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I've had intermittent fuel pumps caused by the fuel pump relay. It's high up under the dash on the drivers side. Larry

They're usually the view into the "business end" of the connector shell, that is, of the pins themselves and not the wires where they enter the connector body. If you look closely, you may also find the pin letters/numbers molded into the shell.

From a 2002 Factory Service Manual: The following color codes are used to indicate the colors of the wires used. Color code Color L Blue B Black Y Yellow G Green R Red W White Br Brown Lg Light green Gr Gray P Pink Or Orange Lb Light Blue V Violet SA Sealed (Inner) SB Sealed (Outer)

yup, typically the business end, as jonathan says.. if you go to the beginning of the wiring section, it will tell you how the connectors are viewed & labeled, and how to tell a male from a female in the drawings. as for the color abbreviations... you cant have "B" stand for several different colors - ie: black, blue, brown... so some other letters need to be chosen to differentiate. B is usually reserved for black... blue is sometimes BL or Bl, but not always.. I have seen brown listed as Br before... lol, charcoal is not a wiring color, tho.. so probably not

Subaru's, as with all (stock) modern vehicle engines that I'm aware of use "bypass" filtration. As such oil has a path around the filter - which it WILL take especially on cold start - high differential pressure across the element due to cold oil, and also will take when the filter element is plugged up due to contaminants or in this case metal. When the bypass valve opens you get un-filtered oil being fed into the lubrication system as well as the potential for debris to be washed out of the filter element as the oil must first flow past the dirty element before exiting through the bypass valve. One reason I only use WIX filters is the inclusion of the up-front bypass design that allows oil to bypass without flowing over the dirty element. It is not so much the heads that are a concern - they can generally be saved. Cams can be polished and so can the journals. But this must be done and it's generally beyond the scope of a dealer or mechanic and the heads need to get sent to a competent machine shop. The AVCS camshaft sprockets can't be cleaned as they are considered non-serviceable by Subaru. They must all be replaced with an engine failure. The bottom end probably failed after only 300 miles due to insufficient cleanliness and re-use of contaminated components from the previous engine failure. We see this all the time. GD