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its winter, everyones gas milage takes a big dip. Between the longer warm up period and the winter blends of gas, you have to ride it out. Even without winter blends and the tranny delayed shift, ever since man has made internal combustionengines, cold engines use more fuel till they warm up. Fuel injection has helped, but its still just one of those facts of life, like death taxes and rust. nipper

Make sure the HVAC drain is clear. Also check all the body drains and make sure they are clear. nipper

Do you have a sunroof? nipper

correct. nipper

Do you have any idea why you have burnt valves? nipper

its a thermisotr in the tranny so that wont work. Also it aids in the engine warming up faster for emissions. All cars do it so just something to adapt to. nipper

It was probably too cold for the AC to come on. nipper

Check for oil leaks and greas on the exhaust system. When you back up you drive over your own blue cloud. nipper

What was the temperiture outside. Usually (some are higher some are lower) below 35 they dont run, as the air is do dry that there is no humidity to remove. nipper

Thats what im having. SO question is, what do we do about it ? nipper

Well just make sure you use the proper loctite. get the wrong color and it will never come off. nipper

repeat after me .. KISS K(eep) I(t) S(imple) S(tupid) its a good thing to learn (didnt mean to call you stupid but thats how the acronym works) nipper

A bad Booster will make the pedal incredibbly hard and increase braking force, and stopping distance. You have to rule out the booster before you blame the master cylinder. From having both go bad, ild rather have the booster fail then the MC. The MC can be goofy, from intermittent no pedal, to a normal pedal and nothing happens, to pedal to the floor. a Booster will be fairly consistant. nipper

The aluminum in the block is weaker then the bolts, so you have to work awfully hard to stretch them, so you dont need to replace them. If you want to, DO NOT buy bolts off ebay. There is a lot of counterfit bolts out there that don't meet specs (thank you china). Also you have to remeber that there is a weird torquing pattern for the heads from subaru. If thats not followed that will give problems. nipper

less people want to borrow your car nipper

im wondering if there is some condensation freezing in the booster due to a bad check valve. at 202,000 miles i wouldnt begrudge my car a check valve failure. nipper

when in doubt, start cheap. Go for the valve first. nipper

the wire that comes out the back of the gauge cluster. Any wire with a connector on it is a pigtail. nipper

It's a higher tech sham then whats on ebay. though i am surprised the Summit is carrying it. nipper

"This one-of-a-kind Model A uses a pair of Subaru 4-valve twin cam heads welded together. The engine makes almost 300 hp and is in Doug Eyres’ 831 roadster." Granted it doesnt say wrx. nipper

Oh ok so your doing exactly what i attmepted to do. Let me know how it works with the pigtail. Otherwise the gauges just plug right in. nipper

It must be contagous. Usually i use the remote starter to warm the car then take off. Today i was too far from the car to do that at my freinds house. It was 22 outside. I went to make a 3 pt turn, and Blu's (97 obw 202K)brake pedal was hard as a rock and took two (human) feet to stop. AFter i backed up, it was fine. I'll have to see if it does it again nipper

Replace the cap with OE and watch things. nipper

care to share a pic of his gauges? I am curious nipper

If its cracked it has to be replaced. Being cracked will affect its function, not enough to throw a code, but enough to affect performance. nipper