Well, it is going to cost to fix, seeing they have to pull the engine, but with only 164k, you have a lot of life left in it, and for $600 bucks you can't beat it. I bought a 94 Rodeo, for parts for my truck, it is made on the same assembly line as the Subaru, it has 229k miles on it and runs great, I took the tag off my other truck and have been driving this around till I find another parts truck for the both of them now, the good one has 250k miles on it and runs great, tranny went bad on it. now back to the Subaru, To get to the rear and front seals, they have to pull the pan and drop the crank, only way to do it is with the engine out, so while the engine is out, you might as well redo the whole thing. If the car falls apart in the meantime, sell the new engine, they are in demand, especially a 4 valve. I would pull the heads, have them done, re-seat the valves, plane the heads, new gaskets, new plugs, wires, water pump, timing chain, belt whichever engine you have, new seals, gaskets, flush the engine, flush the tranny or dump the 90 weight and put in some slick 90. Or both, you have a gearbox for the front drive along with the automatic tranny fluid if it is automatic, all this should be under $1,000, so for 1600 bucks, you got a brand new car, that is almost 20 years old. The body rust would tell me what to do, if there is no rust, great, if it is a rust bucket, keep looking.
Don't buy that car
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