nipper

im looking at that, actyually i got them brand when i got the car. The first year i barley put 5000 miles on the car. Last year was 15000, this year so far another 7000, i have to inspect them. I should really look at replacing my front rotors, more then the tires. 80mph stops are unnerving. nipper

John thanks for the email

This is meant as a spare, so if its the same bolt pattern, yes i want it Actually it looking differntly will tell me there is a spare on the car Thank You. nipper

They make the car. You ask subaru they will tell you thats the spec. If someone wants to ignore it, its their wallet not mine. The subject of matching tires have been beaten to death on this site. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=18 Sorry i dont mean to sound short with anyone, but not having a good day nipper

i hate to be a killjoy, but unless its superdoublesupersecretcrossyourheartsecret .... there is no industry buzz about such a thing. nipper

Thats not an unusual thing to do. Mechanics will do that sometimes. nipper

Yes that is something to worry about. Sounding like a HG now . With those compression test numbers, if it was my car, i'ld look around at engines. Sounds like the rings took a hit. Lets try one more thing. Can you get a vacum gauge on the engine. Tell us what its reading, and what the needle is doing. nipper

Usually a knock sensro code means the knock sesnor is dying. Now if your AC is self destructing and making god awful screaching knocking noises, well yes it may confuse the knock sensor. Bad gas is a rarity these days, but it happens. ONe option is to unbolt (do not disconnect) the knock sensor and see what happens. i bet you need a new knock sensor. nipper

They are adding power for 2008, so if you can wait a little nit you'll be better off. nipper

Lets see how the cap works out. Personally i would be leary of putting a new HG on with that one weak cylinder. I dont think you have an HG issue, from everything i've seen. i think you had a cap fail. Now if you were to find a nother enigine, and start prepping that for the future, il'd go for that. 2.2L Dont usually get HG issues. The problem with the very begining of a HG issue is that it comes and goes in a subaru.

Seems like your rings took a bit of a hit from the overheat-stall situation. Lets just hope it is just a radiator cap, but all the wet numbers hould have come up. From what i can tell #3 has the most ring wear, and #4 has the most valve wear. As far as smoothness of the engine, all the numbers are good.

still waiting nipper

SUbarus respond extreemly well to regular tranny fluid changes. nipper

Yes

its not the nails thats an issue, but sharp gravel. My tires are at about 50% of life right now. nipper

Move the plug wires around, see if the code moves. If it does, you need wires. If not can be as simple as time for a set of plugs. how many miles are on the car nipper

I find the driveway works pretty well. people get upset when its done in the middle of the road nipper

No matter what, a tuneup is NOT throwing parts at the car, its a regular maint item. A smooth idle does not mean the car doesnt need a tuneup. You need to do that first. Your O2 sensor is over 100,000 miles which is there expoected life. They live much longer then that, but failing at around 80K on up is not unusual. After that you have a good baseline. Then we can look at other things. Has anyone pulled the codes? nipper

That is not the definitive test for a bad HG its more of a fail/maybe test. Sometimes there are no short cuts sometimes. I am not going to condemn a car (and no one should) on an assumption. Do the tests and let us know whats what. nipper

God what an uncivilized hour ..... nipper

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I'ld do a tuneup, plugs, wires, filters, pcv valve, front O2 sensor .... nipper and yes its due for a timing belt. nipper

replace them at 100,000 miles, unless your gas mileage drops or something else happens. Some people go 120K, but thats pushing it. Best time to do it would be while the timing belt is being changed. nipper

passenger or even loading on a properly inflated tire wont have an effect toi upset the AWD all that much. And if you read it its 1/4 inch of WEAR. Big differnce. nipper

i've been keeping out of this one and will so for the most part. But if it WAS possible, it would be a class action suite against all mfgs of AWD vehicals with viscous couplings. From subarus web site http://www.subaru.com/owners/carcaretips/index.jsp?pageid=tire&navid=TIRED_TIRES this may also be in the tire care guide you get with a new car. nipper