Phishnoob

Thanks a bunch! I'll button this up on the weekend.

Trying to get a 94 Loyale sorted, and about finished. My ladyfriend had this parked with only 130,000 miles. Took about 20 minutes to pull the PB Blaster soaked bolts and hangers and drop the exhaust, and installing a whole new Walker system from Rock Auto. I noticed a vacuum line (plugged with a golf tee) off the transmission and have no idea where it goes. Also, there was an O2 sensor and if someone could help let me know where to hook it up that would be great. Thanks, Perry

I work at a place that is 4 10's (which as a manager is really 4 12's) so this will have to wait until Friday. I'll check fuel pressure and report back. The filter is pretty new, but the rest is 20 year old original. An airtex fuel pump is 138 at Rock Auto, and other brands are a hundred bucks more. Thanks for the inputs!

Last year. I can check fuel pressure if necessary.

My fiance's Loyale was not running at135K miles, and did a lot to it. Specifically for running, the idle air valve and throttle body were replaced. I jumpered out the EGR valves with straight vacuum tubing and installed 10W 33 ohm resistors to clear the check engine light. Rebuilt the entire throttle body with a kit from Rock Auto. Cap, rotor, plugs and wires all replaced with high quality parts, and running NGK copper plugs. The car idles well, but still seems to be a little rich under accelleration. When the engine is still warming on our cold mornings, there is a dead spot at 45 mph and the car doesn't want to go faster. The car feels too fat all the time, and not really running at the right ratio. Any ideas?

Just went through all this. New ignition everything made things better. A new throttle body from a car at the junkyard fixed it more. I had a check engine, so replaced both EGR solenoids with 33 ohm resistors and ran a vacuum line bypassing each of the two solenoids. The car as of yesterday runs perfectly now. The check engine light never came back. If you do have the solenoid valve code, then I'll help you out on this with info and pics. Those cost like 90 bucks each, and the junkyard just had crappy ones to swap out with my crappy ones.

Finally got Demonica, our 94 Loyale, running perfectly with no check engine lights. I tried swapping out the solenoids for the EGR twice with junkyard parts, and it was to no avail. One thread had a mention of using 33 ohm resistors, so soldered and heat shrinked that up to the connectors and plugged them in, and then put new vacuum line in completely bypassing the two EGR solenoid valves. Aside from needing a little bit of throttle to keep the car running for the first minute on a 25 degree morning the car runs perfect. I cleared the codes and no check engine light came back on even after a couple of long test drives. Is leaving the vacuum lines in place with no EGR valve a better method than just putting plugs everywhere? I can live with the cold start if everything else is perfect.

Spent the last few months getting my 1000 dollar Volvo dialed in, and now it is time to get the Subie, Demonica, completed. My early on experience with Subaru was not a good one. My first year legacy caught fire and burned up on the freeway after the dealers complimentary first oil change with less than 4000 miles. Anyway, enough about that. My fiance' had an old 94 loyale that was not running. I put in a relay due to the ignition switch wires being there, but not able to carry enough current for the starter solenoid. Lots of trips to the junkyard later, the MAF, inlet plenum and idle control valve were replaced to get it running. Also, the ignition was replaced with new cap, rotor and wires/plugs. A stereo and decent speakers were also added. Also, the car was used for storage by her kid, who also did lots of his own mods like having a wire hang out the front to pull the hood latch. Now it is time to get rid of the check engine light, rich running and ugly paint and dents. I am looking forward to gaining experience and sharing things that go well or not so well in my driveway. I am planning to keep the Loyale forever as there are only 130,000 miles on it. At any given time there are six of these at the You Pull and Pay lot.