nipper

Well i told my partner i was not thrilled with diriving 8 hrs for a brunch. So we can still keep our fingers crossed. When Blu goes in for inspection in Aug (while he is distracted) I may take a 2010 for a test drive. I just hope I can get that new car smell off me.

There are several style of CVT's, subarus is the first to use a chain. As an engineer i find it fascinating, but I also wonder about wear, since chains, well, do wear out. I also noticed in the cut-aways there is a cansiter type filter in the transmission. If I had the money I would go make a deal on a 2009, but they can be had for a song right now. nipper

I've been thinking actually, by the time i get to buying a sparkly new subaru, a Imp may be the same size as my outback nipper

Thats such a false comparison. Your "old ones" do not hvae to deal with 2010 crash standards (including the new roof standards), nor meet the same consumer demands that there are today. nipper

Neither do I, and the new outback is actually shorter then the old outback. nipper

Use anything BUT Fram. nipper

I am not sure if i am reading this correctly, but if your using a sooby LSD, it is not a clutch type, it is a viscous coupling. nipper

You need to put the pump back in and use a pressure gauge. What was the initial prblm that got you to the fuel pump? nipper

Just lurking. Subsince have you tried seafoam? nipper

Get your car the hell out of there. General rule of thumb, If you were not complaing about a leak, it wasnt affecting performance, there is no rush or need to do anything. That wet spot could have been there for many many miles. I would just monitor the leak as it may be such a slow leak there is no reason to touch it. The tranny pans whenever they are removed, if not done right, can leak far worse then the original leak ever was. Try tightening the valve covers first, as they can work loose over time and cause leaks. Do the valve covers yourself. You may want to do plugs at the same time. For the vavle covers use subaru parts and bucket gromits. nipper

Join this group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/subaruvanagon In the files section they have many many work arounds for the VSS. nipper

MAke sure its a OBDII-CAN ready, otherwise its can only be used on pre 2007 cars. If you just want one for that purpose, they should be some good cheap ones out there since they are outdated. nipper

picky picky picky

Even though normal practice recomends resurfacing the heads to get the proper sealing finish on them? nipper

How many miles? Check the obvious things first, like loose vacume lines. Does it idle at all? The exhaust sound like rotten eggs? How old is the timing belt? When was the last tune-up? nipper

Sounds like a little minor surface rust building up over night. nipper

COuld be an exhaust manifold leak, can also be the front sensor. The easiest thing to do is check the electrical connections at the sensors to make sure they are tight. Unplug them then plug them back in. Make sure nothing is broken. I lost a rear o2 sensor to road debree, so it happens. nipper

Remove the access panel, then below it is the tank. Don't loose the very itsybitsy bolts. You need to wiggle the passenger side out and rotate it 90 debrees to get it out. Its not fragile, but be nice to it. and no nipper

Or maybe "gee he's not that bad"

Is it possible that your gastank is getting pressurized, and the only place for the gas to go is out the canister? If this is so (and I think it is) this is a dangerous thing. Check your vacume line routing. I dont know this year well enough to know the vac diagram off hand. nipper

It's where I get all my parts that arent needed ASAP. nipper

and far less conservative. But ive been pushing this point for 2 years now, and sometimes, well, ya got to do what ya got do. Hopefully there will be a bar nearby after "brunch"

Of all the places I would rather not be ... Seems like my partner wants me to meet the inlaws (this goes under becareful what you wish for...), so I dont think I can go to CT and VA at the same time. nipper

Ford 500 AWD Mercury Montego AWD Saturn View AWD Toyota HIghlander Ford Escape Hybrid Audi A6 Audi A4 Many AWD and many much heavier then the sooby. Though the one on thier I would least trust would be the saturn. My only question is can it hold up to 300,000 miles of driving. 100,000 is acceptable for the avg car (though 160 is expected). But for a sooby it has to be 300,000 miles. nipper

Justy CVT was a completly different animal. Usually the issue was the brushes failing on the wierd powdered metal clutch they used, the trannys themselves would keep working. The CVTs in the Prius are reaching 100K in the US. http://wikicars.org/en/CVT There are quite a few out there, though i will say subarus being the first to use a chain will be interesting to watch. nipper