1999 Subaru Legacy outback over heating problem.

Asked by Sandra Mar 12, 2018 at 03:38 PM about the 1999 Subaru Legacy Outback Wagon AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1999 Subaru Legacy outback that keeps
over heating. I flushed the radiator fluid twice with
distilled water and put in the radiator/coolant fluid,
changed the thermostat, and we changed the water
pump last summer. There isn’t smoke coming from
the end of the car and there isn’t white cottage
looking from the oil cap and we just changed the oil
and it didn’t look nothing but just old dark oil. When
I drive it doesn’t shake and it doesn’t have a weird
noise when I drive it. Before I drive it I check the
coolant and it’s at the regular full level mark but
when I’m driving and it over heats the coolant is all
the way at the top passing the full line.

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beatupchevy answered 6 years ago

are the fans coming on when it gets hot ? if it has A/C they might come on when you use it then you'll know if they work , did you notice good circulation in the radiator from the water pump when you did the flush ? what did the coolant look like ?

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Sandra answered 6 years ago

yeah the fans come on when it gets hot. my A/C doesnt work. no thats what I notice that there wasn't good circulation from the water pump that rubber tube was cold when the engine was on and a regular temp and when the engine started to over heat the rubber tube looked flat. the coolant was just brown and dirty looking.

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F_O_R answered 6 years ago

I suspect head gaskets which is possibly the #1 problem with older Subaru's.

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