Recent content by OccasionalMechanic

OP here, just got finished putting the car back together and started. Im happy to say the work I did seems to be holding, no leaks and engine is apparently running normally, although having issues with burping the coolant system as always seems to be the case with this car. The heater core has a...

I don't have the equipment to pull the engine unfortunately. But I have been studying some videos of ppl doing it in car, and was successful in pulling the heads. If you have a chance, please take a look at the pictures I posted further down in the thread, I imagine the head gaskets are blown...

Here is what the heads and block look like I gave everything a quick wipedown. Im fairly confident the drivers side gasket is blown but im not an expert. Here are some pictures and maybe someone who knows what to look for can confirm if they are blown or not: Passenger side: Head gasket Head...

OP here, thanks for the recommendations. I went ahead and started the head gasket job... I checked everything I could, just by blowing with my mouth for now to see if anything is plugged. Both the rad and heater cores seem to be unrestricted, easily can blow air through. I did find a rusty...

Hello, I understand this has been talked about to death but I would just like to share my recent experience with this stop leak product. I worked on a 2011 Subaru Outback. It had been to the garage several times for overheating and low coolant. They performed pressure tests and found nothing...