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Universal joints dont go in a sooby untill your way past 100,000 miles. i'm wondering if you have a bad motor mount or suspension bushing someplace. Maybe (longshot) a flaky IAC valve? does it happen uon a cceleration, deceleration or cruising. Does the angle of the road ahve any affect? What condition are your cv joints in? nipper

If it was a cracked head or block or bad HG it would do it all the time. At least thats some good news. COmpression test, then do a coolant system pressure test. nipper

look in my photo album. you can by a cheap kit from subaur (at one of the online suplliers) to do what you want. i got the kit and it was unbder 20.00, and it was OE. nipper

At idle its sort of lacking... nipper

That was true up till the mid to late 80's. Once fuel injection came about, that advantage went away. I personally owned a few 1960's cars that met 1980's standards. The only thing that was changed really was valve seats. What WILL happen is that a rebuilt engine from the the leaded fuel era will last 3 times longer then an original untouched 60's engine due to the removal of the lead. Lead was a huge cause of sludge in the engine back then. Now the cause is moisture, and it isnt that common (across the board). nipper

OBDI and OBDII were federal mandates, not just something the automfgs whipped up. OBDII LAW was specifically written with the corner mechanic in mind. OBDI was attempting to put corner mechanics out of business (that was not the intention, but the mfgs wanted that). Congress mandated a universal OBD system, not only for the corner chops, but so that the states didnt need 20 different inspection machines. There is an OBDIII being written up and researched, but thats just in response to newer emission controls and newer technology. That will be sidetracked now untill the green house emission limits are dealt with on passenger cars. Or so my SAE membership tells me. nipper

How are the intake gaskets? How do you know its burning coolant at startup? nipper

Usually if it throws a knock sensor code, its the knock sensor. Not all sensors can be tested with a multimeter. Ony thing you can check is to make sure its not shorted, but even that doesnt say anything really. Knock sesnor makes a very small ac signal for the ecu. Just replace it and it should fix it. nipper

someone always has to be a trouble maker :-p nipper

I would replace the starter contacts. They are cheap enough and easy to do. When you pull them out you may see that they need it anyway. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=75175 nipper

Go back to the regular air filter. The electronics really does not like the aftermarket air filters, as they allow oil and dirt to get on the sensors. Cars since the mid 90's have been enginered to get every bit of power they can get out of stock configuration. They breath very well, and anything that one usually does to try to improve something makes it worse. There are plenty alot of threads here of the aftermarket filters giving running problems. Firts step is to go back to the stock filter and see what happens. Hopefully you did not foul the electronics too badly. nipper

OIf your just having it swapped, any reputable full service shop can do it. keep away from transmission shops, unless you can find a mom and pop thats reputable. Chain shops are nightmares. nipper

Can be the contacts. Thats a not unusual sympton of a bad starter (contacts in a subaru), or a bad battery cable. nipper

Yes. Coolant fans need a hot radiator to work No water in the system, the radiator never got hot, fans didnt need to come on. The temp sesnor is in the engine block. Low wtaer your engine was running hot. Water carries the heat to the radiator and is the final link in this chain. nipper

Mine was 3-5 bars (NYC traffic with the ac on). I knew whne it climbed more then that i had an electrical problem. They are sort of dual purpose gauges that way. one time it was a bad fan motor drawing way too much current, another it was a bad alt. nipper

NO its not that fuel injection engines changed that, its the fact that 30 plus years of engineering, emissions and materials technology changed that. nipper

i dont know the location of it, but its sounding more and more like the main relay is angry. nipper

Blind guess, the one towards the front, thats where the pump is. nipper i can be wrong, just the hour is late and not too sure. nipper

Check the main relay, i bet its cooked. nipper

In the main fuse box there is a slow blow fuse in the starter circuit. I would check the fuse. I would also check to see if there is power going to that fuse. Do you have idiot lights on the dash board? Exactly what does and does not work nipper

You have a blown Headgasket. Stop driving the car. These engines do NOT like to be repeatedly overheated, as this can result in major irreparable engine damage. nipper

May be useful to get a vacume gauge on the enige too. that can tell us far more about the condition of the valves then just the compression test. I'm going to ask a silly question. Are you sure your not hearing the injectors clicking. Subaru injectors are noisey. If you think its valves, you should here the clicking twice as fast as the engine is running. nipper

if the weather is really bad i cant go , i'll be hurting too much nipper

Chain autoparts store. nipper