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We engineers do that purposly to amuse ourselves. nipper

We dont call them well used, when it comes to subaru, we call them "just broken in"

Personally i wont do a HG job unless they resurface the heads. I have had friends do it and had to deal with comebacks. On modern engines its the surface finish that is just as critical http://www.aa1car.com/library/ic697.htm http://www.aa1car.com/library/gasket_failure.htm

WHen you have the Headgasket job done, the first thing you do is have the heads seant out to be rebuilt. The surface is remachined to the proper finish, then if necassary, also restored to the proper flatness. Also the heads are rebuilt which means a valve job. Between these two you are restoring and or increasing the compression to factory specs on 1/2 the engine. you have done nothing to restore the deal at the rings to refresh them. On a high milegae engine (which this is not) everything wears equally. Just rebuilding the heads and losing some material can push the compression up to where the rings may have blow by. If you are doing a HG job without resurfacing/refinishing the heads you may as well throw your money down the toilet, as it is only half a job. So yes it will raise/restore compression form what it was before the HG job. Just speaking form my 20 years of pulling a wrench and many years in the auto engineering field. nipper

Because its supposed to be a cheap RWD sporty car. RWD is actually cheaper to build then FWD, and it does have its advantages. nipper

The reason i ask is because when you do HG's on a high mileage engine, you raise the compression slightly. If there is over 160,000 miles on a sooby, I try to stear people to another engine. I dont want to hear that they are buurning oil, 100,000 Km = 60,000 miles ? Also if the engine has been overheated repeatedly a compression test will tell if the cylinders have been scored, as all of them would be scored if the engine was cooked. It sounds like you should be OK. Remember to change the oil after the engine is all together.

WOW holy siezed engine batman. An entire qt? Somehow i dont think that has any real lubricating properties. ALl that does is swell the material the seal is made out of. It is almost impossible to seal a rotating seal once it starts to leak with a simple additive. nipper

Ford rangers seem to run on duct tape and chicken wire. Nissans and toyotas do well, but I wonder about thier part costs. Rangers and Mazdas are the same. nipper

A more important question, how many miles are on the car? Have you done a wet/dry compression test to try to gauge the health of the piston rings?

i'm just running stock size tires, as i dont have the bucks to experiment with tires. nipper

What he said, and most likely just an O ring. The hoses and dryers rarely if never leak. nipper

agreed. nipper

It couldnet hurt. And you only need to disconnect it for 30 minutes (its alot less then that but a 30 minute interval is just a good time span to use). nipper

The newer is a little heavier then your old one nad has larger tires. Also i do believe it is drive-by-wire which do have a lag for fulll throttle (it's getting better and toyota was the worst). The best way to deal with it is to manually downshift if you need full throttle. There may be a re-flash out there for ecu/tcu but I cant seem to find one. There may not be much you can do about it.

Thats lift blocks. nipper

Step lights are the lights at the bottom of the door panels.

WOHOO DIRECT INJECTION http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/18/toyota-subaru-fr-sports-car-code-named-086a-will-include-direct/ :banana::banana: nipper

Put the fuse back in and start pulling bulbs. See what happens. Are you the original owner of the car?

Mr Bubble is EVIL! lets hope this has cleared up nipper

You get what you pay for off of ebay, let the buyer beware, and dont come back here whining if it doesnt work, doesnt fit, or doenst look like the one that came off your car. Just a PSA. nipper

It doesnt matter if it is one or four or 16. One still means both heads come off and you do a valve job, especially at 160,000 miles. nipper

Have you physically looked at them both, to see if they look the same? nipper

I would make him an offer and snag it. SUS's are so hard to find. It needs a valve job most likely. The TB change was probably because the engine was running a little off, and they may not know the history of the car, so they blamed a loose TB. Lazy or underskilled mechainics can make bad judgmensts sometimes. nipper

A compression tets or a vacume gauge can tell you. nipper

Ah yes, how short peoples memories are. Selling used cats is illegal because people were STEALING them off od cars in dealers lots, driveways, parking spaces and selling them on the used market or to rare metal recyclers. nipper