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of course today when I go for my weekly 20 minute drive it was idling very oddly the first time I turned it on and drove out. It would idle around 1/ 2 then raise up near 3 then drop back to 1 and raise again. just did this at one light, with clutch down and in gear or in neutral. I parked, went in for about 20 minutes, came out to drive home and it didn't happen again.... anything important? maybe the idle was tweaked with too much?

Got a flat on the side of the road at night, put on my spare with a very interested female friend trying to be helpful. She kicked the bolt and holder off down a cliff shuffling around behind me. What to do? I got new tires and would love to put the spare back under the hood. just get a correctly threaded bolt and a piece of metal with a hole in it wide enough to hold the wheel down? does some place sell replacements? junk yard(i don't know of any near SF, suggestions?) thanks

Thanks! I've done a lot of 2stroke 2 wheel work and am trying to make the transition into understanding a car.. gotta start somewhere, right?

oh, other than noise and belt wear, what should i be concerned about as long as this is happening? is it possible I damaging anything else or the pullies?

it is a GL, sorry about that. unfortunately I live in SF, have no driveway or work space and he is the only mechanic in the bay that I could find that would work on subies more than 10 years old. I feel foolish about the oil thing, I should have thought that through a little more. the belt was a new belt, which is when the noise started. hmm.... theloyale, are you suggesting he would mess up changing my disty out, or that he would do so after putting the cams in the wrong way? thanks!

I have a 1988 loyale with a low milage japanese drop in engine. the water pump was just replaced at a shop and since then until the car warms up from about 10 minutes of driving or running there is a loud squealing noise when I am in motion. The mechanic says it is my drive belt and that he can't tighten it anymore without over-tightening it and it is just going to make that noise. it's annoying, but it usually goes away. I am worried that it is messing something up, or that he needs a different sized belt or that it is going to seriously mangle something. If it's just going to be a noise, I don't mind(unless someone knows how to fix it) Ideas? the idle is also high, around 2ooo till it is warm too and the oil pressure starts out high as well. everything settles fine once the engine is warm. the idle has been adjusted to lower it, but once the engine is warm it is almost too low so can't really be fudged much more to my knowledge thanks

Thanks guys! was totally the water pump. I ended up going to a shop because I don't have a garage or even a quiet street to work on. yet. SF can be a bit hard that way. I had to search quite a while to find one.

oh god, i just realized it had a "low mileage japanese" engine put in at some point when the head cracked or warped on the owner before my brother. might that be some other style??? or would that usually still be the EA82?

hmm. guess i'll have to tackle it myself, on the streets of SF in a day i can park in front of my house. heh. 750 is a bit too much for a "free" car. god damn... I'll be back a few thousand more times, I am sure. -dw

Thank you, that is the feeling I was beginning to get too. Now I have to ask, how hard do you think it would be to repair myself vs. is this something to get done at a shop/the cost of that? I have about 4 years of two-stroke performance racing, tuning and building so I am not clueless about wrenching on things BUT I have only done oil changes and spark plug type car work as this is the first car I have had in about 5 years. -DW

from checking some of the threads linked at the bottom of the page after i posted this(what a cool function!) I would like to add that it starts fine and only smoked the one time, heading uphill, that I am sure coolant got on something hot. When I was just running the car on the side of the street to heat it up/check it out, there was no further smoking or smell. seems like that may matter?

Hi, totally new here so please forgive me my lack of knowledge. I JUST got a 1988 Loyale, 5 speed manual with 4wd and turbo. I guess that is an ea82 engine? Anyway, I just got the car in exchange for painting my brothers house in Bend Oregon(3500 feet, 90 degree high desert) and when I was done, drove the approximately 450 miles straight to SF(sea level and 60 degrees) in about 9 hours. Car ran great, stayed cool, no smoke, no knocks no problems (no ac)Nothing I noticed during that mostly highway drive anyway.. Just had an oil change and fluid top off and I had to cut about 1 inch off the hose that exits the radiator and goes to the reservoir, it was cracked and leaking where it fit on. That is not where this leak is. Last night I parked. This morning I turned the car on, pulled into the street and as I took a left turn it started to smoke. I could tell from the smell it was coolant, pulled off into a gas station, left it running and could see the coolant dripping under the car relatively fast. When the car is off/cool it does not leak. The next time I started the car it didn't leak until it warmed up to the normal running temp(judging from the gauge) When it did begin to leak the first spot that I could see it was behind one of the accessories on the belt train. I have a Chilton Guide but I have not yet found the part that tells me what the things run on the belts are or where all the radiator hoses are supposed to hook up. There is the top wheel for the alternator, to the right is my (unhooked) AC, then down below is a wheel that also has a rod that runs the radiator fan across from it. The first place I can spot the leak is right behind this bottom wheel, then down the case and it drips there or off a pan behind some exhaust(?) piping. Ideas? good exploded diagrams of the engine? front to back? or a clearly labeled picture set of the outer appearance? I have done some searching here and will continue to do so.. what info would help? -David