Subaru piston rings

Asked by Eli777sha Dec 27, 2016 at 05:51 AM about the Subaru Outback

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I need to know why my car is driving 5 mph and the
rpms are high, piston rings? Clutch? It's not the
coolant or anything, just stinky white smoke and no
power.

9 Answers

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Stinky white smoke out the exhaust is ether a blown head gasket in-which the smell would be from anti-freeze leaking into the cylinders and burning out the exhaust, the smell would be a sweet type of smell, or a problem with the catalytic converter which would be more of a stinky egg smell.

159,075

It is a Subaru thing, all that smoke and no power. Probably a blown head gasket or bad engine.

Subaru's have little power to begin with but I think their infamous head gaskets are to blame.

86,825

https://allwheeldriveauto.com/subaru-changed-there-head-gasket- for-the-2010-25l/

86,825

If your head gaskets failed, you definitely want to investigate the newly designed head gaskets.

86,825

http://www.enginesus.com/rebuilt-subaru-engines/? gclid=Cj0KEQiAv4jDBRCC1IvzqqDnkYYBEiQA89utokgqyKdVDji4g_Vb n_-blRNtjxhbl0Q7cJFP7-BvRDsaAjDR8P8HAQ

The best way to replace head gaskets is to pull the engine so that proper prep of the block surface can be done. Use multi-layer gaskets and if it were my car I would install new head bolts while I was at it. You also should replace the timing belt, idler wheels and water pump.

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