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just to clarify this problem was with the 2.5L non turbo. afew years ago when subaru first did the 2.5L turbo in the liberties it won motor of the year. Fairly sure the forester motor will still be very similar, they just run a smaller turbo and are de-tuned abit. if there were problems with these ...

only pproblem ive heard with subaru headgaaskets was with the late 90s 2.5L. Other than that theyre all pretty good. alex Thanks matey, A couple of Subaru owners I was chatting to last week kept bringing up this problem of blown head & having a real cow of a time getting the company to complete the...

Thanks mate,

The "boss" decreed she prefers the manual petrol version and I added the obvious need for the turbo variant "you never know when you will need that burst of acceleration"

Actually the salesman also took the side of wife agreeing that Petrol was the best suitable option for her.. twit

Hi Guy's, I am new to forum so apologies in advance I have started this thread in the wrong place. I am looking to buy a new Forester XT or Xt Premium not sure yet. The Forester looks like a great package, but I have been told by a few people that they had cracks and head gasket problems that have b...