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Originally Posted by Dezoris
248F for coolant is hot enough to warp the heads/block for extended time periods. Did you boil the coolant or did it all leak out?
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I think it all pretty much dumped out immediately, by the time I stopped there was maybe a half gallon left that continued to leak out onto the ground.
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Originally Posted by HunterGreene
what the hell do they make the cones out of in CA? Titanium?
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Actually they're made from recycled surf boards, hemp, and organic tomatoes... with an unobtanium base.
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Originally Posted by Accurate Race Shop
I did a cylinder pressure test on the block to make sure that the head gaskets are not leaking. Unfortunately Subaru does not have a great history with head gaskets and I just had to change them in my Legacy. But the pressure test will tell you if you blew the head gasket or warped a head as it will leak.
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Originally Posted by King Tut
My advice would be to do a compression and leak down test prior to pulling things apart, but if you lost all the water and ran the car for 8 minutes you have probably damaged things in the motor.
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The dealer has been given the go-ahead from the insurance company to start repairs as of yesterday, so I went over there to talk to the service manager in the afternoon and he said the parts for what they could see in their preliminary inspection were already ordered and would be there today.
I pointed out the notoriety of Subaru head gaskets and asked him about doing a compression and leak-down test and he said that first they've got to get the coolant system repaired so they can drive the car and evaluate it further. He said they'd be able to check the ECU to see what kind of temperatures were present for how long and at what speed I was travelling and that they'd be able to tell if there was any heat damage from that. He also said that the ECU will throw an error code if there are compression problems so they'll know more after driving the car for a while and seeing if it has any drivability issues or error codes.
The service manager who's taking care of me is a really nice guy and he completely understands my desire to be as thorough as possible and he even said something like "yeah it's a brand-new car, so you shouldn't have to even miss a beat" and seemed to be on board with the whole concept of it being a sports car that should be able to handle being driven like a sports car and not have to worry about any future problems because of some stupid flying cone.
He said if there are any issues that crop up down the road that he'd be able to help me prove to the insurance company that the issues were caused by this incident so I would be able to re-open the claim and have the further repairs covered by this insurance claim.
With any luck everything will check out OK and I'll be getting my car back this afternoon. Then I've just gotta get it over to my body shop for a new bumper, grill, and bottom dust cover.