Oil filters, different burping procedures, and coolant are overwrought
subjects on this here list.  There's another one, but I am not going there.

  Orange filters won't kill your motor.   You can fill the cooling system
and get an adequate amount of air out of a 2.1 on level ground.  Coolants
whose ingredients do not include silicates are safe to use.   If the list
of components on the jug states "proprietary ingredients" put it back on
the shelf and find another.

Geo/ATL

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Brett Ne <brettn777@gmail.com> wrote:

> > But remember, modern Subaru flat-sixes are so good because Subaru in the
> > 1980s had a run of horrible flat-fours.... back then, the WBX6 would have
> > been than the top options Subaru had - the WBX4 was at least as good as
> the
> > Subaru fours of the time, in 1985.
> >
>
>
> This topic has rreeeaaaalllly gotten off of the original track, but , as a
> previous owner of a 1980 Subaru 4wd wagon, I can't let that statement go
> unchallenged.  Yes, the 1600 was a bit low on power and it used old
> technology(carburetor, solid lifters, gear driven camshaft), but it was
> dependable, simple, easy to work on, and I put well over 200k on it and it
> still didn't need a rebuild.   I didn't have to worry about the engine
> dissolving and leaving puddles if I didn't scrutinize the anti-freeze I
> used; I didn't have to carefully choose what oil filter to use, I didn't
> have to figure out ways to "burp" the cooling system; I didn't have to
> carry boxes of spare parts when I traveled; I've never heard of anyone
> discussing "Subaru Syndrome".  And, if I had needed to rebuild the engine,
> I could have done so for a small fraction of the typical $4,000 price tag
> for a WBX rebuild.
>
>
>
> --
> Brett in Portland, OR
> "Albert" '82 VanaFox I4 Riviera
>