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Yep, had it floored the whole time and it stayed in 4th, even shifting it to 3rd would only work half the time.

:-\ My 02 outback, when under load going up hills, Mind you I-70 at the Eisenhowser tunnel and other mtn passes, will sometimes downshift and other times will not shift at all. I had seen on a other tread that someone got around this by taking your foot off of the gas and then back on the gas, a sort of de-revving to get it to shift. Has anyone else ever seen this and is there a fix????? Thanks!

Sorry about the description, but it was on the intake side, where the air first hits the filter. Thought that may have been very odd for it to be on that side of the filter. but it may have been just the dirt and dust hitting the filter on that side, sticking to the oil soaked areas making it look worse. Thanks for the info!!!

Took my 2001 outback into the dealer for the "free" oil change, when changing the airfilter, noticed that it had oil all over the intake side of it and the inside of the filter case had oil in it. looks like it was coming from the engine breather hose? Looks like they over filled the oil when they cahnged it. what else could cause this???

Good Deal thatnks!

thanks for the info! they are a little wider but i was wondering if down the road i may be doing any damage to the drivetrain?

Just purchased a 2001 outback and was thinkin gof getting some snow tires for my commute to Aspen. Looking at the tires it currently has a noticed that it was running 235's instead of 225's is this a bad thing??? Thanks!!