nipper

Here is what you do. Temporarily hook up a test light from the post on the starter that comes from the ignition switch. If the light lights up and the car doesnt start, its the starter or battery cable. If it doesnt light up its the ignition switch or the neutral saftey (inhibitor) switch. Thats really the only way to be sure. nipper

1- depending upon driving habits etc 19-29 seems the range, a few get higher, get lower then 19 ans it needs to be investigated. 2- Its actually a heavy car with 4wheel drive, large tires, and a 4 cylinder engine. 3- SUbaru is a free breathing engine. There are cold air induction units, but you cant go cheap on them. Buy the wrong one and it makes more headaches then its worth 4- Make sure all the tires are inflkated equally. Alltires must match. If you drive on the spare you need to install the FWD fuse under the hood. Change tranny fluid and antifreeze regularly. Driving on mismatched or a flat tire can harm the AWD unit. Change the timing belt at the recomended intervals, since its an interference engine. do NOT EVER over heat the car. 1- There isnt one for the 2001 yet, but a haynes manual will be about 80% correct from the previuos years. 2- 105,000 miles and you do the waterpuump, thermostat, cam and main seals, and reseal the oil pump, replace the tensioner and inspect idlers, then your good for another 105,000 miles. PS car is bullit proof if you take care of it. It can be abused but those are the points to know of. welcome nipper

Since ol blu and i are going to run away for a month (i'll have a laptop with me) i've been updating the car. Ive got my trip computer, i installed an autodimming compass temp mirror. This is going to be a coast to caost drive, since ol blu got a tuneup at a clean bill of health the other day. Now I am looking for a rear fog light (yes i love night driving). I cant seem to dinf anything JDM or otherwise for my 97 outback that i like. i know the Euro reg is it has to be mounted 100 cm from a break light, which is fine. I'ld like to get something that is OE like if that even exists. i know my 87 had a spot to install them. Any idea?

Actually trust me i would have been the first one go off on someone if this proved to be anything less then amusing. I am actually impressed with how enlightened and tolerant everyone is nipper

hehehe beware, as you dont know who is who on this list .... so the color rule may not apply nipper

At that low mileage the car needs a front o2 sensor, there is noting wrong with the cat. nipper

SSSSSSSSSSoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo you just outed him then

your a lesbian Well i hate to tell you, every single product that you have bought since you got your first penny has been marketed towards you. And before then it was marketed at your parents for you. You cant escape it... nipper

and Brucey is fomr WV and HE has heard of it such sheltered lives..... nipper

thats it the oil seperater plate, or in my world, the plate thingy nipper

my fault i got the conversions screwed up http://www.subaru.co.uk/IMGGB/WWW/Subaru_co_uk.nsf/NULL/58B0A0D97E381DAF8025706500316B64?Opendocument which is 50,000 dollars US but once again, that considered a high price for the UK, where deisels are available, and cars as low as 10,000 British money thingies Outback is considered very upscale in the UK nipper

i didnt even think of that, thats what i get for hanging out in NYC all my life. dual range transaxles.... nipper

there is a really bad joke in here someplace .... maybe thats why they got rid of the D/R trannies..... think about it ..... nipper

In the UK a outback is almost 50,000 pounds sterling, hence its a rare car. In the UK a car can be had for 10,000 pounds. Look and see how much they are in spain, which is a euro country, they are cheaper then the UK. nipper

Hate to tell you this, but its been a known thing for at least ten years... here in the north east we call foresters lesbian cars. Not to start a political war, and i wont respond so lets not start one, but they are a small mfg and need a niche market, and arent stupid . nipper

It shouldnt, but since you have a odd problem there is always a first time. Transmission is pressurized except for the pan. The front diff is not. A seal can go nad (extreemly rare) and allow for it to happen but you would have tranny fluid in the diff too. nipper

It's much easier to remove the engine since this car is not on the road yet. Replace the following Water pump cam seals main seal re-seal oil pump timing belt timing belt tensioners Since it sounds like this car has not had a easy life, also the timing belt idlers rear main seal That silly plastic panel un the bellhousing (if its metal your ok) Thermostat - subaru CLean out the radiator oil change tranny flush This sounds like a lot but its not. Do all these and your good for another 100,000 miles

How does it beahve in very tight turns. You really need to get this thing looked at asap. If its a failed AWD system, your daughter may find the car impossible to park since it wont respond properly. The failed AWD unit is the most common cause, but it can be any of the other 5 solenoids in there. nipper

I had a fairly bad breaking vibration and slight pulse in my front end (i knew what it was, broken belts in the sidewalls). Since the tores only have 3000 miles on them i was hoping a tire rotation would take care of it. It did. nipper

Now just keep an ear on things for the next month. If you make it through the month, then your golden For the record there are two vlaves in the tranny, one is a spool valve, which we cant get to, the other is the Duty C Solenoid, which we can. The Solenoid controls the torque split by cycling on and off very quickly. The other valve regulates how much pressure is applies to the clutch packs. This allows for more slippage at low speed, and less at high speed. nipper

Darn such fatalisitc atitude, if it isnt broke dont fix it. Preemptive HG surgery is silly, sonsideinrg only 10-15% of them have HG failures. This is an announace leak. Since your not hugely versed in removing the engine (its not that hard) i would wait until its time ofr the timing belt etc etc etc, unless the leak gets worse. If it does get worse, then do all the timing belt stuff at the same time you pull the engine. nipper

are you sure its 34, and not 35? Water temp sensor is easy nippper

you dont need a scanner for that. 90% of the time its a lazy O2 sensor. Also even if it is not, your going to replace the O2 sensor with the new cat anyway, so you really dont loose any money. Also you can rent one from autobarn for a few days that will show you real time nipper

not really. When people put in non OE T-stats it can happen too nipper

they can be converted? who does that? nipper