nipper

Could be a few things. Since its a 2.2 we will rule out a HG for now. Sis you have the proper freezing protection in the coolant? There have been a few posts on the lists the last week or so with people who got caught off guard by the super bitter cold. When was the last time the water pump was replaced? Freeze out plug? Leaking hose. I would suspect a leaking waterpump. nipper

Ok i thought i was the only one nipper

Ok that explains the high prices. nipper

Yes. Get under the car and check the connections to make sure. nipper

This sounds alot like a typical over tightened belt. Belts fo wierd things in extreeme cold and may have made things worse. V belts are differnt from flat belts in thier requirements. nipper

i never heard ot the glass requirement before. I know in NYS its not anywhere in the inspection manual. If your carb came with it or had a glass filter from the factory it would be OK nipper

i was wondering that myself... nipper

And glass filters really arent needed anymore. Fuel is extreemly clean these days. Just replace a standard filter once a year. There are way too many filters in this car. Are you sure they are all filters? nipper

Yup. nipper

i did a google on maynooth, and it comes up Ireland. SO the price is not out of line, especially when you conside he needed a turbo too. If he was using 4 liter of oil between changes, it sounds like it is an operator issue,as he should have taken the car into someplace to find the cause od the oil consumption. nipper

is this an automatic ?

He was just unlucky. This happens on bigrig diesel engines too on occasion. What happened is that the bearing failed, and wiped out the oil seal. The oil got sucked into the engine and byrned (and should have made a ton of smoke, doest he ever check his mirrors?). The car sucked all the engine oil and eventually the engine oil light should have come on, which i bet he didnt see. On a Big Rig, since they burn oil to run, they get a run away engine they cant shut off and have to wait for the engine to self detruct usually (run out of oil). Did he do regular oil changes? nipper

99 doesnt have a cable (at least thats what my books tell me) Merry Christmas nipper

how long you own the car? The dead spedo tells me that you have lost both VSS sesnors, which are in the transmission, That will make for no AWD and wierd shifting. nipper

hrmm any CEL or ABS lights on the dash. Any flashing lights on startup? Did you hit anything or run over anything?

what year? nipper

i love grand experiments

techncially it may work. In the real world i dont know. Differnt torque curves, stall speeds, power curves. Will be interesting to find out. nipper

PS how many miles on the car?

Purge flow sensor has malfunctioned. Can you go to another autozone or someplace else that reads codes for free? nipper

What they both said. nipper

Sounds like you have a broken CV joint internally. Its a common thing to happen, you just need a new axle. nipper

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA nipper

NO HINTS! thats cheating hehehehe

SUbaru says front wheels only. nipper