# Easy now. Don't blow a gasket

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-now-dont-blow-a-gasket/166505>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-now-dont-blow-a-gasket/166505 "2020-06-28T17:36:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tom418](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/da6949/32.png) [@tom418](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tom418)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-now-dont-blow-a-gasket/166505/1 "2020-06-28T17:36:10Z")

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From Consumer Reports (Cars most likely to blow a head gasket.)  
It IS from C.R.- FWIW

[https://www.yahoo.com/autos/consumer-reports-lists-cars-most-140000475.html](https://www.yahoo.com/autos/consumer-reports-lists-cars-most-140000475.html)

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-now-dont-blow-a-gasket/166505/2 "2020-06-28T18:04:29Z")

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Huh! … Several Subarus made the list. Imagine that!

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-now-dont-blow-a-gasket/166505/3 "2020-06-28T18:05:42Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/d/6dcad87c4456ceddc6be52e7279e8c92c926b3c1.jpeg)

Tester

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-now-dont-blow-a-gasket/166505/4 "2020-06-28T20:07:19Z")

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My first Outback–a '97 model–suffered a head gasket breach at ~110k miles. Luckily, it was of the oil into coolant type of breach, rather than coolant into oil, so replacing the breached gasket(s) was not of an emergent nature, and I was able to schedule the repair at my convenience.

To my surprise and delight, the dealership charged me only ~$400 to replace both head gaskets  
(yes, they gave me a giant break on the price…), and after I had driven the car for another couple of years, the car lived-on to provide reliable service to a young relative for another 5 or 6 years.

Is it any wonder that I returned to that dealership, and that I bought two more–problem-free–Outbacks from them?

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-now-dont-blow-a-gasket/166505/5 "2020-06-28T20:36:06Z")

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@Tester, I guess that is why Subaru’s don’t have a temperature gauge anymore.

I am surprised that Nissan isn’t on the list. The Altima 2.5 is almost as bad as any Subaru.