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Generally anytime you work on a car ALWAYS roll down a window

Yes you can have issues without thoring a code if it is still working but just getting lazy. It is almost sounding like it is flooding when cold. Where did you soure parts from. You may have to get a good scan tool for the day and read it and freeze the data when it does it to see what is going on.

Cant be as bad as some of them that say "replace crankshaft"

This leads back to the old observation, if it was fine before the work was done, and now it is not, it is the work taht was done that is suspect. The true test is go out and buy a 19.00 vacum gauge and put it on the car and see what it is reading. http://www.classictruckshop.com/clubs/earlyburbs/projects/vac/uum.htm Just telling someone to replace a part (which BTW is prbbly old enough to be replaced) without checking the original work is foolish. Cam to crank ratios are 2 to 1, so it is very possible to have one of the three cogs off and the car run where it seems to be running well, but if it dumped the mpg it is not running well.

The fix for steering wheel shake in 2011, this can not be cheap for subaru. http://pipecluboflondon.com/Subaru_Outback/SubaruTSB06-48-10R.pdf

4. inspected pan and saw a dent it took a really hard hit of some kind. this car was not loved. i wonder what else is broken.

And here i was trying to be nice...

There has been more then one that has gone down this path before. Hopefully it is just a fuseable link since the battery was weak.

With that kind of mileage on that engine, i would not put any more money into it. The failed headgasket may be ebcasue of an issue on the block and not the head. i would just find another used engine.

If ypou can get a hand on a FSM from the net you can find it. You just have to trace down where the connector is. Usually these things are in the center of gravity of the car, inder the console usually, but I can be wrong. I don't have a imp FSM on my hardrive, so there should be one out there someplace.

Yes.

This is how i got my justy. Bring a can of gas. Expect the car not to idle (if it does that is great). I had to drain out all the gas and rebuild my carb. The motor oil may have gone back to the original dinosaurs and plants it came from. The justy had the most putrid gas i have ever smelled in my life. I siphoned it out, replaced the fuel filter (twice) added a bottle of fuel conditioner, replaced the carb and that was good. I had to replace the front calipers and rotors since they were fused together. It was amazing that the car moved at all. I rebuilt the rear brakes just due to age. I added fresh radiator fluid then all was good. I was surprised from him sitting for so long there were no other issues. Pretty much the fuel system will be clogged and the brakes untrustworthy.

The light flashes 16 times to indicate that there was an electrical fault in the previous operation of the car. It is not uncommon to have a wire get crushed when servicing them.

You wont find out anything without driving it. I wonder if the Duty C is flaky too. I suspect this tranny and car were slightly abused.

Head gasket. remove the radiator and flush that out first, as that gunk when it hits the air can clog the Rad. Do a compression test 1st. This will tell you if there is any internal damage. Do a wet and dry test. This will check to see if the piston walls are scored. Heads will have to go to a machine shop to be checked for flatness and have the surface finish restored.

Thats been true for ages, a poorly running engine will screw up a tranny shift points.

4 drain and fills change out all the fluid and all you have to do is run the gear selector through every position and count to ten at each one. ANother good thing is to do a drain and fill every other oil change and that keeps it fresh.

Our 2nd virgin?

www.cars101.com has alot of that maint info too.

Nope. Either the fan runs or not. If it is a short there would be reasons to check your fire insurance. It's your alt.

IF the EGR send a switch like signal it could really care less. I am not feeling well so I do not remeber how it sends a signal to the ECU.

(ssshhhh we don't want to scare him yet)

There is always one who's car decides to drown

Maybe the fuel formulation? The engines come from Japan, as well as the transmissions for the years affected.

Odd, i have never had this issue after lertting the car sit for ten minutes. You should replave your PCV and check the hoses to make sure they are clear no matter what, as if there is oil burning this can cause it.