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damn I just bought this part a lil while ago, if I find the part number I'll post it but if you go to teh parts department just ask them for the rubber fuel hose that leads to the filter. Hopefully you'll get someone that knows what you mean or they can turn the monitor so you can see it.

when you hit the switch the shows a strip of red under it. I do agree that people here need to get a sense of humor. When I make jokes here everyone gets all butt hurt. So I don't make jokes anymore. I don't agree with your idea that subaru didn't put any planning into the new gen of cars. There's a reason why the legacy won easiest car to work on (or something similar) in 91, and it's not just by accident.

Why can't you see the switch, it's right on top of the steering column. You're telling me that not once when you've left any car have you ever left the lights on once you left the car?

Why then would subaru make a hydrolic operated clutch/tranny for only the turbo cars then?

is it not better that headlights turn off when you turn the car off? dead batteries isn't a better idea . Though people that don't know the switch is there usually drain the battery quite often.

well look at it this way. Subaru uses the stronger hydro clutch/tranny setups for its turbo cars, they also used a 4eat tranny which was as strong as the legacy turbo in all the svx's. There was never a hydro fwd tranny so they can't be that strong.

I don't know HOW the case flexes but it does, and that = tranny failure. Also I do believe that it is driver error that causes the case to flex enough to damage stuff.

aside from case flex, syncroes, gears, etc

Do you mean the chimney or do you mean the coil cover? If it's the coil cover you don't need that it's only for dress up. but the chimney there's no good reason to get rid of it. It allows cool air to flow onto the turbo while moving and allows hot air to escape directly through the scoop while stationary. Come over to bbs.legacycentral.org

ah okay I believe they're all pretty similar, but of course you'd have more space in a wagon. Dunno if the forester actually has more cargo room or not as compared to a legacy/outback but I believe it's got more ground clearence than a legacy, not sure about outback though. I wouldn't think imprezas would have as much space seeing as how they're smaller in general. I do believe that all have the same towing capacity, which is supposed to be 1 ton. though I don't think I'd be towing a ton's worth of crap in/behind my legacy as far as offroad, none of them are 4wd so no real offroading will work well. the awd system hasn't changed much if at all from 90 to present, manual or auto. though the outback does have VTD, which someone once noted the SVX has aswell, but there was no real conclusion to that. Honestly I don't see the purpose of buying the outback simply for VTD. All the 4eat's can distribute power to both driveshafts up to 50/50 but I guess VTD is more rwd based or something. anyway, if I messed up on something someone please correct me

out of what choices?

it's not outlined in your owners manual?

you shouldnt get htat much oil on your hands anyway but I guess it couldnt hurt

oil changes on the ej engines are so easy one could do it sitting infront of the car with it flat on the ground. Dunno bout the other sub engines though. I'd assume the ea would be alright it's just perp to where ours are mounted.

yet again I ask, is the AWD flawless, I don't mean do the rear wheels get power, I mean does it work 100% like it's supposed to? noone has seemed to say yes to this question.

That makes no sense. First of all, having the fuse in puts the solenoid in 100% duty and 100% of the power is transfered to the front wheels. Secondly by your logic, a 5mt would get 40% worse gas mileage than a 4eat. but we all know that 5mt's get better mileage. Also by your logic, if one was to disconnect the soleniod all together you'd be getting 100% power to the rear wheels and as such would be getting 100% worse gas mileage, and that's just redicilously silly.

you realize the vf10/11 used in legacy's flows about 5 cubic meters per minute at full boost(8.7 psi), which is around 176 cubic feet per minute

I'd wait the 24 but thats just me.

then please do explain why they even have the fuse there in the first place? and then explain why there's no switch/fuse/lever/etc in 5mt's

tell her to buy a subaru

nope, his ej22e is opendeck, just like almost all other NA ej-series engine

awd still works flawlessly? avk sorry if you felt I was not being technical but do whatever you want, i've provided the information that I know take it how you want.

I'm about 99% sure, but you can go ahead and keep a fuse in and well find out for sure when it burns out so we can all be 100% sure. Then you can replace it when it does. Sound good?

Like it said before it puts duty solenoid C into 100% mode, which is bad for it. Normal operation is 90% I believe, which would be when the split is 90/10. Also I think most the time it's not in normal operation. No it's not easier on the solenoid to leave it at 100% cycle, that'd be like saying, if you just inhale a lot of air and don't let it out it would be easier on your body, because you wouldn't have to stress your lungs. Obviously you'd die, and so will the solenoid. As benebob said, leave it in fwd mode, and you'll have to get it replaced. According to your mpg increase, and lets say you drive 10k miles a year, it would take you about 3 years just to break even with replacing it (which you WILL have to do if you keep running it in FWD mode) if it is ONLY 600 (I assume it's more)

I think you mean differential. The dipstick should be there for it. It's funny that usually people see the diff dipstick before the ATF dipstick. I dunno what to tell ya, but just look over there in that area. It's not that low on the tranny case. The hook should be about at the hieght of the top the tranny maybe a lil higher.