Hey Scott, I see what you did there. Brilliant.

"not picking on you at all, but it does seem to me that fairly often
people could invest a little more effort into writing things so they are
understandable and reflect what they really mean.

but heck ..I see the same thing in what should be 'really serious' and
accurate writing in important and official places as well.
scott"

On Dec 12, 2015, at 2:24 AM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:

yes Don,
subaru engines ..great and awesome as they generally are,
are known for 'head gasket issues' .  Quite common.  Not until over 100K
miles usually.

they can be intermittent with this issue.
Basically exhaust gases displace the coolant in the engine ....water
pump can't circulate a gas ..
It can be hard to identify too.
A sniff test on the pressure bottle my  not reveal hydrocarbons i the
coolant.
I've seen the sumptom so bad it puffed up a brand new waterboxer coolant
pressure bottle like a football.
Sometimes there's black soot in the coolant.

you probably have a SOCH 2.5 ...
if head gasket work is done, it's super important to get the heads
resurfaced.
it turns into a big job often ...'expanding' to timing belt, oil seals,
tensioner and guide wheels and more.

as for used engine ...there's ..forget his name ...it's a very funky
subaru only junk yard in Gaston , Oregon .
Basically a ravine full of subaru's in the woods near a small town north
of Corvalis. .  John is the guy's first name.
there it is brain ..John Lemley.

Scott