ThosL

I'm also getting a coolant leak out of the middle of the engine. I thought it might be the lower radiator hose, but that's not it. My mechanic said it is too cold to work, though he does have a garage, he's from SA and they do most of the work outside. Update on this: mechanic was back working yesterday, went over to have him check it out, turned out being the heater hose where he spliced out the leaking section.

I've been there. I had a water pump fail and drove up to their Waterbury shop for the job. Some shops call in guys who are more or less retired for occasional jobs.

Real estate has been a million an acre for a while; why LeBlancs sold out even with all the toxic chemicals from many decades of activity on the property. LaJoies will not sell exhaust parts claiming that they rot from the inside out. I agree that F and S is the area expert on Subarus, I've driven up to Waterbury for a specialist to install a water pump on a prior vehicle.

It's been off. Replacing the solenoid is a little difficult if you don't have a lift. I had snagged one off a junkyard Subaru, it worked for a little while then probably shorted out. It's just not worth trying junkyard parts unless they've been checked. I got an ignition coil off a junkyard vehicle a while ago and it was worse than useless.

I think so; under threshold.

From what I'd heard, the evap. canister does not affect performance. However, I replaced it on my 2002 Forester as I've been living with the codes for a long time, but needed to pass emissions here in CT. Now both the evap. canister code and the catalytic converter code are off. Are these affecting each other? I fixed one and both codes came off. I got it on Amazon for around $30.

For my older Subaru, a 2.5 engine was available locally for under $500; mechanic said he'd install it for less than that too, so under a grand all in.

Is it hard to polish up the headlight lens so it "sees" through better? Mine is pretty dim. Also the radio antenna has been out, I'll search online for solutions.

Are these "Densos" any good? The printing says they're made in the US: https://www.amazon.com/Denso-IK20-Iridium-Power-Spark/dp/B000M6UR82/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

Plug failure within a year caused me unending problems which caused me to change out everything else that I thought could be the cause of sputtering and misfiring. I didn't realize it could be the NGK plugs I put in. Forester is running as well as ever; I put on a couple Cooper tires yesterday that I got from the local junkyard for $50 on the rim each nicely mounted and balanced already.

I'd have to check my order, probably Amazon. I know Home Depot got in trouble as they played games with customers selling DeWalt and other name brand equipment that were either seconds or knock offs.

I put in the recommended NGK plugs a year and a half ago or so; already worn out after 25K miles or less. I kept the Denso Iridiums I had before and the misfiring and sputtering stopped. Forester is running well now.

Glad your fans finally kicked in; our unsung heroes to keep engines within acceptable temp. range. Of course there are short term fixes when the engine is getting too hot such as having the heater on full blast, anti-freezes and mixes with different properties, etc..

Of course, anything mechanical needs to be addressed, however "Lucas" transmission treatment is quite good. Check the fluid, etc.. I did a change and filter replacement last year.

I had the rest of it welded, cost $300 more. It was starting to sag.