Bucky92

Congrats on your Loyale...another 92 owner too...seems to be a popular year!! Mine ticks like crazy too...I get tired of ppl telling me to put some oil in it..they are just Subaru impaired thats all. I have owned mine for alittle over a year and he is the third (actually 4 th never drove my 83 wagon..blown head) and I truely love this car!I have really enjoyed my others ..an 88 GL wagon and a 90 Justy..but something about this one is special. He knows I love him too..has taken care of me even when he should haven't have. Nothing like having your axle shaft break on the highway but still making it 30 miles home...and when his ignition system went still making it home on 3 cylinders. Thats why he is my baby..and he knows I fix him when I have the money. I happen to enjoy spending quality time with him..washing,waxing,keeping up on any rust,etc etc. Take care of yours and it will take care of you.

Hi Mary, I about spit my coffee out my nose when I read your "run-of-the-mill Taurus"...I used to own one of those money pits. One of my friends kids is in VoTech and said the same thing...he is dying to work on my car.Problem is..what do I drive while Bucky is in the shop??I am already the local "taxi" for the ppl I work with that live close by..One person at work says that Subaru stands for U R A BUS..and it fits!! If it wasnt starting to get cold I would try alittle bribery...I supply the parts and the beer and the food and have a Subaru fixin party.. I am not afraid to work on it myself..just when I get into a job I have never done before I like to have someone around who knows what they are doing in case I get into a predictament. Shame the cars in the marketplace are all either way to far away...like the $250 hatch....or way outta my price range Here is a pic of my Bucky

Thanks for the kind words..I feel your pain about your Suburban.. Awww..no more burn outs??.Dang..nothing cooler than a Loyale smoking the tires :cool: . I just changed my oil not even a month ago when I did the distributer wires plugs and stuff and it ticks just on warm up. And it needs inspected ASAP and I just heard on the news that they are going to reinstate the emissions tests...wonderful!. I aint afraid to get my hands dirty...no one will do it for me so I have always had to do it myself.

umm..my rear wheel cylinders leak...bad..I have to refill everyother day. And exhaust...well I just moved here to CT from PA and my reg is out so it will need inspected and CT is tough on old cars ..since they dont want them on the road here. I also dont want to get stuck somewhere if the timing belts break...I mean my Loyale is 95% rust free and I want to keep it around.Plus it is my only car and I need it..its my baby. I live by myself and dont have a boyfriend or anyone here. And yes I know my Loyale is cranky enough..it takes after me..I am actually starting to think it has the same suicidal tendencies that I do.

Its official....I am truely over whelmed with everything that needs done to my Loyale now. And I dont know what to do. Here is the list of must needed maintenance: Exhaust from resinator back. rear wheel cylinders and shoes clutch timing belts...way over due,have almost 100,000 miles on them. water pump..the mystery leak solved EGR sylinoid tires gaskets..u name them they need replaced But my other question ties into another thread about the ticking ...if I run the ATF fluid..will it make my oil leaks worse??I know my motor is really gunked up right now. Cant afford to replace my Loyale and cant afford it fix it right...so any ideas on some cheaper parts or anything is much appreciated

The middle number is your width..and the lower the number the wider the tire..the 80s will be fine..they are just a little narrower than what you are running right now. I always run 175/70/13 on all three of my Subs I had.

I have had them too, always wondered how to get rid of them besides my method..dont know about it till the nest catches on fire cause they made it on the exhaust manifold...or in the heater fan when it burns that out and your suby has a horrible odor that stays around for awhile. I heard moth balls works if you arent going to be driving it for awhile though

I go through about a quart a week with my Sub....you get used to the smell and the smoke can be fun at times! Like I said before..I was told by a wise Subaru mechanic...a leaky Subaru is NOT a rusty Subaru:brow: BTW..I am hooked on this forum too!

Happy B-Day to you too soon.Another one of us "cursed" ones:grin: . I just feel so bad for this guy..has an old Brat which arent that common and to have some jerk come and do damage to it and then leave.Guess its cause I am the type that even if I accidentally open my door into someone elses car I will at least leave a note. Now this guy has to either drive around with the dent or pay money out of his own pocket to fix it....burns me up. Oh and yes I am female..always have been..but not your typical one..I been working on cars all my life and also race Enduro races on my dirt bike.

I know your pain!!! Happens to me alot too.Specially since I moved here to CT.The ppl in the Danbury area are a bunch of rich snobs and have no respect for others stuff.My Loyale was dent free when I bought it and it has been hit twice now in grocery store parking lots. I nailed the person who did a big scrape up the front fender with their cart.I asked them if it was their car that they had thier cart pushed up against and they guy said no..I wouldnt drive an old POS like that.I said "well I happen to own that POS and dont appreciate you scraping up the side of my car" He then said it doesnt matter..my car is old who cares what it looks like..so I grabbed his cart and SLAMMED it into the side of his new Infinity. Then said "How you like it?" He was speechless. Havent heard anything from that ordeal either ..happened months ago. I know how you feel..I try to keep my cars as nice as I can afford..I cant afford new stuff and I have pride in what I have.I like when I get told I have a nice old Loyale..that its in great shape for a NE car..pretty much rust free...it makes my day.Then to have jerks come along and ruin it ..it just isnt right. Sorry you made me want to vent for you...this stuff is a huge pet peeve of mine.

