nipper

try creating the leak at the power brake booster and see what happens. Not all vacum lines are equal. Do a compression test. How old is the timing belt. nipper

If you manage to pull the codes, ill bet you its telling you your Duty C is begining to fail. The new fluid prbbly helped to degum and lubricate the solenoid, but it is starting to go. This is one of those things that you fix now, or end up buying a clutch pack along with the solenoid. nipper

You may just be hearing the pump from the tranny, which is normal. Take a wooden dowel. Put one end to suspiscous areas, the other ned to your ear (or cup your hand around the end and put your ear to that). This is the the worlds best stethascope. nipper

They do have a common power, but its common to all 4. Its sounding amore and more like a mechanical issue. Since the plugs are wet, we know fuel is getting in. The odds of two injects leaking are very low. nipper

There was a new HG out in 2003. I think your blaming subaru for a dealers error. The dealer should have sent back or trashed all the old stock, instead he decided to use it. Many people here have had the HG issue resolved and a handful had them fail again. Causes were 1- not milling the heads (very impoortanat even if it looks fine) 2- Using non OE parts Subaru can sell the deale as many new HG as they want, its up to the dealer to not use the superceeded design. This is a dealer error. nipper

CLASS! You have forgotten the basics ... Do you have all the tires properly inflated. Do all the tires match .... Then move on from there. Without that no matter what you do it doesnt matter. (now go flush your tranny). nipper

Then you can use a sert of charts ( google) to figure out what pressure your running by what temp your putting out. Better off using gauges though. nipper

All you need is a gauge set and a thermometer. So your running a mixed system? nipper

Anyone get instructions yet? nipper

SO how old are the fan belts? nipper

You need to do a evac. Also your direr may be harmed as they really dont like being exposed to air. nipper

nope. They fire 1-2 3-4 with 1-3 and 2-4 on each side of the engine. nipper

I disagree :-p . The system was opened, and as a licensed AC tech, with (i am going to assume) a used compressor, he needs to evacuate it. I am curious, how long did you have the dead ac compressor in the car, and how long was the system open for. nipper

i LOVE the dohc engine, but if i had a choice of HG issues to have, il'd take the external leak. nipper

you ARE going to send the heads out to a mchine shop to be checked for flatness and to be resurfaced yes? Personally, I would have a valve job done too, so yes. nipper

He is going to have to look in his owners/warrenty manual(propaganda) to see what it is for his car. That must have been a recent change, as i s see the super low emissions are now 150,000 ( i think, im not awake yet). That must have been the trade off. nipper

DId you use the proper pressure gauges? Did you evacuate the system? nipper

Wow we still have them? ANy ot them are good on the strip. Novak in Oceanside isnt bad either. The really big junk yard is long gone though . nipper

NY Sate there is an implied 30 day warrenty, DOuble check that, but that would cover the car (r at least there used to be from a dealer). nipper

http://www.cars101.com/subwarr.html Or maybe not, Seems things have changed . I could have swron cats were 100K. First thing to do is unbolt the cats from the engine and take a drive around the block. If you notice a differnce its the cats. Next is to hit a COLD cat with your hand. If it rattles its dead. nipper

With something like this step one is a tune-up. plugs, OE wires, fuel filter, pcv valve, air filter. How many miles and when was the last time it had a tuneup. What specifically was/is the code thrown. nipper

If your cat is clogged it will be covered by the 100,000 emissions warrenty. nipper

Thats an idea. With the engine running, use a spray bottle filled with water and see if there are any RPM changes as you spray all over the engine. Pay close attention to the side with the bad plugs. nipper

Soobies want the plugs that are recomended for them. If I remebr correctly its not the bosch. They are very picky about this and ignition wires. The spark system is a waste spark system. This means that 1-2 and 3-4 always fire together. Get the proper plug. If its running badly it should throw a code, get the code read. This will give us a better idea of what is misbehaving. nipper

Speaking from the OE perspective, there is a huge counterfit hardware probelm out in the market, which isn't getting addressed (yet). OE doesnt do 100% QA testing, and buys hardware on certificates. Three guesses where the counterfits come from, and the first two don't count. Very few fasteners are made in the US. Even Boing's dream liner got caught by counterfit fasteners. nipper