tristan506

Skip, you're a smart person! I'll check all of this tonight and update you as soon as I know. -Tristan

I don't think that was the thing I replaced, let me try to explain where it is on the engine... When you have the hood open, on the passenger side, right near the strut there's a little thing where 2 hoses go into, I think they might be pressure hoses for the engine? Does that help at all?

Hey everyone, My car is a 1995 Subaru Legacy (180,000 miles) and whenever I turn on my car I smell gas. If I drive the car for over 5 minutes the gas smell goes away, I never smell it inside the car so I don't think it's a leak, it's only when I turn it on. If I drive the car for lets say 15 minutes, turn the car off, then turn it back on it doesn't smell like gas, it's only when you first turn the car on after a few hours of being turned off. A while back I brought it to a friend because the check engine light came on and I changed a little sensor thing that a hose hooks into, it wasn't the O2 sensor but it was some other kind of emissions sensor of some sort, it cleared the check engine light but it didn't fix the gas smell problem. If you have any idea or have seen this in the past let me know. Thanks, -Tristan

Well, it doesn't seem to be a problem with the shifter (I could definetly be wrong) but it seems to be a problem with the thing in the ignition (I hear a sound near where I stick my keys when the button goes down successfully) Possibly that little mechanical thing somewhere in the steering wheel is getting stuck?

The only time I hear a click is when it actually engages (After about 5 / 10 minutes of repeatedly trying to push down the button). In either case how do I replace those two things?

Hey everyone, I'm new to these forums and I have a few questions so sorry about the legnthy post. First Question: 95 Subaru Segacy (Around 180,000 miles), on most automatic transmissions I've seen before you change it into drive you have to push the break in, turn on the car, then you can press the button on the shifter. Whenever it's very cold out I've noticed it's not allowing me to do this, I press the button and it just acts like the break isn't pushed or the car isn't on. The way I've gotten past this is repeatedly pressing the button on the shifter, after a while it finally lets me do it. I'm wondering if the lock mechanism within the steering wheel is locking or getting frozen shut if I could just spray some WD40 or something in there to take care of the issue so I don't have to sit in my parking lot for 5 to 10 minutes pressing the button when it's cold out. Second Question: Is it worth keeping my car or getting a new one? Currently it has 180,000 miles, it's a 1995 (I think LX) I have a cracked windshield, all the struts are shot and need to be replaced and it's got some rust on it (rust isn't an issue because my friend works at car paint shop and can do it for free) and a few other small problems. All in all the car runs very well other than the problems I've explained. Any suggestions would be appreciated and possibly things to check for to check for to see if an expensive part is going to die anytime soon. Thanks in advance. -Tristan