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What no pictures? hehehehehehe nipper

Not strange, as they have all been in the car the same amount of time. nipper

Actually its any modern engine, overheating can go so terribly wrong so very fast. Learn to scan the dash board regularly, thats what the temp gauge is for. nipper

i love that key blank. So these will work in a Outback? I mean i have a remote, but that key was handy for a lot of things. What was the damage? nipper

There may have been minor tweaks in the engine as a whole, but i am not sure about the blocks. Nothing breathtaking stands out in my memory. If you are going for a CCR engine, it doesnt really matter as long as you order the proper year engine. I am sure someone will chime in and give more info. When in doubt call CCR as they know these engines inside out and can tell you for sure. nipper

I did not say it was subaru specific. thank You nipper

you can always call Emily (CCR) and ask PHASE 1 (Dual Overhead Cam): Used in: 1996 to 1999 Legacy Outback 1996 to 1999 Legacy GT 1998 Impreza RS 1998 Forester PHASE 2 (Single Overhead Cam): Used in: 2000 to present (non-turbo) Legacy Outback 2000 to 2004 Legacy GT 2000 to present Legacy 1999 to present non-turbo Impreza 2.5 (RS, TS, Outback Sport) 1999 to present non-turbo Forester nipper

Well with a new engine, the only PM thing would be a clutch if it was a stick, otherwise everything else is new. You may want to think about replacing the radiator, at the very least have it boiled out. Depending upon why it failed, it may be filled with gunk. nipper

Well start there, that bulb is burned out. nipper

Keep in mind that for subaru, and other car companies, this is all first generation stuff. Thge next generation may use an entirely differnt system. nipper

has nothing to do with cycling. It is the mass fo the car. It takes very little brake pressure to stop a spinning wheel, as opposed to stopping a car. Example (dont do this). Jack up one wheel and spin it by hand. Stop it by hand (carefully). Now Push the car to the same speed and try to stop it without using the brakes. Much more force is required. I hope that helps to explaine it. ABS and Traction control use the wheel speed sensor (along with some others, but we will keep this simple) to decide what to do. If one wheel is locked up, and the brakes are applied, it releases the brake untill it catches up with the others, then re applies the brake. If the wheel is spinning on acceleration, it can either apply that one brake, or cur the power output of the engine (for subaru it applies the brake i do beleive) Companies are getting away from playing with throttle response and using the brakes more. nipper

Cooked. He had no radiator fluid, but enough in the block. And it was a block that he noticed. Trust me, it had been pegged for much longer then a block. nipper

A bad relay ? Does the ABS light work? How can you tell its not working? nipper

There is nothing that honda doesnt patent nipper

Is there anything else your not telling us? I may change my mind and assume this engine has been cooked. Yes its possible. Is it likely, probably not. Only way to really tell anything is to tear the engine apart. Either way it sounds like this car has MAJOR engine damage of some kind, the kind that you dont normally get from a failed head gasket, without something else majorly going wrong (gee look at all the pretty red lights on the dashbaord, so chrsitmassy - wrong). You get hydraulic lock more often from driving through deep water. The dealer may be wrong in his conclusion, but maybe not on the symptons. nipper

They could but.... Its impossible to modulate a wheel with no traction. The wheel with traction has the mass of the car behind it. Once you loose that traction, you just have a spinning mass of 100 lbs, where as the brake system normally (for arguments sake) modulates a 800 lb mass per wheel. nipper

That is unheard of for a subaru unless the engine has been cooked. How did the dealer determine all 4 cylinders are leaking, usually its just one. If i was your freind, I would immediatly get a second opinion. Blocks dont warp usually, as they are too massive to do so unless, again, the engine has been cooked or frozen. Usual failure mode (again for a cooked engine) is the cylinder sleeves shift. If this is the case, a connecting rod bearing usually isnt far behind. Was there a compression test, a cylinder leak down test, a hydrocarbon test, or a vacum gauge hooked up to this engine at all? Grossgary, if it is all four cylinders low on compression, what you think about a timing issue? nipper

Ball Joints, Tie Rod, Dead Strut, Bushings, loose caliper. Does the car drift at ill when on a level road. Does it want to follow the rain grooves. How are the tires wearing? Jack up the corner of the car and with a friend shake the tire and whell, and watch the front end parts for play. nipper

very very very expensive unobatanium. That can not be a cheap "differential" There are cheaper ways to do what honda is doing. Honda is good, but they do tend to go just a weee bit overboard at times in the "gee wow" area. I wonder how well it scrubs off that added speed taking I80 across nebraska. nipper

So Gross you keep dismissing away my 30 plus years of pulling a wrench, and 18 years as an automotive engineer as not applicable. I dont mean to pick on you, but it does get annoying after a while. Do the research (as I have) and the higher the mileage on the car, subarus are not more likely to blow a headgasket then any other car on the road. Under 100,000 miles then you have a point. The numbers Do work that way, its called wear and tear. nipper

Computers are cheaper in the long run and dont care about mismatched tires or flats. nipper

A strut wont do that, but a broken spring or suspension part will. nipper

darndarndarndarn, i had a really good link that explained it, BUT it was one of those links that when you clicked it it didnt go to the same place twice. I hate some subaru websites. lets try this again http://www.subaru.ca/WebPage.aspx?ArticleID=460&WebPageID=4998&WebSiteID=282 towards the bottom it explains the AWD. nipper

Not what i was looking for but its close http://www.subaru.ca/WebPage.aspx?ArticleID=460&WebPageID=4998&WebSiteID=282 nipper PS hehehe while i was looking i found a forester site discussing rear diffs and LSD, and finally they said "lest just make it simpler and learn to use the brakes" hehehe some truth to that

The pressure to the clutc p[pack is affected by the duty C solenoid and the mechanical spool valve. The spool valve is directly affected by line pressure, and the operation of the Duty C bleeds off some pressure from the spool valve. I dont consider the spoo;l valve directly affected by the TCU. The spool valve can operate independetly of the Duty C in case of duty C failure. I found a back door to the endwrench drivetrain archives. http://www.endwrench.com/archive/sysdrive.html nipper