foureyedbuzzard

Thanks. Sounds like I should make sure the wind is blowing away from the house!

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to start, as mentioned, with basic tune up and cleaning of sensors etc. I've read about similar vibration problems before but never saw "the cure" posted. That bothers me a little, but, then again, if she wants to vibrate all the way to 300k I'll be happy. Oh yeah, forgive my ignorance, but what is sea foam?

Hi all, Have a question for anyone with some similar experience. Car is a 1998 Legacy Outback, 2.5L, Auto trans, 113K miles. Timing belt was SUPPOSEDLY replaced at 90k(I'm not sure). No maintenance history available. The engine has some light vibration (not enough to spill your coffee, but noticeable) when idling, and this vibration / shaking increases noticably with rpm especially in the 1500 to 2500 rpm range. The vibration is not readily apparent while driving, though with snow tires on all fours it's somewhat difficult to tell. The car is also quite difficult to start when very cold - it kind of chuggs to life after prolonged cranking. I have read other threads here and on other BB's with the following answers: 1) Camshaft timing off 2) Injector fouled / fuel management problem 3) Ignition, plugs, wires, coil... 4) Head gasket leak 5) Short skirted piston design 6) Broken/bad motor mount 7) Some subbies simply vibrate and some don't (yeah, BUT WHY?) Any help appreciated. I'm thinking of starting with ignition components, and perhaps moving towards the injectors / fuel system and then timing belt(properly positioned? Thanks, foureyedbuzzard

No. Too dark and cold(northern NH) - and late for work. I'll check later after work. I almost hope it ISN't anything that simple! Incompetence and sloppy work irritate me

Hi all. I just had a local shop replace the right front axle seal(it was leaking on the exhaust...). I picked the car up, got a mile down the road and had terrible vibration and thunking in the right front. Returned to shop which was already closed for the evening(nice of him to test drive his work- huh?) Any ideas on what the tech forgot to tighten or what he may have damaged while replacing the seal? Thanks.

Alas no, this is a used vehicle with 70,000 miles. Do you know if tranny failure is soon to be my predicament, or will the delayed engagement simply persist as an annoyance without getting worse?

Hi all, I'm a new member and a fairly recent first time SUbaru owner. I'm having a similar symptom with a 00 Legacy GT wagon. Auto trans doesn't engage in drive( it does engage in reverse right away) for about 3 - 4 seconds or so. It seems to kick in however if you give it a little gas. The idle also seems too low by about 100-200 rpms - reads about 500 on the dash tach. Any thoughts?