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The engines are all the same in all countries, not sure about the 2.0. www.cars101.com will tell you about the engines, but it is safe to assume after 1995 they all are (even if they arent) I thikn the 2.2 was starting 1996. I think the early 1995 plus were built in the US using engines and transmissions from Japan. I don't know if they still do, but that is why they are all the same.

I blew a headlight. I like silverstars by Sylvania. Now they have a silverstar extra. Personally I think they kick but, a bit pricey, look for them ont the net. The cops here are failed equip ungry as even fixed you still get hit with a 15.00 processing fee. I have had them in for four days and three times i got flashed as if my highbeams are on (they werent) So they kick rump roast, but I have to wait now for a thaw to check the alighnment. the last time I checked they were fine. I do love them at night.

Welcome. Sounds like one problem is the resistor that softens shifts may be open. It is under the battery I do beleive, but I may be wrong. The manual will tell you where it is. How to pull codes http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=81497&highlight=Transmission+codes But if i had to gues, it sounds like it may be the MAP sensor or the throttle postion sensor as they both help the tranny know when to shift. Subarus shift hard naturally, especially the 1-2 shift, thats why the trannies last the life of the car.

Then i am going with the Engine Temp sensor, though i really really do no believe in cleaning O2 sensors, I think that is the issue, but a CTS is much cheaper. Since I do not have the car in my driveway I cant tell. NO I change my mind, lets replace the front O2 sensor. They wont always throw a code if they are getting sluggish. Have you put a scanner on this to make sure it is going from open loop to closed loop?

Aproxamitly? You do the gallons purchased divded into the miles driven. We havent mentioned the obvious, my fault. Tire condition and pressure? WHat has the air temp been?

I still cant find my leggo book Everyone is shooting at flies here. Everything grounds through the tank. The light reacts much quicker then the gauge does (pump has its own circuit). The light operates by sensing the tmep of the fuel around it, in theory the fuel is colder then the air in the tank 11 months out of 12. The colder it is outside and the longer it is cold, the less acurate the light is, the inverse in summer. The sensro is a thermister so it is not just as easy as putting a ohm gaunbe on it. BTW OHM meters may be inacurate, but they are good enough for 98% of the people that use them as there is a relativly high tolerance built inot non-military specs. I would just put a jumper from the tank itself (sealed of course) to a ground and start there.

Do another highway run (pure highway) and a purely mathmatical MPG figure. Try to stay around 60-65 (over 70 the MPG really takes a dump) and let us know what you come back with. At 18mpg on the highway, you should be getting like 10 around town. You would be seeing CEL lights and smelling rotten eggs or unburnt fuel etc Since you have plenty of power I am going to discount the collapsed exhaust pipe. Hrmmm ......................... How old is your clutch?

With what?

I dont know where you are from, but it is 105,000 miles in the US. 60,000 miles is reasonable for the fronts, the rears can go twice that unless you always carry a load or tow a lot. DO NOT ask them for a definition, let them show you and ignore what they tell you. Make up your mind, a reasonble person can see when there is alot of pad left ot too little left. Actually screw it go to another shop. Non dealer.

Anytime you have zero brakes there is a danger. It is considered zero by some when they get down to the audible warning. Others consider it zero when the rotors get chewed up. Ask the delaership/shop to show you your brakes on the car to help you decide. The sooner you replace the pads less likely to damage the rotors. We all know "next week" turns into "next month" ...

Thermostat?

The spark plug bucket gaskets should be replaced with OR parts when the valve cover gaskets are replaced, just an FYI. Have you done the water spray test? Check or temporarily run a ground from near the coil pack to the battery as sometimes a bad ground may do this.

CHnage the PCV valve. You may feel it is unaceeptable, but it is well within limits. Realize you are not BURNING oil, you are consuming oil. In todays engines oil is used to cool the piston skirts and under the pistons. This oil gets vaporized (As it is desgned to do). There are quite a few things that affect this. This is why everyone chould check their oil level once a week. The one thing that really bothers me is the 1999-2000 and i think 2001 with the delayed transmission engagement. Head gaskets i can live with, that i can't as i know all transmission places are con artists, especially since it can be fixed without a total rebuild.

Look in the owenrs manual it may say.

We passed like ships in the night.. Is there any oil on your sparkplug boots? And replace only one part at a time.

Only a temprary fix. If the wire insulation or boots have broken down, it wont help.

I would skip the 2010 for now. They are still having teething pain. Some of those i add up to being picky, others are real issues.

No. they use the ABS/tone ring sensors for input.

i do not see a pcv valve (just a good idea to do it every three years), fuel filter, ignition cables, and i will assume the air filter has been done. I am sticking with draging calipers, and my second would be a dying O2 sensor. How well is it starting in winter ?

Vibration in drive Axle replacement Axle Replacement Joint (that was all done for the search) How in heck can it be related to brakes when stoped? If you do not want to listen to us, and ignore all the threads on this subject, feel free to throw money at your brakes. Check the tronsmission mounts. How old is that replacement axle and where did it come from. Since you have not used the search, I will explain it one more time (I wonder if this is a sticky) but not in great detail. Axles are rebuilt all at once in a factory. They tear things apart and throw them in one crate for processing. They check the dimensions without really knowing tolerances. The cages and balls are replaced at this time, and again, they do not really check tolerances. This affects the required free play to keep the engine vibrations to be transfered to the car. Why in drive? Because in drive the drivetrain is connected to the engine's torque through the transmission and transmits the engine vibration through the axle to the car. Side to side mount engines do not do this because they rotate around a axis in the drivetrain. On a subaru or anyother for-aft FWD car, the rotation of axis is 90 degrees from the driveshaft so it can not freely shake in a way that it can move freely. Some axles are better then others. Autozone uses the same rebuilder as subaru does for axles that they do not rebuild anymore. They are done in mexico but the do subaru axles aside from other axles. This does not happen in manuals or in neutral.

Find another shop. You have a stuck brake caliper or calipers and may be missing the anti-noise shields on the pads. They also may have used crap pads.

Put the cat back, as that is rarely an issue, and will usually result in rattles and a loss of power. You can not clean O2 sensors, you replace them. They are not meant to last forever. The front one is OE the rear can be generic. In the future do only ONE thing at a time as it makes it tough to diagnose. The front one does all the fuel manegment the other checks the cat. Do not do a laundry list of items like listed above, that is just throwing money away. Start with a good tuneup and the O2 sensors. Use OE wires and OE recomended plugs. How old is the timing belt.

I came close once. It wasnt moving water just drains overcome by the downpour. A chool down the block that i went to as a kid. I kept going and going and then water was over the hood, but the bow wave was keeping it just below the wir intake under the hood. Then the SOB in the freaking blazer decided to go opposing me, I wanted to kill him. Luckily I got through it with the snorkus doing its job, but never again.

how many miles when was the last tuneup whenwas the airfilter last looked at are the axles original