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Flush first. If flush has no effect, then you have a deeper issues. The clunk may also be as simple as a bad tranny mount, or if this is AWD a bad universal joint. Dont adjust the brake band, as you need an inch-lb torque wrench to do it properly, and with the typical svx tranny issues, will not have any effect. The brake band would not have any effect on 4th gear, which may be the begining of the end. In any case, you will need to add a aftermarket cooler and tranny filter to avoid the SVX curse.A temp gauge would be a good idea too. good luck. nipper
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Fuel vapor separator--maintenance item?
nipper replied to subaru86's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
The charcoal canister is made vor vapors, not liquid. Getting liquid in it can cause engine flodding depending upon how the system is set up, or you can saturate the charcaol and it will basicaly turn to muc and possibly clog the lines. nipper -
Occaisonal Heat Issues, beach driving, EA81
nipper replied to Mikldom's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Can be tired fans. nipper -
Low Voltage Gremlin, EA81, New Alternator
nipper replied to Mikldom's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Also at 8 volts you would barely be able to maintain spark under load. nipper -
What he said. Removing the pan just makes alot more headaches. Do four drain, fill, then drives. This circulates fresh oil through the transmission. 1-drain 2-fill 3-start car and put the car through each gear selection and count to 5 each time. 4-drive down the block then repeat. Lets see how that works out. nipper
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Low Voltage Gremlin, EA81, New Alternator
nipper replied to Mikldom's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Take a jumper cable and go from the (-) term of the battery to the engine alt body and see if that has any effect. Where are you measuring the voltage? WHat is the battery voltage when the car is off? How old is the battery (a old battery can kill altenators). I also had something like this on my 87, and it was the electric cooling fans. The bearings in them were shot, and drawing too much current when on. nipper -
Yes i did read silly. Cats can handle oil consumption surprisingly well. The O2 sensors don't like though. What cats can't handle is ra gasoline. When you burn oil it all does get burned (for arguments sake). If the light is off, see what happens. If you Bang the cat with your hand and it doesnt rattle (when its cold) then your cat is fine. It's possible the O2 sensor has cleared itself up. On a sooby an O2 sensor can go bad at any time over 80,000 miles, but more typically its in the 180,000 range. nipper
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awd question
nipper replied to pamike's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
Its a duty solenoid. They are not "On" or "off" they are onoffonoffonoff many times a minute. As they heat up, if it has a problem, they can fail. Sometimes stuff breaks. At least they did the right thing. nipper