crash321

Being that I am home, if I end up out in the garage, I will get a rough measurement for you:)

I still suspect a sticky fuel pressure regulator:-\

You must have been tired when you thought of this on at 2 in the morning. You would have lube issues and the chain would break in a "flying plastic bits fit of glory".

From the March 2009 Motortrend page 12-13 under title "It's not just Detroit, If Toyota's losing money, what about Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Suzuki?" ............. "Subaru having lost its connection with GM, is also "dicey," a source says. The Toyota connection will help keep it viable, which means, potentially, future Subie models powered with something OTHER THAN horizonally opposed engines. The proposed joint venture sport coupe (with Toyota) is on hold however."............... There would be alot of Subie faithfully that would be very P'ed off if they started putting I 4 engines instead of the flat 4.:-\

Something like this YESSSSSS:banana:

Is it static that changes frequency with the rpm of the engine, are your grounds good?

Like what this guy uses:)

We have had a colder than usual winter, I vote condensation also.

I love the witty sarcasm rpiereck:lol:

I would use that as a bargaining chip. How expensive is it to have that work done?

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That sealing stuff sounds like snakeoil. It will probably cause more problems than it is worth, possibly plugging your radiator or heater core. Yes they are know to fail quickly if they are not subaru gaskets and if the torque sequence is not followed precisely. 2.5 motors are just very hard to seal if the proper parts and procedures are not followed. But if everything is done with care (correct subaru parts and procedures) this car will last a very long time:)

remove rubber hose and take a wrench and simply unscrew it:)

Also, no one has mentions the possiblity of a fuel pressure regulator that may be going bad which could be causing these issues, too much fuel can foul an EGR, cause the O2 sensor to fail creating the cat code and cause a misfire on a weak cylinder. Does your exhuast smell rich? Don't just throw parts at it.:-\

Fuel pressure regulator may be going south.

around $100 for a set from dealer. Aren't martens birds? Why would they attack your wires? Mice ate mine. Make sure your coil pack is well also.

+1 gloyale , I just spent 2 large on mine, yea its an older car but I would rather put a gajilian miles on something that is worth 3500 than on one that costs 25,000. Car now runs great again........(damn underhood mice)

I agree with previous posts, sulpher is probably the culprit, use a good quaity cleaner to see if the contacts clean up.

Try changing the fluid and see what comes out, cant hurt anything at all. Maybe you will find death metal on the drain plug, and I don't mean the terrible music kind:)

Kind of like the old GM rear wheel drive transmissions, unplug the lockup torque converter plug when they fail. People would unplug them and keep driving the car with no lockup and a few mpg's less.

sounds like lockup to me, maybe do a drain and fill again and see what happens. This would ,make more sense if you were coming down from speed though.

Although I am not a glass guy, you should be able to drive it home after it set up for about half an hour. Glass guys generally tell you to not shut the door with the window closed for the 1st 24 hours as to not chance a leak. I have had my glass replaced in my cars and have not had any problems.

I had a tick once in a while, but my commute is about 5 hours long, now there is nothing but smooth running goodness every time I run it (98 OBW 157,000 miles)

I guess it would be. I didn't know they had bypasses in them. If it is bad, maybe you could locate a muffler in a wrecking yard somewhere. Wrecking yard probaly would let it go cheap, because who honestly buys a muffler from a wrecking yard, not many I would guess. Good luck:)

Thats all that matters!