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  1. In Australia in my little town we had a heap of subarus doing this, mine included. Bad fuel plus crappy gasket kits can clog little lines in the carby. Only solution was soak carby in cleaner and install paper gaskets. Mine stopped that and just started running crap so eventually I put a weber 32/36 dgv and I'm definately not going back. They are really simple to work on and the engines sounds much healthier.

  2. I just had a similar issue but more off a badly running engine than won't go. I had about 2inches of slack in my passenger side (Aus) belt. As suggested in How to keep your subaru alive I tensioned it and that pretty much fixed it.

     

    Also in my experience crossing a swollen creek everyday will rust the idler bearing and possibly tensioner which quickly stripped the longer belt.

  3. My timing was pinging at 8 so I backed it off a bit and that fixed it for a while, then after 2000k trip on way home it pinged no matter what and really bad.

     

    I don't have an egr valve as its an aussie soob

     

     

     

    Yesterday I found the left side timing belt had about an inch of slack so I took that out as well. With that and the seafoam its run the best it ever has but i'm still thinking weber as the jetting has always seemed too lean for this weather.

     

    Can anyone tell me how they de emissioned it?

  4. My 86 l series sube has been giving me no end of grief and I'm thinking of swapping the carb to a weber. What do you guys do with emissions vacuum hoses and crankcase breathers?

     

    Specific details would be great as there are lots there.:)

     

    For those interested I have:

    cleaned and replaced pcv valve

    run can of upper cylinder cleaner through vacuum lines

    replaced plugs and leads, rotor cap and button

    tensioned timing belts (from htkysa)

    rebuilt carb

     

    and I still have pinging under load in summer:confused:

  5. Has anyone (particularly in Australia) successfully converted a ea82 hitachi to a weber 32/36 and tuned it to Australian conditions without probs? I have searched and searched and found none that have it working perfectly. If so I would love some details on where to find them in Aus and how to install.

  6. Hi to all, I have a couple more questions regarding pinging vs crankcase pressure.

    1.I have cleaned pcv valve and all hoses with brake cleaner.

    Why is there still a bit of oil residue in the carby coming out of the vent frrom the right side? (drivers side in Aus)

    2. Since I have had crankcase pressure for a while the cam cover is leaking on that side, is it just the cover seals that leak or is there internal seals that bust and leak out there?

    3. It will ping unless the timing is less than stock (8 deg) and I run on premium. Even like this the plugs are a bit white. I have tried everything but new leads, plugs and coil. Can these really change it that much?

     

    4 Going back from where the egr valve is (on some models not mine) you go to a steel can mounted on the chassis, what is this? I think its an anti backfire valve? can that cause pressure builld up if its blocked?

     

    Thanks everyone for all your help I'm starting to get some faith back in subarus

  7. Good points, My seals are probably fine I'll check out the tracks today. Personally I'm amazed with 330,000 k's on it that all the buttons still work!

    As for the pcv valve I have replaced it myself was just alluding to the fact that no mechanic would believe me about what you guys said was causing the problem so I ended up doing it myself. Thanks

  8. Hi to all, does anyone know what to put on power window seals to stop them screeching, its getting worse.

     

    Also, can anyone recommend a good mechanic at the goldcoast as my car has been through many probs related to pcv valve and it wasn't ever picked up, when I suggested it they laughed at the idea.

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