rweddy

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I am looking at a 94 subaru. The seller is pretty clueless about what model it is. She says it does not have a sunroof but does have heated seats?? Any idea what model this is? Also did 94 roos have airbags?

Anyone know the capacity for a Legacy obw, Auto? Thanks

Well sad to say we no longer have any Subaru’s in the immediate family. After a long a draw out battle with Subaru over my 96 airbags faulty deployment (long story) we wanted something newer and with working airbags for my 90 mile daily commute. After much deliberation and test driving newer outbacks, foresters and other vehicles, we decided on a 4th generation Toyota 4 Runner. We wanted something that could pull our pop up camper and this would have been a stretch for our 96 or any other Subaru. This generation of runners has both 4wd Hi/Lo and AWD and with the VVT-I engine (variable timing) I have been getting 24 mpg so not much difference from my roo. Having owned 10 Subaru’s over the years so I will never say never again, but for the now I am roo less. My brother-in-law has his 91 and since I am the default family mechanic I will work on his time to time as needed. This is a great message board with lots of great info and people. I will still check in from time to time and give my .02 when I can help.

Anyone have an account? JN8HD17Y9SW060873 If so can you emial me at r.eddy@yahoo.com Thanks

Do not buy a Hayes or Chilton, they are total crap. Get a factory service manual and if you have mechanical experience you can change the belt very easily. Also change the water pump, and re-seal the oil pump.

Great point, and even if you do run into a HG this is a issue with many Honda,Toyota, etc. This is the only troulbe area on the car and does not cost that much to fix.

Actually my father just had his 03 HG replaced in July. These were external leaks but still leaks with 36k.

I agree probalby front crank seal or oil pump. The oil pump has screws that back themselves out after a few years and leak. When do you need to replace your timing belt? You can do this all at the same time. I let mine leak for 25k before I needed to to my timing belt.

I would not use anything but oem for seals, water pumps, etc. Because of all the labor involved in doing this you want to be sure you have the best parts in there, so you do not have to do the work again. I cheaped out long ago and used some cheap auto store parts, the water pump started leaking after 5,000 miles and I had to replace it. Of course the store gave me a new one but this did not help my hours of labor to replace it.

Any reason not to go with a roof rack? I prefer my bikes up there out of harms way in case I am rear ended. Just like many Colorado natives, the bike on my roof are worth more than the car they are under!

I would blame the driver. What kind of tires? All season tires are crap on snow, get some dedicated snow tires and you will be amazed.

If they use the re-designed HG you should be fine. And for safety change your coolant every 24 months, or really anal every 12 months.

This means nothing, many people wash titles, this means they register cars in states that do not keep track of where they came from. Carfax is the best way to check.

I know nothing about autos, I have never owned anything but stick subarus. But if this is the case how does this button fix his issues? If he shifts in manual mode and all is fine. Help me here!!

Great point!!

2nd gear if fine the shift issue is when it changes from 2nd to 3rd gear, 3rd to 4th is fine. So manybe a 3rd gear soleniod?

I run 75W90NS in all my roos and so do most of my freinds. Below is conversation between myself and Redline. >I am trying to figure out what type fluid I should run in my vehicle >manual transmissions. I have used your MT-90 in multiple vehicles >with great success. > >My question revolves around running a GL4 transmission fluid in a >Subaru where the transmission and front differential share the fluid. > >The factory recommends using GL5 fluid but I have run GL4 in most >all my manual box and the difference between running GL5 and GL4 is >night and day, with the GL4 working sooo much better. > >What type of fluid would you recommend I run in a Subaru with shared >transmission and front differential? > >Thanks Richard, In your Subaru transaxle where the GL-5 gear lube is called for I would recommend the 75W90NS, I would expect the shiftability to be close to the MT-90. The NS fluids have no friction modifier so are not to slippery for the synchros the problem with most GL-5 gear oils. The 75W90 would be suitable for the rear differential. Regards, Dave Red Line Oil

OK more information on this. With the car in Drive, when the car shifts from 2 to 3 the rpms do not spike, but the car act like it is going up a hill and to get it to continue to accelerate you have to nearly floor it. In this same scenario if you while in drive from the 2nd to 3rd gear shift when the car bogs down if he hit the manual mode it clears it up.

Only other thing is clutch jutter, but with this mileage might need it replaced anyway.

You cannot run locking hubs with AWD, if you did you would unlock the hubs and your car would not move.

You need 75/90 gear oil. I would not call a 10-15% failure a ticking bomb, just be aware of possible HG failures.

Nice!

What year is it?

I agree, change them out and you should be fine without machine work. FYI many Hondas are notorious for blowing them at 150k, and Toyota has had major issues with both 3.0 and current 3.4 blowing them too. Welcome to the world of Aluminum motors.