1990 Loyale

rickeyj23 · 03-09-2011, 11:53 PM

I am looking at buying a 1990 Loyale wagon. 175,000 miles. It is perfect shape outside and in, and seems to run really well. One thing I was worried about though. I have driven it twice, for a total of about 20 miles, and just once when I was really getting on it up a hill, it spewed a little white smoke from the exhaust. It only happened that one time for about two seconds. I tried to do the same thing, and make it happen again, but it didn't.

What could this mean? The guy I am buying it from said he washed the engine before I came over with some chemical and perhaps it was burning that off as he had never seen it do that before. Don't think I buy that.

Any ideas? Anything else I should be wary of with this model of Suby? Going to check it out one more time tomorrow.

Thanks!

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Jessekrs123 · 03-10-2011, 12:21 AM

Any loss of power or anything of that sort? Other than that these old L series are very reliable and very easy to work on. Looking into getting one myself for a spare.

rickeyj23 · 03-10-2011, 12:27 AM

No loss of power at all and it only did it for a very short period of time, couple seconds.

03-09-2011, 11:53 PM	#1
rickeyj23 Scooby Newbie Member#: 38947 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bend, or Vehicle: 90 Subaru Loyale Red	1990 Loyale I am looking at buying a 1990 Loyale wagon. 175,000 miles. It is perfect shape outside and in, and seems to run really well. One thing I was worried about though. I have driven it twice, for a total of about 20 miles, and just once when I was really getting on it up a hill, it spewed a little white smoke from the exhaust. It only happened that one time for about two seconds. I tried to do the same thing, and make it happen again, but it didn't. What could this mean? The guy I am buying it from said he washed the engine before I came over with some chemical and perhaps it was burning that off as he had never seen it do that before. Don't think I buy that. Any ideas? Anything else I should be wary of with this model of Suby? Going to check it out one more time tomorrow. Thanks! * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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03-10-2011, 12:21 AM	#2
Jessekrs123 Scooby Specialist Member#: 236927 Join Date: Jan 2010 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Oakville CT Vehicle: 1993 Legacy Sedan 1984 BRAT	Any loss of power or anything of that sort? Other than that these old L series are very reliable and very easy to work on. Looking into getting one myself for a spare.

03-10-2011, 12:27 AM	#3
rickeyj23 Scooby Newbie Member#: 38947 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bend, or Vehicle: 90 Subaru Loyale Red	No loss of power at all and it only did it for a very short period of time, couple seconds.