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A catback, ya I checked youtube and it sounds really good. I was just wondering if anyone had some first hand experience with a borla exhaust. Do you think this will give me any more power?

This is the only bolt on exhaust that I could find for my legacy. Does anyone have this exhaust on their car? Cost is around 500 bucks.

Hi so I have a question about my air filtration system. I have two air filters, one on the left side of the engine bay where the air comes in, and then one on top of the engine in the filter box. Is this how it is supposed to be? Is this reducing performance?

When I put in my clutch it squeaks, all the way in and all the way out. I sprayed the spring where the pedal is with WD 40 and it had no effect, does this mean my cable is going out?

nevermind figured it out, thanks for the help though! Im gonna try and JB weld the thing back together if not take a trip out to the junkyard.

alright thanks for the help! where is the lock nut on the adjuster at?

In my infinite wisdom I was attempting to tighten my drive belts but I was tightening the wrong bolt and the guide that it was in snapped... Have no idea what it is for. I have a 1999 legacy with the 2.2 and the bolt itself is pretty long a couple inches. In this picture it is next to the AC condenser (to the left and below it). You can see the bolt next to the 2 other bolts there. At the bottom it snapped the guide that it was sitting in. What in the world did I break??

The code went away when I cleared it for the first time, it hasn't come back since, sorry I should have clarified that.

I cleared the CEL and it was for a knock sensor, I moved it up a bit to where the clutch cable goes by and that diminished the lag a lot. Going to move it to another place if I can.

I dont know I was not the one who rebuilt the engine, I do know that some new valves were put in though. Could this be the problem?

The code was for a knock sensor, I cleared it by resetting the ECU, there is a noise with the engine but it does not come up every time. I can only hear it while it is idling and it is very slight, could this be piston slap?

nevermind it started back up again. could it be the rebuilt engine? everything just settling in still?

solved the problem!! I just moved the knock sensor to a new location. Its nice to have a car that finally has some power! Thanks for all the input!

It has new everything, could this be part of the ecu? Everytime I reset the ecu it goes away for a little while and the it comes back again.

I dont what the number of the code was, someone else hooked up the reader. K thanks ill try it without the gasket underneath.

Nevermind did not fix the problem, does anyone know what the torque is on it?

I put the small gasket back on today and it seemed to fix it. It just worries me that it thinks that there is a knock.

the check engine light was on before then I reset the ecu, and installed the new sensor and it was torqued down to the correct amount. Could this be part of the ecu relearning timing?

My wagon has some leg in accelerating. It is a stick and around 2,000 rpms there is a lag, it does not want to go any faster. To me it feels like an auto tranny not wanting to downshift on a hill. After 3400 rpms the leg is gone and the power is back. It has a completely rebuilt engine, seals, gaskets, a new crank and one new rod. I found out the answer to this problem and it was the knock sensor. Below the knock sensor someone helped me place a small donut shaped gasket and this immedialetly fixed the problem. I just got a new knock sensor today and thought that it would solve the problem for good but it is back. The homemade gasket is not underneath the knock sensor. Has anyone had a problem like this and could it be part of the rebuilt engine?

awesome thanks for the help!

Does anyone know a good aftermarket exhaust/header combo for the 2.2 liter?

ya the previous owner did not change the oil, just lost its lubrication. thanks for the replies.

So it seems like I might have stumbled upon a really good deal. The only owner of this car did change the oil and he spun a rod bearing. So the guy who is selling it to me bought it from him and took it back to his house. He is in the process of a complete rebuild. New crank, new valves, new clutch, seals, gaskets, he is doing everything because why not? Hes already in the engine. He is a super good mechanic and I trust his work will be better than any old rebuild shop. The car 70,000 miles on it, standard transmission, exterior and interior are in super good shape 10/10. He wants 5,000 for it which to me seems like a screamin deal. What do you guys think?

Hi so I am looking at a 1998 outback limited with 130,000 miles on the engine it has a new timing belt and the head gaskets were replaced. I haven't gone and looked at it but from the pictures the exterior and interior look very nice. Is there anything with these outbacks that I should look for? And are they good subarus? heres the link to the ad, http://bellingham.craigslist.org/cto/3652754862.html

Its just a fuel system code, Sometimes in the mornings it starts and then sputters out, i have to goose it to keep it going, then I let it idle for a couple minutes and its fine.