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neilr · 05-17-2017, 03:28 PM

The latest iteration of the BRZ has me considering getting back into an 86, but...

My wife's 2009 Impreza recently needed to have its head gasket (or is that plural?) replaced. It has, maybe, 80K miles on it. Looking around other Subaru forums and talking with local mechanics, this appears to be a known Subaru problem.

My question: do the 86s also have this issue?

05-17-2017, 03:28 PM	#1
neilr Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 2018 Cayman, 2013 FR-S Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 55 Thanks: 15 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Head gasket failures on unmodified engines? The latest iteration of the BRZ has me considering getting back into an 86, but... My wife's 2009 Impreza recently needed to have its head gasket (or is that plural?) replaced. It has, maybe, 80K miles on it. Looking around other Subaru forums and talking with local mechanics, this appears to be a known Subaru problem. My question: do the 86s also have this issue?