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IN the lower gears its hard to pick up. I have flet it in third, and occassionally in 2nd., but since we pass through those gears for the most part, its not needed. nipper

Well you know once the water pump mechanically fails , the timing belt is still going to fall off (And probably get damaged), just there will be no engine damage. Of course waiting for a tow truck may not ne the best thing to do either. And with the holidays coming, murphies law will apply. I ignored one of these in a nissan once, and it took all of 10 days to go from leak to parts (of the water pump) all over the road. Just an FYI

Water pump. They have a weep hiole in the bottom. The coolant travels inside the covers and leaks out where it finds a gap. DO NOT IGNORE THIS! On interference engines, you loose the waterpump (wait till failure) its as bad as breaking a timing belt. nipper

They are adjustable. BUT You need an inch pound torque wrench to adjust them, and sometimes its not worth the effort. I am going to replace my TPS first to see if that helps before i mess with my tranny. nipper

Why do you have to make work for me I was more then happy living with this thinking it was the 210,000 miles on blu but noooooooooooooooooooooooooo you just had to go and post a reasonable explination no for you (and this will have to wait for when i get back from chicago) nipper

hehe they may have thought that they did it nipper

Sadly any new car in the last 10 years are susepctible to HG failure. SUbaru for the last 3 years have been no worse then anyone else. Only way to avoid it is to get a v-8 or a inline 5 or 6 cylinder. Personally i think they have gotten it so that they arent that bad anymore. When you make 200,000 units a year, its going to happen. nipper

Sounds like you may have a broken throw out bearing in addition to the slave issue. nipper

cool. Its sounding like the rings are stuck then. nipper

For a while there everything was starting to look like a camrey. Now everything is looking like a ford focus. I saw a new Honda CRV, and at first i thought it was some sort of focus based ford SUV. nipper

Same thing is occuring on the Yahoo lists. Remeber, if the original part lasted for many many many many miles, its actually cheaper to buy the OE replacement in the long run. nipper

I had a non outback legacy, and i liked the looks (otherwise i never would have bought it) so :-p i dont like the new legacies and outbacks so check the grudge nipper

Thats sort of odd. nipper

Yes it was corrected. nipper

Wow. Today I saw a 2007 or 2008 black 5 door imprezza wrx. It had vermont paper tags, surfoboards on top, and was here in NY 3 miles from the beach. The fact that none of that made sense to begin with should have clued me in to the twlightzone this car was from. At first I thought It was a new hyundai. Maybe it was the fact it was black, but it looked tiny, and just ugly. Maybe its just me, maybe it was the color, or maybe just the twilight zone. nipper

I dont see anything mentioned about an RX in this original posting. Do what you wish, good luck, im unsubscribing from the thread. nipper

You really dont want to do that. First there were none available. Secondly with a heavy AWD car you want the power assist. The PS pump really doesnt use and HP when the car is going straight. It uses the max power when your turned to full lock. If you are in need of all the HP at full lock, you may want to get the car off the dirt track your driving on :-p nipper

there are a few things to do, mine has yet to fail me. Start the car with the cap off. Open the bleeder on the top of the radiator. Turn the heat on full with the blower on high. Wait for the car to throwup some antifreeze (this is the T-stat opeining). Top off the cooling system slowly. Shut car off, close bleeder, put cap back on. Let car cool off (make sure the overflow is full at the hot mark). Once car is cool, check coolant level. Top off as needed. Replace Cap and take fopr a test drive. Usually you only have to do this once. A second time wouldnt be unusual. Also you can go to www.endwrench.com in the archives for another way to do it. nipper

I do that on occassion myself. If it does it again, we can staret to look into it, but it was probably operator error. nipper

two things to check. Check the charging system and all your grounds. If you can make it happen on demand, go to autozone and borrow thier scan tool. Watch the engine temp vs the gauge. nipper

Well first thing you need to do is get to an autozone and tell us exaclty WHAT the codes are. When you say the CEL is on and off, is it flashing, or coming on steady then going off. We will start over from scrtach. Did you have the timing belt replaced at 105,000 miles? When was the last time it had a tune up? nipper

If it makes you feel better, i paid someone to change my plugs. At the time i was recovering from back surgery, and they are real buggers to get to. no need for sooby fluids, excpet ofr the coolant (personal preferance) and you are getting that anyway. If the car did overheat, change the oil, if it idid not, no need to. nipper

Brakes pads, nothing wrong with subaru pads, they have lasted this long, so replacements would be fine. Never ever set foot in a transmission shop, evil places, they will suck your bank account dry. Why not do it yourself? nipper

OMFG 110.00 to replace something that is going to be sitting on a bench? Watch your a** with this dealership. With the heads out its a 5 minute operation to replace the plugs. nipper

Bad egg smell doesnt mean anything. Go to the aurtoparts store, get a 19.00 vaccum gauge (your ready to spend another 60 on plugs and wires, why not 19.00 on a gauge). Lets make sure timing is on the nose, the valves are seating, and the cat isnt clogged. Blu gets a rotten egg smell every morning, and just passed NYS emissions. If the car is free revving, has plenty of pickup, its not the cat. nipper