SevenSisters

Unless your have a bad running engine, thowing codes I doubt it. A bad coil should result in a misfire code. A bad coil pack that resulted no spark to a cylinder could result in unburned fuel dilluting the oil, causing abnormal wear, leading to oil burning.

Yep, did forget to mention the filter, thanks. The first generation should have had a canister filter retrofitted as part of a recall. I've changed mine, but Subaru claims it doesn't have to be. If your '90 doesn't have one up near the radiator on the left inner fender, install one. For you guys with newer cars, I think there is a spin-on that should be changed.

I'm throwing in my vote for Goodyear Regatta II's. People that can afford a little more would say the new GY Triple Treads. By all reports, these are probably the finest consumer tires ever made. Check out Consumer's Reports for some good information.

Dropping the pan won't get out any more than opening the plug. I started out draining and re-filling the 4-5 or so quarts every 1-2 years, essentially changing half at a time. Draining, re-filling, running, draining, re-filling will change 75% of it. Not too bad and cheaper than a $129 flush. Finally did my own flush by pulling off a hose at the radiator and running (pumping) out the old while adding fresh on my last change.

How short is a "short" trip? I'm leaning with Frag on this one but not ruling out the other suggestions like fuel pressure you've received. Unless you're driving more than ten miles at a crack, 16 mpg and 4% gas in your oil wouldn't surprise me. Fill it up, take a nice Sunday drive on the interstate at the speed limit for about 300 miles, say hello to the tire guys in Cullman, and re-fill it. If you don't get about 26-27 mpg, get serious about the condition. I had poor mileage and the worst tail pipe odor you could imagine, kind of like wet, buring straw, that eventually (about a month) caused cylinder #3 to go out (not fire) and throw a fuel injector code. Replacement of the injector eliminated the problem and what I assume to be excessive gas into cylinder #3. If you're not driving much, a can of Seafoam or Techron may help.

:headbang: http://www.epa.gov/obd/warranties.htm#1

Sounds like it could be torque bind. Try a search.

I just opened the April Issue of CR and was pleased to see that too. CR Quote: "Subaru has shown significant improvement." This addresses many of my concerns over Subaru quality which I believe has suffered since the mid '90s. Of course, in response to reliability questions, a lot of people here have posted that CR is not unbiased and doesn't know what they're talking about, or their neighbor had a Subaru that went thousands of miles without a problem, or only 10% of the 2.5's have head gasket issues, etc. I just hope this trusted publication's large sampling and stringent statistical approach is correct. Gives me cause to finally use one of these :

Yes, I understand. My '91 was built in Indiana too. I thought you were referring to my other post. And yes, I know the Chevy Forester is really built in Japan. Just my subtle way of commenting on Subaru quality of late. By the way, I think I saw Earnhart Jr. driving a Forester the other day.

Carbon monoxide is an odorless gas. A garage can run an exhaust gas analysis to tell you what's going on.

Not Indiana, India. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030405/windows/motoring.htm

Drop your tire pressure to factory specs.

Don't know how hard it is to reach on your car, but drive around until it's hot or heat up the manifold with a propane torch. Buy a special O2 sensor socket.

My god. That's like your doctor saying "Less than 10% of my patients die during routine physicals". Would you go to him? NO. Would you buy a Subaru? YES. WHY? Subaru needs to clean up thier act.

Ain't that the truth. Would you buy a GM Forester made in India?

Try LEXOL cleaner and their conditioner.

There's more than one Subaru in P'burg. The tow driver knew it was a Subaru and how it should have been towed. He probably decided a few bucks in his pocket was better than not getting the tow. Could care less about your car. Probably figured a mile and a half wouldn't cause an immediate failure and you'd never associate towing with your potential future trouble. Sorry to hear about this and good luck to you. Let us know what develops. Has anyone ever had success collecting from tow company?

When you compress the pistons, bleed the old fluid out the bleeder screws, not back into the master cylinder.

Welcome. I don't have a Baja so I can't tell you, but look on the Subaru website and you can download the manuals. Someone here will will be able to tell you how to change the plugs. Sorry to see you need to change an injector already. I've changed one on the '91 and it was easy.

AutoZone appears high. Street price for the 9145 is $185 delivered from Amazon. Tool Paradise has some scan tools that include the new CAN protocol. Does anyone know if the Actron units have this capability?

How do you drive? A lot of short trips will allow condensate to eat it out from the inside. No best answer to your question.

Hey Friendly, Can you post the name of this crooked dealer?

I think it may be the ABS pump making the noise. There have been some posts about the ABS relay keeping the ABS pump activated, but I'm not sure if it would apply to your description.

Find out (test) to see if there are any codes saved. BTW, $215-$350 for a '91 crank position sensor is the best I see. Too expensive to try before you buy.

I'd love to see the results. Do you mass specers still use PFK as a mass reference?