nipper

there is this thing called google. It's wonderful. In other words, there is too much listed to post a link. Google vw 1.8 sludge and read. This is not the worlds best kept secret. nipper

PS A good battery can recover from being run down over night or a few hours, depending on how far down it was drained. Thats why you would show 14 voolts till you ran it down again. Just get a aftermarket battery gauge if you dont trust yours. Amp meters just tell you the flow of electricity, not the state of the voltage output. Ideally you should have both, but its not needed. nipper

Cars will run with a dead altenator. They run off the battery untill there is no more power. Don't run a car without an altenator hooked up for any length of time. The batery light in GM's tend to be useless. In subarus you may not always get the battery light (or be able to see it when it first starts) but you will see the brake light. MOst cars will have the brake light and battery lights come on as they are grounded through the altenator. If the altenator is undercharging, it will be dim, if it lost a diode (or thre) it will be brighter. There are lots of threads here on "why is my brake light on (and or abs and or battery) " . My honda and datsun were the same way. and tsktsktsk not watching your battery gauge. nipper

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=77668&page=2 nipper

In general, the higher mileage the tire is rated, the harder the rubber. nipper

The original poster said its a 4wd loyale, so we ahve to go by what he says ... http://www.cars101.com/oldsubaru.html#1992%20Loyale also says there that its push button on the fly 4wd. nipper

Didnt someone here not long ago make a mustach bar to lower the diff and the suspension (or did i see it some place else). Then they were able to put much larger tires on the car. I could have sworn i saw it here. nipper

https://www.subarugenuineparts.com/oe_parts_cat.html its straight forward. Dont read the manual, it just unscrews. nipper

One of thr front o2 sensors? If you have more then one you prbbly replaced the wrong one. If you stil have the old one swap them. Also did you use an OE sensor for the front? The rear can be any generic sensor. nipper

hehe that would have been my 2nd choice. Just replace it, as where they are they dont come loose. You can if you want just disconnect it and then plug it back in to make sure that the connection isnt dirty, but usually it is waht it is on that code. nipper

at 191,000 miles, yes in a way i do, and the new pistons, and a new crank, and i can go on .... and no Blu never needed HG's technically. It was what was attached to the HG's that went bad. :-p nipper

Step 1 start car Step 2 drive to autozone (or some other chain store that does free scans) Step 3 go into store and tell them your CEL is on Step 5 tell us the codes Does that help nipper

Jack the car up on that wheel and physically shake the strut. It can be the strut or the tophat. I hate noises. They are so hard to diagnose over the net. nipper

rear bushings or a broken strut? nipper

http://www.sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=6083i like this idea, moving the hvac controls nipper

I thought on a loyale it was on the rear. nipper

well Dont do that :-p nipper

The only thing i've seen is when the car gets in a spin in the snow. There has been suggestions about putting (throwing) the car in neutral while recovering from the spin. The other thing ive seen thats been recent is in very low speed conditions on ice/snow while braking to put the car in neutral. This way the abs is not mistaking wheel slip for engine input. Otherwise you just drive like normal. nipper

I call that driving in a neighboorhood with stop signs. nipper

How is the carrier bearing and transmission mount? Is your 4wd working, meaning disengaged. nipper

correct. The car will run another 100,000 miles sounding like that. Some cars have it far worse, where it actually effects engine life. Its a function of a short piston skirt (reduced engine mass, etc etc). you can experiment with differnt oils to see what quiets it down. nipper

HAHAHAHA i was so clsoe to saying i want one nipper

Plastic radiators have been around for quite some time as weight and cost saving measure. ALmost long enough that somone must have come up with a fix by now (aside from dont drop them). nipper

The new computer controlled trannies do away with a lot of the parts that would cause a tranny to fail. The govenor (replaced with the VSS), modulator (ECU input) and most the valve body (solenoids) are gone. Clutch bands are disapearing (replaced with clutch packs). The basics of automatic trannies have been around since the begining. The model A ford had a planetary gear set. Those three pedals on the floor were for the brakes, low and high gear (press it in you were in low), and reverse. Throttle and ignition advance were on the steering wheel hub. http://www.barefootsworld.net/ford-t-4-beginners.html nipper

no bumping, i just got notice the thread updated :-p I cant tell from re reading the posts, is this 4wd (press a button) or awd. Auto or manual? Is the clunk hollow or solid sounding. Do you have a LSD? Yes you checked the uni's properly. You look for movement in the x and y axis. There should be none. What kind of brakes are on the back of the car and how old. If you lightly apply the parking brake, does the noise go away? nipper