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Old 07-14-2018, 10:49 AM   #63 (permalink)
19bonestock88
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Do Subaru’s still blow head gaskets sometime after 100k or is that fixed once and for all?
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I don't have the magazine with me right now. But I seem to remember CR giving a few Subarus good odds of being reliable.
The FB20 is an entirely new engine design, not related to the EJ251 and 253 that kept blowing head gaskets... it’s pretty undersquare, so it makes decent torque down low for only being 2 liters... the CVT it’s paired to us geared nice, turning around 2400 at 80mph(IIRC)
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