coolskaterkid

New rotors around 6 months ago, with new pads, they where the napa higher dollar ones. So dont think thats the issue as there is no more shimmy when applying breaks. Had a different shop do a shake down on front end and did not find anything? Thanks for the ideas

I didnt see you mention if, when you had the heads reconditioned, what did that include? Hopefully they resurfaced them and pressure tested them(to check for cracks)?

looks like the alt is all the way down not up.

Its an 03 outback 94k miles, shimmies around 68 mph and goes away around 75, So i had a shop check it out, they put a steering rack, and power steering pump as it had metal flakes in it, and inner tie rods on it. Then they aligned it. They said they got it up to 80 no shimmy. I get it back go up to 68 and it still shimmies while cruising. Not under heavy accel, probably why the shop didn't catch it. Ive had my tires balanced twice, still there, tried anther set off wheels, and still shimmies. So what else am i looking at to get this fixed?

So ive been looking at all the online parts houses for the little o rings for it and no luck. Any one know where i can get these o rings, or a part number my local dealer had no luck finding them.

Id be pissed. What is it this time same front crank seal?

Id take the battery and wait about 15 minutes, these were designed to incase of loss of power in a wreck and capacitor would deploy the bag. Not sure on these old sub's but worth the wait for your safety

Just keep up on the atf and fliter changes use atf+4, ive got a 98 caravan awd with 272k on orignal motor and trans great mini van but i change the atf and filter yearly.

Yea it is very annoying, so do you think putting some rtv in there may slow the leak?

Yes the front differential is not overfilled, it shows right below the top notch on the dip stick. nor is the trans atf portion, my guess is the rubber seal you are talking about, maybe i could get one from the dealer? After another look around where the speedo cable screws into the front differential there is gear oil around that too, ill have to look around for the seal, if not ill try the rtv

93 legacy I think it must be coming from the speedo cable and into the cab started smelling it and now its stained my carpet, its and auto and its not overfilled, what can i do to stop this? Its got all my wiring wet, and the cab stinks. Thanks

Mine does the same thing. It seems to have gotten worse after a fluid change, mainly more often, not a longer lag, im going to try the dump from the pan one more time, then do the filter, and try the trans x. Let me know if the trans x helps yours

Same thing, the valve steam seals, in really bad shape letting the oil leak into the cylinders over night, luckily mine hasn't gotten that bad just the long down hill pulls the oil past them.

Ha yea, my wife followed me and said she could hardly see my car, good thing it only does it for a mile or so. lol, i replaced pcv today and cleaned the crankcase blowby lines, they had some gunk but not clogged. thanks for the help

Thanks i will check all the blow by hoses for blockage. Funny thing i have gotten two notices that my registration was going to be suspended, if i didnt get a smog check, because someone reporting me to smoking vehicles, but i go into the ca smog check and i pass with average numbers, the smog guy just says they must have reported the wrong vehicle, oh well good old subi

Thanks is it located on the intake?

93 legacy So last summer driving home from work, i go over a 9% precent grade. On the was home its down hill for about 9 miles, started smelling burning oil, pulled over checked oil it was nearly empty so towed it home The passenger side cam seal was completely pushed out of the block. So i replaced it and the other side, with new dealer cam seals. Now 6 months later same deal on the long down hill run, but this time the left side. So i think i have to much crank case pressure. I was told it could be the pcv, is that possible? If so where is it located? Also after this long down hill run, i get back on the road, and for about 1 mile it puffs large amounts of blue smoke, witch i believe is valve stem seals, as it never does it other then after the the long down hill coast, both my subarus do this. My ea 81 for about a half mile as the 2.2 does it longer. I can prevent it by coasting in neutral down the hill but that puts alot of strain on my brakes. So does this mean when coasting down hill, there is more back pressure on the motor, making crank case pressure increase?

yea most emisons are 8 year 80k now, hope its covered, and get that replaced, good luck

My ea 81 i drive a 15 mile up hill at 8 percent grade that starts at 5000 feet and tops at 7500 feet, i just have to keep it in 3rd pegged and its goes 68mph, fourth gear is just no go at the 8 percent grade at the altitude, car thrives on it i think. But you may have a problem but mine will bog down and not really recover, unless i keep it in 3rd and rev it to death.

Water pumps can fail lots of ways, they can start leaking when the seals wear out, They can seize, they could also just make noise.

Ok i just have about 4 gallons of the stuff and, i dont have any other use for it, so i figured could throw it in the subaru if i wont do any harm. Thanks

I want to switch over to synthetic, can i use the dexron 6 or does any one know where i can find a synthetic dexron 3?

Ive used dei products, ie viper clifford python....., ive had no issues with them, but i did install them myself, with a lot of work involved, and are not plug and play, ive never had them turn on with out the button being pressed, but it can happen when its in your pocket, so when there in the garage, i turn the toggle switch off, so it cant start. But i dont park in garages often so not a biggie, but it is a very big concern. Other then that they do work great in the winter.

I use my manual button in third quite often it does seem to help from spinning the tires on very icy areas. When you car was spinning could you feel the rear spinning sometimes it takes mine a second of spinning the front before i can feel the rear start pulling.

My 84 gl wagon and the wifes lame blazer This was a great day the night before, it had been raining so when i pulled into my driveway was in 8 inchs of mud, then the next morning this.... Didnt get it to the street for a few hours