Mike_N_Austin

Dealers want to replace everything. And that belt tensioner is expensive. They can be checked. The Field Service Manual goes into how to check it. But you need fairly specialized tools for this. Unfortunately, if you choose to keep it and have guessed wrong...then you run the risk of much bigger problems. Throw that belt and you could be looking at a head replacement. How many miles on the car ?

IMO it is easy to replace. It will be behind the alternator and power steering pump. You might have to remove one of the two to gain access to it. If so, the alternator is easier to remove and install.

I am replacing the head gaskets on my 99 Subaru (180K miles). It has a 2.5 SOHC. Couple of questions for those who have replaced gaskets or heads on these motors. (1) Has anyone used their original head bolts on a head install. And if so, have you run into any problems from doing this. I have been getting conflicting information regarding head bolts needing to be replaced (2) Has anyone used resurfaced heads that were shaved more than .005" ? and if so, have you had any issue's with them (3) Has anyone installed heads without following the torque procedure outlined in the FSM to a tee ? If not, were there any consequences ? Thanks in advance

I would like to see how you provide an answer that does not require "magic". Where did the Universe come from ? What was the starting point. Ultimately there is a starting point because you cannot evolve something from nothing. If there was ever a point in history where we had a situation that absolutely nothing existed...then we would have nothing today. So at some point there has to be something that was not created or evolved. There had to be something that just was.

Need to apply a little logic here. If Evolution is only a change in traits within an existing species...then how did the species begin...what was the starting point. Regardless of the height or skin color of the first man....how did he come to be. This argument/position requires Creation. If Evolution is the devopment of continually higher evolved species with a common ancestor (primordial soup)....then where did the primordial soup come from ? The Universe exists and is real. Every rational person must admit this point. If it did not exist, we would not be here to talk about it. So the question arises, “How did the Universe get here?” Did it create itself? If it did not create itself, it must have had a cause. Let’s look at the law of cause and effect. As far as science knows, natural laws have no exceptions. This is definitely true of the law of cause and effect, which is the most universal and most certain of all laws. Simply put, the law of cause and effect states that every material effect must have an adequate cause that existed before the effect. Material effects without adequate causes do not exist. Also, causes never occur after the effect. In addition, the effect never is greater than the cause. That is why scientists say that every material effect must have an adequate cause. The river did not turn muddy because the frog jumped in; the book did not fall off the table because the fly landed on it. These are not adequate causes. For whatever effects we see, we must present adequate causes. Five-year-olds are wonderful at using the law of cause and effect. We can picture a small child asking: “Mommy, where do peaches come from.” His mother says that they come from peach trees. Then the child asks where the trees come from, and his mother explains that they come from peaches. You can see the cycle. Eventually the child wants to know how the first peach tree got here. He can see very well that it must have had a cause, and he wants to know what that cause was. One thing is for sure: the Universe did not create itself! We know this for a scientific fact, because matter cannot create matter. If we take a rock that weighs 1 pound and do 50,000 experiments on it, we never will be able to produce more than 1 pound of rock. So, whatever caused the Universe could not have been material. FROM NOTHING COMES NOTHING I know that it is insulting to your intelligence to have to include this paragraph, but some people today are saying that the Universe was created from nothing. However, if there ever had been a time when absolutely nothing existed, then there would be nothing now, because it always is true that nothing produces nothing. If something exists now, then something always has existed.

Yes...denying Evolution as you have defined it would tarnish one's credibility. I don't deny Natural Selection.... I do deny Abiogenesis....and I use the term Evolution to describe this process....as does the majority of the public that I have come into contact with.

OK...all you have done is taken the term and given it a new meaning. Specifically, you have taken the term EVOLUTION and applied a definition that does not match the context of the debate. I would also make the point that the majority of the population views the definition differently than you have presented it. When debates involving the term EVOLUTION arise they are along the context of what you have now defined as abiogenesis. If you want to call it Abiogenesis then fine. Replace all instances of the term EVOLUTION and replace it with Abiogenesis. Abiogenesis is taught in public schools because man and ape are not heritable changes in a population.

I'm sorry but natural selection is not evolution. Your comment does not offend me because it is wrong Different levels of skin pigment are a far cry from a new species. Blacks and whites are the same species with different genetic traits. The Galápagos finches provide an excellent example of this process. Among the birds that ended up in arid environments, the ones with beaks better suited for eating cactus got more food. As a result, they were in better condition to mate. Similarly, those with beak shapes that were better suited to getting nectar from flowers or eating hard seeds in other environments were at an advantage there. In a very real sense, nature selected the best adapted varieties to survive and to reproduce. This process has come to be known as natural selection. We do not end up with a new bird species following this process. We end up with Galápagos finches with longer beaks. And these long beaked Galápagos finches can still mate with short beaked Galápagos finches.

