Thoughts on modern turbocharged Subaru engines?

[Pablo]

No. Head gasket and Subaru was an issue at least 15+++ years ago but persists.

Yeah, that reputation is stuck.

 

[Redhawk454]

Does the Subaru boxer engines use internal water pumps now?

 

[2002 Maxima SE]

yeah I don’t rly remember the specific reasons why the turbocharged roo’s from 20 years ago had issues but if I recall it had something do with maintenance with the wastegate on the turbochargers.

Reason I’m asking is because a dealer has a blue crosstrek wilderness coming in that’s dealer ordered and I reserved it but for the price I can also get a wrx which has a manual and a more powerful engine

I owned a 2004 Forester XT. There were these thimble sized screens in the oil tube for the turbo which could clog overtime. Subaru issued a TSB to remove them.

The 2.5 turbo in that car was great. The only downsides I saw was the requirement for premium fuel. Being a mid level car maker, I'm sure there were plenty of customers running 87 with non synthetic oil thar caused problems.