darrenandlouise

My wife and I brought our very well cared for 1998 Subaru Outback to the local MR. LUBE for the required oil change (per COAST TO COAST warranty). The very minute the oil change was done and the guy had me start the car, the CHECK ENGINE light was on. I asked him what he did and he said "nothing". We looked under the hood and nothing seemed out of place. I had him get his boss and that guy said that it will probably shut off after a few days. I had him write on the reciept that the light came on onyl AFTER the oil change was done. Does anyone have any ideas or tips as to what went wrong? Is there anything down under the engine that the dummy down below in the pit could have unplugged? We take good care of this car so it sucks to have the CHECK ENGINE light on because some guy was rough with treatment of our car while changing the oil. Seems like quite the coincidence for it to come on the very second after the oil was changed. Any comments or help would be greatly appreciated. P.S. The Subaru dealer is 1 hour away and the car has to be left overnight May have to make MR> LUBE pay

Hello everyone I just bought a 1998 Subaru Legacy Outback with 86,000 well looked after miles. It is a wagon and it is fully loaded with the exception of leather and CD. I paid $10,000 US (hope I didn't pay too much). I bought the car because I have heard so many good things about it and being a former 4 time AMC Eagle owner it reminded me so much of my Eagle Wagons. I am very impressed with the car and it seems to come with so many little goodies that a lot of other cars don't. It sure is peppy for a 4 cyclinder (even more so than V6 domestic cars I have owned). My questions are : 1. Can this thing be serviced at a regular Garage (Joe's garage etc). or does it have to go to the Subaru dealer and are they expensive? 2. Are parts hard to get and expensive? The car was built in Indiana but does that make the parts American made etc? 3. Will this car get me 300,000 + miles like the other Japanese cars? (I have an old toyota with 388,000 on the same motor never been rebuilt) 4. Can anyone offer me any tips or advice for my future ownership of this vehicle? Any comments are greatly appreciated thank you