ShawnW

Don't worry about it. It will be fine any direction.

Photo? I can see what the junkyard has.

Convert from solid front rotors to vented. Convert disc to drums. I wouldn't bother with power steering if you do don't forget the thermostat housing, all the brackets and that your RH cyl head has to have holes or metal there to put them in. I would look for weber carb on all the import cars. Slanted radio console if you don't have that already Power mirrors are kinda nice.

I agree with all above saying it can wait but I would add a routine to your life that you might not currently have. Check the oil between oil changes. Everybody says they do it but really how many people really do?

Let me know if you need anything at the yards for it. Hitting most of them once a week these days. Congrats on the new winter ride! You seem to choose well for your drive. Do you still have the 5spd D/R Impreza?

As stated, a 2.5 SOHC doesn't. Don't try doing the job in car like some will tell you is possible. What is possible, and what is doing a good job are 2 different things here. Its very hard to get the block surfaces and the intake manifold gasket surfaces cleaned doing it in car.

Thats basically 3 hours of diagnostic time. That really isn't that out of line. Honestly if you can drive a 5 speed it might actually be cheaper in the long run to swap it over.

A Hydraulic system can also have a weak slave or master and cause it to slip as well.

It will work, you have to make the adjustments in the initial post of this thread.

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Or they will be covered in oil because your spark plug seals are toast too. I would do valve cover gaskets and seals, spark plug seals, spark plugs, fuel filter, timing belt, water pump, idlers, cam and crank seals.... In other words you are 4K overdue on the timing belt, likely working on a head gasket very soon.

This months winner is Jibs. I see at least a 5 Lug swap and I think theres a 2.2L engine in there as well along with a snowy patch of dirt to work on. It looks cold and the car still looks really good.

Nice landing for sure. Is Indy in the passenger seat laughing?

The bearing clearance might be too far out so it takes a little longer to fill the voids. I don't like that you are hearing noise before the light goes out either. That needs to be torn down and inspected in my opinion. None of the ones I rebuild do that.

I just bought a 4Runner this weekend at the auction by accident of all things. At the auction they had a 9 year old girl pointing at the vehicle you were bidding on. I thought I was bidding on the truck next to it and ended up winning the 4Runner. I ended up with a non running 1988 V6 MT one with 199K miles on it and it rather ruined my day until I put a battery in it and removed the 5 huge hornets nests from it. The silly thing fired right up and drove home without incident after sitting for at least 2 years. Temp tag expired in 2007, last oil change 2004! Lots to learn about this new to me beast. I had an 88 Landcruiser with the straight 6 but this is nothing like that so far except its the same color grey. I think I will fix it up and take it to Moab since that isn't a terrible drive from here in Denver. That or I will sell it and get another Subaru to go with the 4 I currently have.

Welcome. Yep that a RHD postal wagon. Getting quite hard to find and honestly I would recommend refurbishing it as much as you can and selling it. Thats a profitable car you have there if its not rusted out. Id probably put a low miles used or rebuild transmission in it, reseal the engine, upgrade the brakes to the Outback stuff at a minimum and go from there. Then sell it and get a LHD car with the money. I think refurbished that would bring 4500-5000 pretty easily as someone that does a paper route or mail route would love to have it especially up north in the snow belt.

Sweet ride! Its no surprise a 5 year old would love that car. Keep him interested the demand for good technicians is rising rapidly.

Looks like its a good thing you have the 5 year old to referee or will need that in the future. Kids are great but 3 little girls in the same house just sounds like a horror movie to me.

There are a lot of changes in the transmission I would get a 2006 as its the first year of the new fluid, the 5AT is available in that year as well. I wouldn't get an automatic trans with an h6 or a turbo car. I look at it this way. 1 high maintenence item per car. Either the engine with a turbo and a 5 speed manual which is durable, or an auto with the standard 2.5L SOHC engine which is great but plan on putting head gaskets on the car every 100K miles or so. Change the coolant every other year minimum, change the gear oil every 15K, change the oil every 3750....and well frankly your post count on the board won't amount to much if you do all that.

Have you tried calling the Subaru dealer?

Don't put stop leak stuff in that car. That engine block has oil squirters, a turbocharger, and a lot of other galleries that might not appreciate being clogged. Limp it the 30-40 miles after making sure its completely full of oil.

YES! A consistant coat of RTV on the engine block side surface like 1/8" thick at the most. Locktite the screw with the arrow. Im not sure why but thats the manual recommendation.

On the early 4eat like XT6, Gen1 legacy and SVX I remember seeing a gasket. The newer one, no gasket just RTV. Is the silicone they used an Orange/Red color? I use Fuji Bond Red for this and cure overnight which isn't necessary. The dripping is normal, annoying and only stops, kindof after draining for days. When I rebuild these trannys is the only time I feel I get a perfect seal.

I haven't seen him on here in years too. Is he doing well?

I cut a bunch of different oil filters in half a few years ago. I wish I had saved them but I will do the study again and put it on my website here soon. Basically it came down to how many pleats and how much filter media was on the filter, how well it makes contact with the engine block, and whether or not the filter had an anti drain back valve. The results were a little surprising. The K&N didn't score that high, the OEM filter was about 3rd best looking one if I remember correctly but at that time they had the black filters that were made in Japan. The new OEM blue ones are Honeywell made in Canada and pretty good but not as good as the older black version. Subaru had a white one for a while that was horrific and causing engine failures but it was short lived and ironically I think it was made by Allied Signal (Fram). As stated above size isn't even an indicator at all. Its what is inside the filter that counts. The winner back then when price, quality and warranty coverage are considered was absolutely Subaru. I don't care how many attorneys, labels on the box, etc say that an aftermarket is covered just as well as Subaru genuine oil filters when it comes down to it if you torque it properly and it comes apart interally I would sleep a lot better knowing it was a factory filter and that I could tow the car to the dealer and make them cover the engine.