Legback

Ok---Thanks for setting me straight, Nipper!

It was late on Christmas eve and I did have a few beers but I know because I saw it in celsuis. It was only on celcius in my 98 Legacy Outback 2.5. that night then I changed to F. Does anyone know that it does or does not and that I have have been tripping?

Hicc--up....

It's an Innova 3140. and.... I got a fresh one through Amazon overnight and it wouldn't show me the IAT either. WTF? Again...not knowing is gonna kill me but you like to see things work like they're suppose to. I did assume it was part of the MAF initially.

If I'm going straight/slightly to the right...no thud. the second we're on a slightly left turn even going pretty straight, it thuds. Even correcting for the crown in the road....it thuds. It is constantly squeeking. the squeek is what i don't recall a drive axle making.

Is there by chance a stand alone air temp sensor or ...what?

My front diff has been whining for 10,000 miles anyway. During and after this past snow storm a repetative but intermittent thud and squeels began to show up in my front left area. I did replace the drive axle there two years ago with a NAPA job. The boots on the axle are fine and the axle feels good and snug with no play. The thud started when coasting to the left and now shows up more when accelerating to the left. I guess the squeek has been going for the last couple o weeks. Is there any chance this thud thud thud thud squeek squeek squeek is coming out of my front diff? Really sounds and feels like a drive axle to me but it's fairly new. 1998 lagacy outfront. 2.5 automatic

I really hope so! F#*******@d if I could find it in the manual any of the thirty seven times I tried.

No Cel. I'm profoundly curious.

I remember seeing IAT the first couple times I used it and now I can't find it. It works just fine in my wife's Volkswagen so I know It's not the diagnostic tool itself. Ideas??

I'm usin a scanna.

As another emotional consolation, I got an OBDII scanner to closely monitor engine goings on. Trying to figure out what it *IS* suppposed to do. I think it needs to be watched because an amateur -ME- changed the head gaskets and made mistakes along the way.

Yes. Innova 3140.

What is an expected temp range for the ej25? Mine seems to linger in the 180's 190F. Is an 6 0r 8 degree swing fairly normal?

Is there a way to install a block heater on the ej25?

Even if I'm low on carbon credits?

Just how important is it to warm up the engine in the cold? I usually give it 10-15 minutes in the winter but do I really have to? I tell myself I'm doing it to baby these sensitive HG's but I'm realizing I never see mention of it.

If the fresh battery doesn't wake up your keyless entry....... I've had to take the remote apart and clean/freshen up the metal parts that contact the battery, and even bend them in just a tad. Mines a 98. They were pretty narsty somehow. I'm not that mean to it either. Take a look.

If you followed protocol and lined all the marks up before you took it apart and haven't moved the crank( key @ 6oclock and notch on crank position sensor mount lined up with notch on crank srocket) you're fine. It's not at TDC==top dead center. It's at the middle in all cyclinders so there's max clearance. Only turn one cam at a time to re-align them back from where they came. Cam sprcket notches align with notches on rear timing belt covers. The resistance you feel should just be valve spring pressure.

Did you try tightening the belt? Start there.

Did you replace your plug wires? Saw plugs and coil were. It was the wires on my 98.

I think I'm in the clear. When I cleaned the overflow tank last weekend, I put the coolant to the cold line. Since then, when the car is cold, the level is exactly on that line. When it's hot the level is about half way up to the max/hot line. The bubbles are gone, at least for now. I've been searching for them for days( i'll be shopping for a hood unlatch cable if i keep it up) and haven't found a one. Thanks, folks!

I went about 50 miles after work averaging 72 mpr and then peered into the overflow tank for a good minute and saw no bubbles. My temp needle was where it usually is,underscoring the ball on the thermometer, not quite to 9 oclock. No hint of overheating. I've put about 500 miles on it since the HG job. Hoping the coolant system is still burping it's PITA self and accounting for a bubble here and there.? Is there a way to make sure all the air out?

So i couldn't find the bubbles when I went 6 miles at lunch today. When I drove 11 miles home fro work--there were a very few bubbles. So it really has to warm up to bubble a little. Gonna take it for a 40 minute highway test tomorrow to see what that does. Don't know if I should delay the inevitable or re-do that HG while the procedure is still fresh in my pea brain.

I have not checked for gases. I did not totally flush my coolant system so could there be comb. gases left over from before the HG job? What ELSE, if anything, causes bubbles?