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This is a problem with remote entry. We all do it, even I do it. We dont use the locks so they seize over time. You need to spray the cylinders with a penetrating oil then GENTLY shock the cylinders with the key in the door. Have a duplicate set of quality keys handy just in case. Try each cylinder eventually one will loosen up. I went through this with my 97 when the battery died. You can possibly reach up and pull the hood release cable. It may take multiple attempts, and use a good product, then after that use lockease to lubricate all the rocks at every oil change.

Should be fairly easy as opposed to a V engine.

I would bet it is as simple as a bad cable. The cable does have a boot on it, but when that rubber boot failes, salt and stuff gets into the cable and snap.

Go back and check your work on the calipers. 199 this car is old enough to need front end work. A bad bushing can cause this.

Did this start suddenly (when you changed the cap) or did it slowly creep up on you?

I have had a bracket break on me, but not a cable. When I did remove the cable, it was pretty worn. This does happen from time to time, but it is rare.

Coking can come from several sources. -One is never chaining the PCV valve. If you have an engine that tends to coke you should replace it once a year to be on the safe side. -Reduce the oil change interval from 7500 miles (or more on some engines) to 5000 miles. The oil itself may be fine at lubricating right up to and past 7500 miles, but the additives have broken down. -Try a hotter spark plug as you may not be burning off the (normal) residual oil left on the valve stems. This is a problem on direct injection engines especially (Subarus do not do DI). -A different brand of fuel (stop using the cheap gas). All gas is the same but the additives are not. -You may need to actually press the go pedal to the floor once in a while (highway on ramps) to help clean out the carbon.

What is your oil change interval and how often have you changed the PCV Valve?

Not in 99.

Damn I am rusty, your right. I blame allergy pills.

Have you thrown a vac gauge, or done a compression test yet? What are you calling a distributor ?

If it has no distrubutor (which it shouldnt) it has coil packs, which are waste spark systems. In a waste spark system the coils will fire in pairs, hence 1-2, 3-4. It gets a little confusing, ignition order (firing) is as you said.

Heat shields? How old is the fluid in the transmission? Before you start swapping major parts, lets do some more diagnoses, inspection. If it changes with speed but not with gear selection, it can be a diff that is dry, a diff bearing etc. Does it also make the sound in reverse?

This sounds like it may be a tired display. on my 2005 OB sedan there is the trip computer/clock combo with a illumination button and a + - to set the clock. On an imprezza I am not sure how the display works. Do you have the owners manual? The display is just low/hig and not variable.

Or you can do what I did, have one shipped to a friend in NJ and pick it up.

AWD cars need to have four matching tires, equally worn, same brand. Google, search here, look at any AWD mfg site, they will all say the same thing. Newer outbacks are far more tolerant of a mismatch, but a 99 will not be. Also a sily question, why not rotate your tires yourself ?

But it will it will in some cases very quickly.

I would replace both pigtails to start with, as they are known weak spots in subarus. Electrisity does strange thins. The load is after the switching source (in this case a relay). Without a wiring diagram cant tell of the weirdness off the top of my head.

The cylinders fire 1-2 and 3-4. If both are not firing on the same side, look at the timing belt, has it jumped?

Three years and how many miles?

Not safe to drive in rain, could be a lot of fun in the dirt. You would be stressing everything from tires, to cv joints, driveshaft and transmission mounts, not to mention the diffs and the transmission itself.

It is a sealed unit filled with silicon fluid. Save your money as the fluid never reaches it.

Manual transmissions are far less forgiving then Autos when it comes to torque bind. How many miles? At this point there isnt much you can do as you need a center diff or transmission.

My owels are gone!!! Oddly, when I got my engine rebuilt (blown head gaskest at 200,000 miles) the dealer rid my car of the owels. Now I am wondering if what I was hearing was coming from the heater core.

I got a wrong part once, they quickly resolved the issue.