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Thanks for the tips, I'll definitely do this tomorrow. Otherwise, its running better than when I bought it

Well I finished the swap, and filled it up with coolant. At first it seemed like it was going to overheat, but then I let it sit for a while, and then hit the road to see what happens. I went to Portland and back ~50 miles, and the temp gauge never rose past the halfway mark. What do you think? Problem solved?

Thanks for the replies. I just swapped the radiators and it seems like the problem is going to persist. I'm wondering if its the water pump? When the engine is running I push on the hoses going into and out of the water pump and it feels like there's no pressure at all. I can pretty much squish the hoses, although they do feel hot. Thoughts?

Hi, I'm trying to pin down my overheating problem. It started on the highway, gauge went all the way to red after about an hour of driving. I opened the hood and saw that coolant was being forced back into the reservoir and was squirting out from the reservoir cap. I called MountainTech Subaru and they told me if I was over heating on the freeway it was more than likely either the thermostat or the radiator. I replaced the thermostat this morning, and got a new radiator. Just prepared to do the swap, opened the valve on the bottom of the radiator to drain it, and almost nothing came out, but I know there was coolant in there, I just topped it off yesterday, haven't driven it, and there's no evidence of a leak. What the eff? Any help? Is my coolant hiding somewhere in my engine? Total noob, btw.

Well, that's good to know. I just checked out how to turn the light off, will do it when I get home. Chain-store brake monkey rebuilds carb FTMFL! :-p ^^^This bugs me. Should have known, but I guess I'm a bit naive:confused: Shopping for that carb right now, though. How much of a performance increase do you think I can expect? I know it won't be blazing fast or anything; I'm just curious.

I took it to a shop in Tigard called Brake Team, they suggested the carb rebuild. I learned my lesson, not taking this thing back to a shop, going to do all the work myself. I changed out the thermostat last night, and I noticed that when I turn the car on the EGR light comes on. I just did a little reading on it. Could this be the reason for the car dying at idle? Most of the time now, if I don't keep the gas on, the engine stalls as soon as I slow to a stop. I thought of adjusting the idle speed, also. When I get home today I'm going to look into the EGR valve. I'll definitely get that Weber carb and cams once I get this thing running smoothly.

Oh man, that would be amazing! I'm a total noobie, and I would really appreciate some guidance, as this car is really starting to concern me. I was driving it today, and after a while, it started dying whenever I came to a stop. If I kept the gas on it, it ran fine, but as soon as I let off and slowed down, it would die. NOT SAFE! And the real kicker is that after driving it home, keep it running at red lights when it just wanted to die, I get it home and park it, and it starts idling fine. This car wants me dead, I'm sure of it. Any ideas? I picked up a Haynes manual today, and I'm going to try and adjust the choke to see if that solves my problem, but I'm unsure if this is symptomatic of something worse. I just had the carb rebuilt. Edit: Thanks in advance for any replies, and a thousand thank you's for the generous offer.

... and, my god, is it ever gutless. I'm working on squaring away some radiator issues and getting the choke adjusted so it won't die all the time when idling cold, but what I'm really wondering and daydreaming about is -- how can I get more power out of this thing? I want to go the whole nine yards with this car as it is my first project car, ever. I've lurked the forums and seen some of the awesome wagons you guys have put together, and I'm wondering what you all have done to beef up the hp. I was thinking of maybe putting a turbocharger on mine, but I don't know if that's kosher with these engines (EA82). What are your thoughts on reducing my 0-60 time to less than 10 seconds? I would settle for less than 15. Right now it's like 32.