nipper

Are you replacing the lock cylinder or the entier switch? nipper

Yes how dare a part that has had a happy home since 1983 that sees extreem thermo cycling then has some fool with a wrnech dare to expect it turn balme the car for snapping. hehehehehehe Sorry no pity. Bolts rust, Exhaust studs go under extreeme stresses and get brittle. Exhaust studs break on all engines all the time, and some engines never. Also due to the placement of the studs, they get splashed with cold water when they are red hot. Sorry but i dont think its anyones fault but age. nipper PS you need a light engine on a small block when the car is tiny and its infront of the front axle. Just replace the stud. I've had it happen to me and never blamed the car before.

nah, 106,001 miles, then i cant help ya nipper

Yes it applies to used subarus too. Just dont go into the delaership or deal with subaru with flames shooting out of your ears. Kill them with kindness at first and usually you can get it done. I have assisted people in getting partial coverage up to 105,000 miles, but thats pushing it. nipper

Things break. That squeek could have been a bad PS pump bearing, and a sign of impending doom. Remove the belt, (prbbly a good idea to replace it) and turn the pump by hand. See if there is any resistance. Pumps usually dont go bad this early, but things happen. nipper

NEVER put a used part anywhere that is buried. For the amount of time and energy wasted, its not worth it. Has anyone looked at your tranny mount, or honestly looked at the AWD system itself. Can be that your housing is bad, clutches are bad. Take it to a delaer if you can, and at least get an opinion from them. There is more to the AWD system then just the solenoid. Good luck. nipper

Yup and easy enough to fix. nipper

I actually like your idea. nipper

You may have a rotted gas tank. Tire pressure is fine. Maybe the choak is stuck on. I mean this is increddibly poor gas mileage for any car. You must be driving to and from school in first gear at 40 mph.. nipper

when you get to E fill it up and let us know how much gas it takes, untill then we can't really have an answer. If you were actually getting 0.25 miles to the gallon you would have thick black soot, or the smell of gasoline right before the car catches fire from a gas leak. nipper

Yes. And maybe a new thermostat wouldnt hurt. nipper

I couldnt remeber if they were studs or bolts. nipper

Why not do something simple, When we get a really cold snap in NY (we do get them around zero) i would just put a piece of cardboard infront of the radiator. It works well. Yes you can remove the fan. but you will need shorter bolts or spacers to take up the space. You can also ditch the fan and put in an aftermarket electric fan. The fan clutches on these cars dont really look like they are working at idle, but they fubction at higher RPM's. Thats when the clutches disengage the fan. I think it may just be colder then the car was designed to handle, a small engine, decent sized radiator, and very cold air. Try the cardboard first. nipper

SVX have an acknowleged problem that has nothintg to do with the transmission fluid (and yet to see one make it that far anyway that was stock, I am sure there is always one). The material on the Torque Converter lockup clutch sheds. It gets into the cooler lines and causes the transmssion to over heat. Thats one of the issues. Another is passages that are too small. nipper

That is an old wives tail that drove old cars. transmissions have much better materials in them since the early 1990's. Blu got his first flush at 181,000 miles and survived. Lots of roos get thier first flushes (or at least first one in a very long time) with high mileage. If you look at all the boards in general, its rare to see a tranny failure on a high mileage car these days. It does happen as things do wear out, but not like it used to be, where a tranny was expected after 120,000 miles. Now they last the life of the car. Now if this was 1980-1990 i would have to research car by car, and pre 1980 would just recomend a drain and fill. nipper

Also note the condition of the plugs when you pull them out for the compression test and what cylinder they came from. If one is cleaner then the other, then you have a suspect cylinder. If two are cleaner then the other two maybe a bad intake gasket (which i am starting to like). Any bubbles in the coolant?

he said the tranny was flushed. silly person .... nipper

Oh im sorry, i thought you were in Canada. i ameven MORE amazed at the prices of things in OZ. The offroad board is located in the land of upside down and when they quote repair costs, i gasp. nipper

Its a sealed viscous coupling, just like the a LSD. It will give no warnings that it is in pain if there is a problem. Just like all AWD cars make sure the tries all match and are properly inflated, and it will last for a good long time. http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/traction/tech_traction_4wd_2.htm nipper

No needs to go to a dealership to get the codes, there is a process here (why pay the money). If you do go dont tell them to just pull the codes, Tell them your symptons and let them make a diagnoses (sometimes for that they wont charge). Or you can go by what i have to say. You have torque bind. You have all the classic symptons. No oil elixer is going to fix it. The flashing tranny light is going to come back as a failed duty C solenoid. Depending upon how long its been doing this, it wont pay to just replcae the solenoid, instead rebuild the entire system (but then again i am always amazed at how expensive things are in canada). You have less then 200,000 miles on the car, so a repair is doable, Over 200,000 or 800.00 US in repairs i would say look for a used a tranny. DO NOT go to a tranny shop unless you want a new tranny. nipper

As with anything else that involves a miss fire, very first thing is a full tuneup, then go from there. nipper

Well bubble bursting seems to be an in thing this year.... nipper

You could, as it never hurts, but odds are its fine. Sometimes they get hairline cracks in the coil towers, but replace only one thing at a time. DO a full tuneup first. nipper

Well before we go nuts spending money How many miles are on the car. Do you have any bubbles in the coolant Change the PCV valve and clean out the hoses. Get a compression test and pressure test of the cooling system. It's possible that the two are unrelated. nipper