nipper

The sad thing is is that i know somone who does it, then wonders why his tires wear odd. From a common resevior (one for one line, one for the other) you have ONE brake line that goes into a "T" fitting. from there the lines have their other valves (proportining, brake failure switch).. assuming 4 wheel discs. Now if each wheel had its own brake line then the bleed one wheel thing would be valid. Since the "T" now makes front and rear joined, the front and rea have to be bled. Since he opened up both front lines, all four wheels have to be bled. Even if i just opened one line, i would still do all 4 as a maintanence item. This is not just something for the mechanic to make more money, as he charges the same for one as for four (he would never charge for one since it just is not done that way). nipper

do you just replace one shock on an axle? i can play this game too. It amazes me how people wont take an extra 30 minutesor less to bleed all four wheels . Every shop i worked in, when i was Automotive school, we were taught and trained to bleed all four wheels. Saftey isn't worth taking shortcuts. when was the last time you saw on a bill "replaced caliper bled one wheel" nipper

Personally i keep all of mine on the car. i laughed when the dealer told the previous owner 500.00 to replace them cause they were loose. nipper

Its always a smart thing to do all 4, especially if you are replacing a lot of fluid. For the extra 10 minutes its not a bad thing to do. nipper

Any work done to the car recently? also check the drain hose for HVAC box. If it is clogged, you can be collecting water inside there. nipper

The only ones that serve any purpose are the ones between the floor of the car, and the exhaust. Thas only if after you remove it you notice the floor of the car get hot. Otherwise dont park in tall grass or weeds. nipper

is there any pattern to it shutting off? Under any specific conditions? nipper

aside from the pitch of the noise, is it a whine or does it have some vibrato to it? nipper

I see absolutly nothng about checking ball joints, i would start there as these are all classic bad ball joint symptons. a 4 wheel alignment wouidnt solve alot of his issues. nipper

1-The car has a split diagonal brake system. left front/right rear and right front/left rear are on the same circuits. Technically you have touched the rear brakes. 2-The cap should could be either. With all metal master cylinders you would keep the cap off. With plastic resivours you can put it back on. The resivour should never be allowed to empty, and use new brake fluid. do not reuse the fluid that has been bled out. 3-You are done when there is a steady stream of fluid out the bleed nut. This may take a while so dont be surprised. 4-Pedal whould have pressure as soon as you are done bleeding. May take one more pump to fully seat pads and everything, but no more. 5-the bleed valve. close it after every brake pedal application so you do not suck air back into the system. Have your pedal pumper keep thier foot in the brake pedal until the valve is closed. Do not reuse the brake fluid as it is airated. Brake fluid is cheap enough. Do not leave the cap off the brake fluid between topping off the resivoir. brake fluid and humidity dont mix. i'm sure the others may have something to say

Changing the ATF with the engine running is just as bad as chainging the oil with the engine running. They have wiped out your front pump. and god knows what those little metal peices are going to do to everything else. This is so outlandish i dont think your going to find any information anywhere in the factory manuals about it. The factory manuals assume some basic knowledge. May be better off with haynes or chiltons. They could have wiped out seals and god knows what else. nipper

Loosing heat is a bad bad bad sign. You have the sympton of head gasket for a subaru. unlike other cars, subarus dont make a thick cloud when they blow a head gasket. The thermostate is at one of the lower points on the cooling system, so it will have zero affect. Time to remove the raditor cap and start the car and look for bubbles. If you have a blown head gasket, you will have noticble bubbles ( not the tiny ones from liquid agitation. Also you can have the radiator checked for exhaust gasses nipper

If you try a new key, do NOT use a key copied from the old one. Go to subaru and have them make two using whatever magic they do to make a key. If you copy the old key, you may copy the same wear. nipper

How many miles are on this car? nipper

The key ont turn meaning that when you put the key in, you can not roatate the cylinder in any position? make 100% sure the car is in park. Look in your owners manual on how to overide the brake interlock, and take the car out of park, then put it back in park again. Also try wiggling the stering wheel, sometimes the wheel wil bind against the lock mechanisim in the cylinder, and keep you from turning the key. nipper

You need to check this, as a clear lense may render the light useless and annoying to oncoming drivers. The lense is faceted the way it is to scatter the light in specific pattern. Shine the lights on a wall and see if the patterns match, i have a feeling the wont. nipper

that should fix the bind. nipper

There are many many many threads on gas mileage. Use the search feature. Also it would be a HUGE help if we knew mileage of the car. There are many things that affect gas milage, from tire air pressure, dead weight in the car, tire type and brand, winter fuel o2 sensor condition, tune up etc etc and driving style. All need to be checked. nipper

Its a screen. Unless your tranny pan is leaking, there is no reason to go in there and service it. Subaru does not call out for it to be serviced. The newer trannies have a spin on filter. nipper

Its automatic. What the car has is a clutch pack, and a tranny shop or dealer can deal with it. Sometimes its cheaper to fins a low mileage used tranny. Do a search on here for torque bind. 90% of the time a tranny flush fixes the problem, but it has to be a complete flush, not just chanining what is in the pan. nipper

That works nipper

ythere was another poster here, who had a bad HG. The dealer put the subaru stopleak in the car, then said they were covered, and proceded to fix the HG under warrenty. Its worth a shot. nipper

YAY congratulations nipper

There are some theroies, from a weak head gasket design, not having changed the antifreeze every two years, to using tap water in the radiator. my beleife is that its a little of both, and doing the last two causes some corrisoin that makes a path for leakage. Make enough noise at the dealership and it should be covered. Also the dealers have changing the gasket down to a science, so they get paid from sooby to repair the car, and do it in less time then the book time says too. i would do the timing belt now too, as you just got free labor for a timing belt change. nipper nipper

but if there is no traction, there are no G's, as there is no deceleration, so it wont work. I used to work with G-snsors and all sorts of equipment when i worked for a defense contractor. you need to have at least one wheel grip to feel any gs, or feel initial deceleration as the tirs grab, brakes work, then loose traction. On ice you may never have that initial deceleration. nipper