the trailer hooked up was your setup for the trip I don’t think the angle was the problem. An average American family plus their suitcases could produce an angle like that. There was probably something else that happened to the engine in that 13 hours that did that. :/
At any rate, welcome back to Oppo!!!
"commander warsstar is smitten with subaru legacy outbacks (and redheads)" (warsstar)
10/29/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 0
The angle actually got worse as it went on, but yeah, there probably was something else that contributed to it, we just haven’t found it.
"commander warsstar is smitten with subaru legacy outbacks (and redheads)" (warsstar)
10/29/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 0
The angle actually got worse as it went on, but yeah, there probably was something else that contributed to it, we just haven’t found it.
"commander warsstar is smitten with subaru legacy outbacks (and redheads)" (warsstar)
10/29/2017 at 12:06, STARS: 0
It’s not worth it. The car has massive amounts of rust, the suspension and transmission are just about done for, it’s just time for it to go.
I wish, but it’s just not doable at the moment.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/29/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 0
What’s the replacement...? Newer Legacy?
"commander warsstar is smitten with subaru legacy outbacks (and redheads)" (warsstar)
10/29/2017 at 19:26, STARS: 1
2007 Outback