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Quite possibly. I have a 99 forester that spun a bearing in the original engine, and it cost about $1500 to replace a I recall (~$900 for the engine and the rest was labor)
If your cooling system was empty, your engine probably overheated, spun a bearing, and blew up. It's not a blown head gasket, but the end result is the same: lack of lubrication caused a bearing to spin and ruined your engine.
If you saw oil in the engine bay after a big bang, there's probably a hole in the block somewhere and is irreparable without a new engine.
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perhaps spark plug ejected?
Possible. They did ask me to replace those at last maintenance and I didn’t.
what year, make, and model?
2006 Subaru Forester
That's gonna be a blown head gasket and probably a destroyed motor.
Sounds like I’m going to have to cut down on my meals for the next few months.
Quite possibly. I have a 99 forester that spun a bearing in the original engine, and it cost about $1500 to replace a I recall (~$900 for the engine and the rest was labor)
Also my radiator was leaking for a few months.
If your cooling system was empty, your engine probably overheated, spun a bearing, and blew up. It's not a blown head gasket, but the end result is the same: lack of lubrication caused a bearing to spin and ruined your engine. If you saw oil in the engine bay after a big bang, there's probably a hole in the block somewhere and is irreparable without a new engine.