MilesFox

is the timing belt broken?

WHY does it come on? the doors are unlocked WHAT does it mean? the doors are not locked HOW do I get it off? lock the doors its there to remind you if any of the doors are not locked, a child-safety feature

so long as the airbags on the struts arent leaking usually they leak at the nylon lines where they meet the junctions. the o rings leak, sometimes simply wiggling the line will make it stop. try some suilicone spray or pb blaster to rejuvinate the o-rings. you will find o rings at the tops of the struts and at the compressor junction itself inside the driver's fender. in some instance you can double up the o rings. some of this is not permanent fixes but it will get you by until replacing the suspension, at leas to keep the compressof from bugging out. if the compressor runs constantly the alternator wont like it

make sure you have all the same size tires engage teh 4wd when going straight and the wheels straight. dont turn on dry pavement. if it binds up try reversing to disengage go into some loose surface to engage/disengage 4wd

bust 'em off. remove the bolts. done.

if you are not worried about keeping the trims you can use a flat screwdriver and ahammer to pust them off at the clips from behind the rubber.

you may have to cut out a nothc for 5th and reverse in the shifer hole, as i had to do with my "home made" lift

if you ask for a "subaru " o2 it may be more expensive than the "generic" unit, the only difference is you will have to add the spade terminal to the generic unit. its the bosch single wire

here is a long shot but try making a ground lead for the o2 sensor from the heat shield to the firewall, if the o2 doesnt have a good ground thru the exhaust pipe

dont worry about the heads. some rust in the cylinder wont hurt, if you have the heads off to clean it out. use pb blaster its good asnd a scotch brite pad. dont worry about the little furrs off the brillo pad if you get most of it out the remains will burn off anyway. i had a motor that was seized because it sat outside with water in the cylinder but it made a good block for a turbo build, which the heads had the same cracks, and then ported out with a dremel

toyota bolts are generally x1.00 threads. or was it x1.50? i do know its different. but that makes sense if they thread into soob exhaust holes if they are stripped out

i live in madison. i work at the u-haul on the east side 22 atlas ct. I have been the 'travelling subaru mechanic" i have done work from here to west virginia and back. I dont have a garage but ihave a driveway, and the wash bay at u-haul. i dont get much heavy into working on cars lately(driveline swaps) but i can handle a timing belt job in one occasion. anyway you can find me in the labor/move section of the madison craigslist, i do moving labor too, i got that u-haul truck www.trashwagon.com/truck

napa 1361 gold, silver 21361, wix 51361 napa and wix are the same napa in-house oil is rebadged valvoline you can crossreference a ford 5,0 filter that will fit on the ea81/ea81 oil pump i have one in my camper, a toyota as far as replacing the hla do the seafom first and see what that does. also another reason for ticking is the o-ring on the oil pump gets sucked in. you can use a dab of silicone to hold the seal in place when you install.

like tom said go in the panels and unplug and re-plug all the connections, make sure thay are clean. i have seen this work on jim wood's brat

the instance i had with my maf the ecu did not throw a code, but changing the maf did improve. check all the grounds on the engine harness and at the intake bolts

i've towed cars with blown headgaskets you could try the block seal stuff if you follow the directions closely and use clean water. after a while the water pump wont like it, though

top off with straight water. you ndont need to spend 8 bucks to dump lake eerie down the radiator every time you stop. and if you are getting coolant in the oil straigh water isnt as bad since coolant will eat bearings. if the radiator is bubbleing let the cap loose dont get too hot or wait to long to refill because a hot motor is impossible to fill. run the heat full blast and when theheat goes cold its time to top off, before the motor gets hot

well since your oil is due for change run a can of sea foam in the oil or even some ATF (about 8 oz) the loosen all the gunk and then change the oil within that 300 miles a dirty filter will affect oil pressure, when my camper got so overdue for oil change the oil pressure was down by half at idle and a third at higway. i changed the oil and the pressure was better it idle than it cruising! wnen you treat the engine oil give the car a few higher rpms, at least 4500-5500 revs and hold it there for about 20 seconds or so

i had to do this one time as a result of excessive coolant los out the weep hole, it just poured out. but then again i had driven on the pump for too long. but jb weld plugged it up enough to get across another state and then change the water pump once i got one. i think this was in ohio thru west virginia

you should be ok if you drive your car everyday and stay within your normal driving habit. 2 times i lost a belt were during hard acceleration on original belts. if the belts have been changed once before you would be ok as long as there are no leaks on the belts and the tension is proper from who did the repair typically i see originl belts go around 135-145,000 mi as i have seen in junkyard odo's and on my own vehicles the coolant loss could possibly be the water pump weep hole. if that leaks i would change the waterpump but worst case scenario is jb weld up the weep hole it would get you through a state. for precautionare measure i would o if i were you is just take off the belt covers before you go a nd if you have a problem it will be easier to fix. i wouldnt even deal with removing the crank pulley, just break off the covers around the crank pulley and remove the outers. its about impossible to get the crank pulley tourqe right with the motor in the car and hand tools. you dont want to have the crank pulley fall off! the water pump will lwey you know its bye-bye wen it leaks behind the pulley or the shaft is wobbling here is a motor with all the covers removed, outer and inner. the one behind the idler pulley remains here is the motor in the car. the pulleys are red, you can see the water pump

i would thingk 2wd tranies and 4wd trannies have a difference in gearing. it seems any 4wd doesnt want to do much more than 95 naturally but my ea81 fwd 5spd wagon would sail along at 100 mph at 4000 rpms and evens o with a floppy carb and a blown head gasket i did notice 2wd trannies seem ot have longer gears

i would look around in the MAF area and check the pins on the connector for corrosion. try cleaning off the engine temp sensor (the one with 2 prongs) connector as well. my 92 loyale was like this i had to swap out the MAF assembly.

you should be able to tow 1000-2000 lbs no problem with you r soob. especially being a manual, especially since it has lo range i have towed 3500 and 4000lbs cross states with my sedan. its a little tough getting going towing another soob up a hill in chicago rush hour bit lo range will save the day in that situation towing a motorcycle will be no chore for the soob if you really got heavy into towing you can remove the rear half of the driveshaft to use lo range all the time or better yet convert to rear drive with lo range for towing i work at u-haul and the last time i checked there was a subaru gl hitch in the detroit area, its one for he more expensive hitches but the price is including the labor. call your local u-haul and get the retail price of the hitch itself or availability. ask for the employee discount even you can buy the hitch outright and if you haggle you may be able to pick it up for right around 150 bucks the wiring you will need would be one of the converter boxes they sell at u-haul the part number is 13486 and the price is $16.95

i replied to your yahoo groups post of this topic

she must have felt empowered. i bet she has no kids and her husband beats her...maybe that's too much to say but her blood pressure must be better than that of any subaur';s oil pressure that's for sure!