Survey: How many people on the board own an OB?

2005 obxt ltd. bought it a few months ago, mods and parts pile moving right along. i love this car! and i havnt even gotten to go adventuring or tripping with it yet. first subie kind of owned a bugeye wrx wagon for a few days but this is way better.

And its a great car

2008 Outback 2.5 and 2010 Outback 2.5

Well, my 2005 2.5i Ltd had 84K miles as of a few months ago, but I was smelling burning oil at every stop and it was running kind of uneven. Brought it in and apparently the head gasket had blown in spectacular fashion - there was oil all over the place, including my (original) timing belt.

 

Considered all the things to repair and replace vs. buying and decided that - with all other things in the car being in very good condition this time - this first, major service was still most cost-effective if we assumed I kept the car another couple of years or so.

 

$2100 later (i.e., among other things, we even replaced the water pump as a preventative measure) and it's feeling like the solid Outback of old, though there was a whiff of oil on warmer days last week when stopping, indicating there's more to wash off (my guess).

 

Is there a recommended way to wash an engine compartment, possibly?

 

- wader

05 OBXT Limited just new to me in January of this year. 72k and 5mt.

 

Hopefully the service records are true and the little work done before I bought it was done properly.

 

Took it to have it inspected shortly after buying it and was told it's one of the cleanest well kept the mechanic has seen in quite awhile

 

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05 obxt eat

2005 Silver OBXT - 5EAT - Stage 3

I've got an 06 LL Bean Outback Sedan http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/20/03ad075248412a26a282059bafa4404f.jpg

2009 OB 2.5 Limited.

Just grabbed an '06 Outback 2.5 Limited Edited January 28, 2015 by MAx96

Just grabbed an '06 Outback 2.5 Limited

What year Brother?

'06.. 2006

I have a 05 obxt ltd mt in grp

2009 OBXT 5mt limited

'05 Outback XT 5MT checking in

LGT 2005 got totaled by some moron! Now have a 2006 LL Bean 3.0R!

'05 obxt 5spd mt

Gave my wife the 2015 3.6 Outback (1 mo old) so I could buy the 2015 3.6 Legacy. VERY similar, but differences are enough to make me happy!

2009 OBXT DBM manual.

 

 

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2008 Outback 2.5i

 

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2005 Outback XT -- 235awhp / 299tq...Needs a VF-52

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08 xt limited manual

2005 BSM 3.0R VDC. Checking in from Minneapolis!

05 Outback XT unlimited 5mt

06 OBXT Limited 5MT reporting in.

 

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