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sorry, its an 88 Subaru XT Turbo 4WD. I dont think it has anything to do with the fuel pump, i can hear the pump run, and its not corresponding with the ticking at all

Not running, just with the igition on, theres a tick, wait 5 seconds or so, tick, again and again, it its from like the central engine area and if your inside it seems like its coming from the center of the dash like behind the radio....is this normal?

Ah, well mabye it was the gaskets, we set the timing and it starts but runs poorly up to 750-800 rpms then chugs and dies. so we decided to take off the TB and Intake plenum and low and behold the gaskets are TOTALLY wasted, theres like 3 stacked up, cut wrong, ripped, and one didnt even have a bolt tightend down. Sheesh no wonder, Im hoping it will run tomarrow so i can buy the freaking thing

the guys a genious, the seabelt turned out to be the cable was jammed up and he pushed it back in and made sure it couldnt come back and it worked great, after we tested the swtich, motor and what not.

Wow heres a pic of it, Im so happy, I talked to the guy and just was friendly and we talked for a couple hours and he knocked off 100$, its only 250$ now! Im defintly getting it, its an 88, and one problem that i dont like is that The motorized shoulder belt for the drivers side wont move now, the passenger one moves, does it have a fuse? Cause he said ti worked great but he was messing with some fuses and what not and now it doesnt work. Also, we figured out the real problem, the distributor was missing a bolt and the other was loose, and the timing was retarded fully and we set it higher and it fired and ran poorly, but we still need to get the timeing right and i can drive it off. Some recipts he gave me, 450$ turbo, 2600$ motor in it, and a new clutch! Wowzers what a deal!!

called the local places, 2 of them dont have any, the good cheap U Pull yards, but the rip off freaking place that makes you wait while they get the stuff has an 85, 87 and 2 88s in thier yard! Damnit thats how it is with my Mazda 323, they have like 6 sedans and 4 hatches and my U pull yards i go to have like 1 and the other has 3 wich are to new. Good news, im going back, hes charging the battery to show me the Air suspension, windows, locks, instrument cluster works and that it starts and doenst blow smoke or anything, but the wierd part was, it had no coolant from what i could tell. And do these things have like 2 coolant filler necks??? Theres on on the raidator then theres one thta looks like another near the turbo but it has no cap like he lost it

do these cars have hydrolic lifters? If you starved the lifters they will tick like crazy

Hey Lemmie know any Pul yards you see them in, Im here in Omak and cant seem to find any, well, i havent looked futher than my 2 local yards, lol, but i doubt any other subaru has the same dash peices. Oh and a couple questions, have a picture of the button controls on them, the one im getting has 2 of the buttons like, broken off, so i dunno what they are, its next to the cruise fogs and rear defroster i belive, the buttons that move with the wheel. And also, how do you operate the Ride hight control?? Like wheres the switch? And it has the big steel sunroof, is that removable? like if i go on a trip i can take it off and put it in the trunk?

Im pretty sure im going to, But does anyone have any XT Parts cars here? Im gonna need some interor parts, the dash trim is busted or somthing, the glove box is all gimped out, and theres more, the front seats ripped abit, but the new motor and turbo is what makes me want it, i checked the oil, iv never seen such clean oil except in brand new cars.

It really sounds like the headgasket wasnt installed correctly and has breached the oil and coolant passages, but my friend when he installed a new motor had it burning oil like crazy and idling high untill he drove it awhile and it all stopped and was normal. But yikes it sounds like your really having problems.

Well he said he and his friend who own thier own mechanic shop put a brand new motor into it, but the turbo was blown and so he replaced it with a rebuilt one, he still has the old blown one in the trunk, lol. the motor looks REALLY clean like no oil stains or nothing, its definatly new or rebuilt at least.

Im hopefully going to pick up a 87ish Subaru XT Turbo AWD 5 speed. It has a new motor and rebuilt turbo, air adjustable suspension wich works and every option and sunroof. BUT it has one thing wrong, well a couple, but one thing stopping it from running, he says it starts, but if you try to accelerate it just stalls. Now the guys a Mechanic and has his own shop but he injured himself and wants the car gone, no time. He says the Upper intake manifold gaskets are bad, the little paper ones, he tried replacing them with some make it yourself ones, but he didnt do it well and he says thiers a massive vacuum leak and thats why. Hes already checked and replaced the fuel pump. Sound like this could be the problem? Some details is its silver, the body is decent, paints oxidized and has a couple dents and peel, and they want 350$ for it, and it has new tires and good glass.