If anyone has a thought...
I'm not a Subaru mechanic, but I am an Aviation mechanic so I have a little knowledge base to work from...
I recently (2/26/07) became owner of 94 Legacy L AWD wagon with 77919 miles that came from Vermont. The car has been fine, I've put 729 miles on the odometer since purchasing. I live in Massachusetts and I park the car in a heated garage. This morning, with an eighth of a tank of gas and 5 degree weather, I started the day with a trip around the corner to the gas station. I found that the gas cap was jammed in the filler opening. I live about 400 yards from the gas station, so I went home (with a purpose to my pedal foot and a slight flogging of the wagon) to get into the garage and out of the cold. After utilizing some leverage (a pair of liers), I was able to get the cap to come out, in pieces mind you. The white plastic threads stayed when the black ratchet portion came off, at this point I was able to remove the remainder of the cap assembly with my fingers. I returned to the station with my inner piece threaded into the filler neck. I put 5 gallons in and headed out on a four mile journey to my friends house. The car seemed to lack any power on the smallest of inclines and bogged down when I put my foot in it. The temperature gauge came up over the half way point for the first time, but would go back to mid range (normal for me so far) almost as soon as I took my foot off the gas pedal. I stayed at my friends for an hour and then headed right to NAPA (1.5 miles from my buds house)for a new gas cap. Brought the car home because the power issue was getting worse. Now, in the garage, I had it in park and was "blipping" the throttle. Sometime normal responce, other times, it would bog to the point where it wanted to stall. A light tap on the gas pedal could sometimes wrestle it back to normal. There is a new noise that seems to be associated with the right cylinder bank (on the passenger side of the car). It sounds like an exhaust leak (like someone playing a wisk on a drum- very rapid sht-sht-sht type of sound.) near the right cylinder bank, but I could not see any visible signs of an exhaust leak, I inspected the exhaust from the head down back to the cat. I checked the ignition plugs on that bank and they look o.k.. I noticed a bit of moisture out of the exhaust, but I didn't really get her warm. No warning lights are on. I do not own any automotive test equipment, yet, so I can't check timing and such at this point. Any thoughts out there? I'm going to contact the dealer the car was purchased from tomorrow and see if we can find a solution. His warranty is a 50/50 for thirty days, but he is 250 miles from me, and she isn't making that trip under her own power right now!