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Any time you post anything, we need to know model, year, engine, transmission, and mileage. Without this we can't really give you specifics. Flashing lights arent to be ignored, but they can also mean alot fo things, from an engine miss, to a worn timing belt, to indigestion (the car not you). And welcome. nipper
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in 1999 and part of 2000 there were bad batch of seals it seems. This is a common issue for these, years. Thats actually the best and first honest price i have heard for this repair. Usually they just quote a tranny rebuild. If you see enough of these things, you dont need to run a diagnositc teste, as its just a waste of time and your money. They were doing you a favor. If the tires are falling off, you dont need to do a diagnostics test for it, same for this. Take a page from the Head Gasket book. Nicely contact subaru. Tell them your the original owner, that a subaru tranny should last the life of the car, how you want your next car to be a another subaru, but now your doubtful. I actually wil tell you you have an honest dealer there. Be nice to him. nipper
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Do not lug the engine, you can destroy your connecting rod bearings this way. The engine isnt built for it. As a car ages, it may like better ranges of fuels. This is not unusual, but if you sit down and do the math you will usually find it doesnt pay. Blu hates the cheap wierd brand gas, as his mileage takes a huge dump with them. Fuel does need to meat a specific standard, but some fuels are much better then others. nipper
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And pawn shops are in season now i have a hand held cobra unit which works very well, and never had an antenna tuned in. nipper
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Well americans want cheap cars with lots of power, and thats the tradeoff. Tming chains are noisey, heavy and expensive, belts are cheap and light and quiet. Every year we want more HP that most of us will never use, just for bragging rights. So there has to be more vlaves and more compression in a tight little space. Then throw in emissions and bingo. Only so much you can do in a little space, and it all has to be timed properly. BTW this is not a new thing, interfernce engines have been around since the 60's. There is a return coming back around to chains, but thats more because of emissions then anythng else (since they are going to tighten up again). nipper
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Torque condition fault, i am not sure what that is. It may be the speed sensors or the torque converter. I am not sure if this has one. Good news is that its not a duty c solenoid issue. I have problems beleiving its a bad harness. Is there another dealer you can go to to get a second opinion. Or if its a damaged harness, you should be able to see it. The price sounds excessive, but usually subaru is pretty good with diagnosing tranny issues. Maybe try unpluging and then re plugging in the connectors at the tranny. If you search here there is a method for pulling the tranny codes so you dont have to keep going back to them. nipper