What year Chrysler?? I happen to know the trick to getting the codes on those.And if I look hard enough I might still have the book somewhere.

Can this newbie come??? I am always looking for something to do on weekends that usually involves my 2 favorite things...my Subaru or dirt bikes.

Mine Too!!!! My 92 has been super dependable..It has 184,000 miles on it and still runs like a champ. What I have found(thanks to this group) to go wrong frequently are EGR sylinoids,gaskets and typical axle shafts.This is my second Loyale..ok well my first was an 88 GL wagon but the car was basically the same thing...and I love it!It was the best $600 I spent ( a year ago)

Thanks guys for the input so far. I should have mentioned too that I like to keep my cars till there is nothing left of them.I heard that the 2.2L motor is a great motor.The price on the Impreza is $3200 havent checked the mileage on it or really looked it over.But my Loyale still runs like a champ too..I think it still has another 120,000 left in it:brow: ....want to kinda keep it till it has 300,000...but I think that price on the preza is pretty good.It was just the thought. As for the timing belts..I got almost 100,000 out of the set thats on Bucky right now (previous owner left all reciepts in glove)and with the snow treads I put on the front my FWD seems pretty darn good in the snow.But I dont think he will handle hauling a bike trailer when I get my new dirt bike this spring.

I was wondering...which is the better Sub.. my 92 Loyale or a 96 Impreza wagon?? I found what seems like a good price on the Impreza but I adore my Loyale. My Sub has been super dependable ..even with the few normal problems it has and I just love the car. But I would die for a 4WD or AWD one.I cant afford 2 cars at the moment.I guess more of what I am asking...are the older Gen Subs better then the new ones?I know they are easier to work on. What Pros and Cons are there between the 2?? Opinions are greatly appreciated

I can understand that..the wieght difference.. But when I am running 65 MPH my rpms run about the same as yours.Now ..if I turn the AC on I think I get around 2 MPG . I dont baby my Sub one bit but I did recently do basically a new ignition system in it and cleaned the injectors so that is probably helping alot. Still want a 4WD one someday...maybe when Bucky hits 300,000 I will get a 4WD

I forgot about that!!! I agree..the movie was awesome..a must see!!

Doh!!! Why didnt I think of him first!!! I got his number too. Guess its cause I am still pretty new here..but I have learned a TON in here.You guys and Gals are the best. The ppl from my dirt bike forum are calling me a traitor since I now spend more time here than with them.

Hey its true!!!when the guy at the muffler shop got my car up on the lift his first words were "Holy *#%@$ what exploded under your car?" My reply was.."You see any rust under there?" and his reply.." No"...mine.."point made!":banana: I didnt realize there was that much of a difference between the FWD and the 4WD Subs gas mileage. I feel spoiled now.

I was just wonding if anyone here in the NE area might have a good Cat pipe?? I just went to get my exhaust fixed from when it fell off the other day. I thought my problem was just at the muffler flange but it has a crack at the cat flange. They did a temp fix just to quiet the car up for me but a new cat pipe is gonna run me around $420 installed and the complete exhaust is going to be around $600. Now granted this was at Monroe Muffler but it gave me a good idea of price. I cant really afford that so I wanted to see if anyone might have a good used exhaust they want to get rid of.Or know of a cheaper place to get one?? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!

My 92 Loyale 5spd FWD gets between 38-40 mpg and has 184,000 miles on it.But I leak oil from probably every orifice that these cars can leak from:) at least mine will never rust underneith.

I had a 90 Justy about 7 years ago....mine was a FWD 5spd....thing was great in the snow. Mine was rust free and had 85,000 on it when I bought it for $500.I put a clutch in it and the typical axle shafts.I used mine for a delivery car and it was great..at around 98,000 miles though the lower bearings started to go in the motor...which I was told was common on them...dont know though.I gave it to a couple kids to take out into the woods and finish it off ..as long as it went to the JY when they were done..I should have mentioned ..it had a run in with a deer on the highway one day..needless to say..the Scooby won!But those kids got a good 2 weeks of playing with that thing before they blew it.

I think your scooby was talkin to my scooby!!! The 13 year demons are starting!! You know the ones that possess your beloved car when it hits 13 years old. On my way to work at the Native American festival ( I happen to be an injun) here in my area of CT, the exhaust started to fall off. No signs or nothing this car was soo quiet as of yesterday.Waiting for it to cool off then I have to crawl under it and see if I can rig something up for now.

MMMMMMMMMMM...Middlesworth!!!!! And cant forget Amish Potato salad... When I lived upstate NY first time I went to grocery store I asked for it and they looked at me like I was outta my mind.