The funny thing is.....if nobody responded then this thread would have stopped growing a long time ago. A lot of people are stating they are embarrassed and/or that this needs to be moved....but why then are they even posting. Kind of like a guy yelling in a canyon and getting upset that he is getting a headache from all the noise (echo). He keeps yelling for the noise to stop and his headache keeps getting worse. And he just gets madder and madder...louder and louder....and headache gets worse and worse But I am curious why you feel bad ?

I agree with you on the hatred thing. It is stupid to feel hatred toward someone else because they believe something that you do not believe. Although I must confess that I sometimes feel hatred towards the government authorities because Evolution is shoved down childrens throats in the public school system. Separation of Church and state apparantly only pertains to Theistic Religion and not Humanistic Religion. Evolution is a theory just as Creation is a theory. Neither can be proven by Science because the essence of Science is doing something in the here and now and observing the results. Since we were not here in the beginning and since we cannot go back in time then we are left ultimately with a measure of faith regardless of what we believe. In respect to being good. I suppose that depends on ones definition of good. Question: What defines a person as being a good person....is there a moral standard and if so....where did that standard come from ?

I wouldn't call the topics involving the ultimate beginning and end as being stupid. I would say these types of topics are much more weighty than any other topic. But I do think it would be stupid to hate someone because they did not believe what you believe. If you believe your position is the correct one...then why would someone else's "ignorance" cause you to feel hatred ? What gets me (as pointed out be a previous poster) is that people only seem to get mad when the issue of Christianity is brought up. Then it becomes "Religion". But if I were to bring up humanism (i.e. Evolution) or a spiritualism like Hinduism people would be a lot less likely to become "offended" or "angry". That is what I find very interesting.

Thanks ! I'm calm now.

Good point. Evolution is a Religion.

Yes

I don't get your point. But I love history and I love museums even more.

Don't be to hard on your family. If death were not inevitable then these topics would be a lot less weighty.

I am going to be replacing the front O2 sensor on my 99 forester. Will I have to remove anything to gain access or will it be as simple as jacking up the car, unplugging the electrical connect and removing it with the O2 socket ? I have not gone underneath the car yet and my Chilton book is not specific to this model of car. Tell me that it is a snap so that I will stop stressing about it today

There are thousands of scientists who do not believe in the theory and hundreds of thousands of papers that speak against it. Just because it is the organize religion of Europe and the organized religion of the educational system in the U.S. does not make it true. It will be a dead theory in my lifetime.

I did not take Eli's response as an attack. Sorry if I came of as cross. I'm not cross....I simply enjoy debating this topic....and I am sitting at work bored today.

I didn't. I just enjoy these types of debates...and I'm sitting at work bored. Sorry if I came of cross. That was not my intent.

Isn't your argument based on the same flaw then? Someone put it in a book and called it religion.... then it must be true. Where have I said anything about religion ?

I have not tried at all. But if it were possible I can gaurantee you that those pushing evolution would have already made it happen.

For the record....I did research it. In fact, I believed it because it was fed to me in my public and college education. I bought into it hook line and sinker and made A's on the subject during a course in college. But later on I was presented non-biased evidence and then felt extremely stupid. I fell victim to the same thing that most of the masses fall to. If you put it in a book and call it Science...then it must be true. I suggest you look up the topic of Cause and Effect. It is the basic logical principal of Science. Every thing that exists is an effect that had a cause. So ultimately the question is what started the ball rolling. In respect to the chimpanzee. OK...I will change my question...why can't a man (or woman) mate with a chimpanzee. I know quite a few folks who are shorter than thier parents. But regardless, even if we are getting taller that does not prove evolution. That might be another proof for natural selection...but not for evolution. As far as the question of where all the species came from...there is only 1 logical way to answer that question....they were created

I have a hard time understanding how I am supposed to believe evolution. It's core foundational principle is that we have all evolved from lesser species. If this were the case...then why can't we have cross breeding across separate species. Why can't a man (or woman) mate with an APE and concieve a "missing link". Am I really supposed to believe that every missing link simply dissapeared ? Wouldn't some of them have survived. Talk about faith.

I would check the plugs. I recently got misfire on 1 and 3. Replaced my plugs and problem fixed. Some advised me to change plugs every 15 to 20K miles. If you have originals at 32K then this could be your problem.