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Try and beat this! Subaru 360 with auto drive! Subaru 360 with the "sports package" looking at the video i think the leather gloves may have been a factory option too. We all know that when you drive with leather gloves the car handles better! Wait out the first minute

Ok when people start replacing parts blindly I back out of a thread because it just introduces way too many variables. Good Luck

Your freinds car does not have the same exact issue. If you can push start his car he has spark.

Lets get out that ol meter and see what the engine temp control sensor is reading when it is cold. Good news is this can be done inside the house in the freezer if you want. You can watch it as it goes down in temp, especially if you have a digital thrmometer to tape to it.

The otherhalf has bought a hyndai SUV thingy new. I hang my head in shame whenever I get in it. It has more room then his 1998 CRV (old gal had 260,000 miles when traded in, repairs cost more then a new car). Odd thing is Blu at 270,000 miles aside from the bad rack and exhaust hanger rides just as well and has more power. At least for now B;u doesnt have to take those long fast raodtrips to Cjicago anymore.

Sure make it difficult. OK will have to test things the old fashioned way. Unplug the O2 sensor and see if it is giving false data.OBD1 works the same way as OBDII as far as open loop and closed loop.

I can see that, leaning out too much throwing off the O2 sensor

Does starting him count? Justy sat for 2 months in bitter cold weather and a blizzard. Took more cranks then i expected but it ran fine except idle is 1500 RPM.

I repeat, vacume gauge? Do that before a compression test it will tell you where to look.

Lets stay with one car at a time otherwise we all will get confused.

Grrr i hate it when we are wrong. Check the crank postion sensor as that would keep the car from starting. It will make an AC pulse in a specific pattern. i think 1 -2-1-3 but i may be wrong. Check for spark. Check the fuel injectors. And sadly do all this wehn the car won't start. This is electrical and something is opening up a bad joint someplace in the cold.

"the belts seem to be tight" If what you think was true, he could easily reproduce it in his driveway.

only if it was "Lately, if I really stomp on the gas, a massive squealing noise comes from the engine and though the RPMs go up, the car barely moves"

The mode shuts off the alarm for the car wash, the mechanic, and the Valet incase they park the car with the keys in it.

One thing we have learned from Bugs Bunny DON'T PUSH THE READ BUTTON!

The no rust option?

There are no "Clutch Tests". There is just one to see if the clutch is going, and thats when a car can move under it's own power. In essence everytime you step on the gas and your rpms go up and the car does not go faster that is a failed clutch test. That screaming noise you hear is what is left of your clutch destroying your flywheel. Thats is metal against metal noise.

You fried your transmission. With fluid that low i am surprised you have any of the clutches functioing at all.

It is an alarm. Someplace on the car, usually the left kick panel shold be a switch for valet mode. This isnt the kind to push for valet, i have one of those in the justy.

Year? Mileage? Manual? If it is manual it is a fried clutch, if not we need to dig into it more.

Dealer or not, they all have "boat payments" Find another shop as they are awfully high. Exhaust leak should be fixed because the way subarus are set up, the HVAC will suck it into the car. Most likey it is the flex joint or a gasket. Mine was the flex jont and I had it welded.

So your brain had pre-ignition? and where is my coal!

You had way too much Christmas cheer. that year doesnt have one (I have one parked infront of my house so you can trust me on that)

Gross he is way over that 100K warrenty. 1800 somebody is behind on his boat payments. What source for the replacement parts have you used ? The fuel smell I would just replace all the little rubber hoses. The alt, well they get tired. The cat? How was that decided, I woudl have replaced the O2 sensor with an OE one first and see what happened.

hrmmmm For giggles chek the alt output. What is the temp outside. WHat happens if you disconnect the fan switch. Is the radiator flowing properly