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safe journey moosens.

The timing belt is an easy thing to check. My experience with several of these engines is that the timing belt makes it about 60k miles, then snaps. Not a big deal to fix, it does no damage to the internals. New belts and idlers, re set the marks, and go. The sensor in the distributor could be bad. The igniter transistor could be bad. A wire between any of these could be bad. The easiest thing to check is the timing belt. Take the cap off, turn the crankshaft with a wrench. Does the rotor move?

Agreed , but some of us don’t have all that much time nor a space to work properly. No sweat and I really do appreciate all replies. Ido - didn’t mention a bearing so don’t jinx me. LOL And thanks again for the “rust off” info. That’s right up my alley. LOL Ok guys n gals I’ve got to cut out. You may see me chime in tonight at work but otherwise my roadtrip to AZ via CO begins in the morning. The wife will have this car and our 03 sedan to drive. Really isn’t terrible at all. I’m just spooked because I’m a dinosaur and not used to the ABS during “stutter phase” with that sensor taking a break from its duty. Looked at the YouTube video , looked the car over , and I’ll be tackling those lil buggers upon return from the dry zones. Cactus watch out !!

My name is Alexis, I’m french. I just discovered this forum, it looks promising ! I own an Outback 2 H6 for 7 years now and I’m very happy, it’s an incredible car, especially on the snow. It’s an important part of our life because it allows us to life in a remote place in french Pyrénées, even with the progressive end of public snow-removal services. First, it was 2001 green and gold, but 3 years ago a tired french driver destroyed it, the car died but all the family didn’t even realise how violent was the impact. Facing how hard it was to find another H6 in France, we bought one (2002 full black) with a dead engine, and my brother swaps it with our, in the process we rebuild it entirely. It took about 2 years, but now the car is working quite well, we are still fixing a few issues, mainly due to the fact that the new car spent almost 10 years dying in a field, but no fear, it’s a Subaru !

ABS is very sensitive to system voltage. Some (maybe not all) of the symptoms point to a charging issue and, knowing that the H6 has a special alternator, I can't help wondering if it is failing or, if aftermarket, could be the wrong style. I thik getting a voltmeter on the battery terminals or elswhere and checking/monitoring voltage is a good first step. A fully charged healthy battery will be around 12.6v, charging can range up to over 14.4v, maybe 0.2 - 0.3 more. But the ECU in that car can hold charging current back. are there any aftermarket electronics in the car? CB radio, woofer amps....etc.?