89Ru

My 89 coupe (original trans) is pitching forward and back when I'm coasting to a stop in gear (not downshifting). it seems to be the worst in 3rd, downshifting helps, coasting in neutral is no prob, no noises coming from trans other than normal gear whine. My guess is this is normal wear for a trans of this age...it has been fine (smooth) up until just these last few months. The clutch was replaced about two years ago. thx for comments, Mike

Thanks to carfreak85 for the post regarding my bad egr solenoid. I bought a part for $85 from subaruparts.com in Tacoma and its working great, the check engine light went out and the Maryland emissions testing folks are happy with Ru's exhaust for another 2 years. The subaruparts website has a form you can fill out if you don't have the part number and Trish emailed me right back. Mike 89Ru

whoa, I am corrected. I do need the egr solenoid. Last time it failed on my EA82 it was $100 from the dealer. Its just a little thing on top of the engine with a two wire connector and a couple of ports if I remember right. If I could find 4 or 5 at the junkyard that would be good. thx

Ru's check engine light is on and the trouble code light under the dash is flashing the code for egr valve. Where is a good place to buy a replacement valve? - the local shops don't carry it and the dealer wants $200. thx Annapolis gambrillmd at aol