Hi all, Why wife bought a new 2003 Legacy Outback wagon from a dealer in Exeter, NH. I was suspicious that their service dept may be a bit suspect when after $300+ 30K checkup, they didn't even note the bad wipers and mis-pointed washer fluid nozzle. So for her 60K check, we went to a independent shop. He found that the dealer had put a "Y" connector in the coolant plumbing and this is commonly to recycle the coolant. The dealer admitted to recycling the cooland rather than use new. This seems rather lame. Anyway, also found by the independent was that a head gasket was leaking. We're told this was common for 2001-2002, but not 2003. Well the car was under extended warranty and the dealer just did all the work. But they made no mention to my wife to come back to have the head bolts re-torqued after some miles. Isn't this always done after removing a head? And could not changing the fluid with new have been the cause - or contributed to - the head gasket failure?
Thanks