Lot of useful information indeed! just another question popped into my mind while reading the post about head gasket change. assume it's the piston rings and assume I still want to have that fixed instead of dumping the car... the engine must be taken out to do the job, right?

and a bonus question: how did you know what is the torque value for bolts and stuff? from that service manual I've seen referred to so many times on this forum?

my problem is that I tried www.subaruparts.com but they only ship to the US and Canada... too bad