suburu overheating

Asked by ril65028 Jun 05, 2019 at 03:52 PM about the 2002 Subaru Outback Base Wagon

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2002 2.5 Suburu 2.5   overheats w thermostat installed but not with it removed

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ril65028 answered 5 years ago

Bought car cheap with reported overheat issue. Tstat obs codes. Did block test blue fluid did NOT turn yellow. Installed new tsat and found none in previous. Didn’t overheat w it out. Overheated w it in.

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ril65028 answered 5 years ago

Bought car cheap w reported overheating issue. Did a block test blue fluid did not turn yellow no bubbling. Obs codes for thermostat. Installed new tstat observed previous tstat had been removed. Installed and bled overheats. Did not overheat when it was out. Anyone with an idea???

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