nipper

i SWEAR i am going to start beating people with a nerf bat:banghead: what year model engine trannny and milage are on the car. We cant do S**T without this information. nipper

ALso use the subaru coolant, the recomended additive, and demineralized water. May cost a little bit more, but it does help things last longer. nipper

heheh thanks. HOw do you park the car? what gear? Do you have the winter package? nipper

disconnect the fusable links and take volt readings from both sides of them. one side should be 12 volts, the other should be zero. Techincally if thats 122 volts its impossible. if its 12.2 volts thats ok. i am assuming these readings are with the car off? Dissconnect the altenator and check again. Same for the starter then check. DO you have a problem with the battery dying? i wonder if you have something that is shorting out .. or starting to go. You may want to try this again by yanking out all the fuses in the car, checking readings, then installling one fuse, check,then remove the fuse, and so forth. nipper

Its got to be ventilated somehow to the outside. A battery makes explosive gasses during its charge/discharge cycles, and sometimes they can be down right nausiating. You will also need a isolater/charger controller. Any reason you want a second battery? nipper

i agree, get a cheap mechanical gauge, or a better one if you want to mount it for good, and see what it is. Can be the oil pressure switch is bad, they are not the nost sophistacted peices of equipment. nipper

can you use what? nipper

STOP! Especially if the car is under warrenty take the service advisor to the car.. and SHOW him. It may not be the speaker, as it may be the radio. im not sure how its wired, and check all the operations of the radio and settings to make sure its not an improper setting. Some car steros you need a PHD in Engineering to operate it, so it may just be a setting. Usually speakes buzz and make weird noises, dont just usually die. nipper

SO where do we stand with this? nippper

could be the air bubble worked itself out, that happens. nipper

BINGO! thats broken cable is most likely your problem. I asked about the motormounts for a sneaky reason. To make you look under the car and inspect things. sometimes there are ground straps near the motormounts. Sometimes a broiken mountor mount can repeatedly flex a cable to damage it... sometimes i like to make people crawl under thier cars (just kidding). nipper

I dare you to go to any car board and NOT find a few problems with any model. I have a 98OBW and never had an issue, yet there are some that have had blown headgaskets. I know people woith hindas that started self destructing at 90K miles. And lets see alot of problems .. what like 20-30 people with problems? i doubt that makes it a troubbleseom car out of the 1,000's of them on the road. Also your still looking at cars that may be under warrenty. nipper

sometimes stuff happens .... nipper

way cool nipper

there are two sensors, one for the temp gauge, one for the computer. The computer sensor may have a dead spot in it where its not registering or going open. In a nice warm shop of course it will read right. They need to check it out in the parking lot where the car is cold. and i do agree, nit everything sets a code .. thats why i thin you need a new shop. Also give the area rep a call. nipper

cold start problem i would check the ECU engine temp sensor. I would also find another dealer as they dont seem to have a good diagnostician in there. Not being able to fix a car because it hasnt tossed a code is uneccatable, and is going to give you a good hint as to the service in the future. Also you dont want to run a starter for 30 seconds if you can avoid it. If you do iit then walk away thats fine, but do it repeatedly you can overheat the starter. i dont see anything i like about this dealer. if a new car isnt going to start in ten seconds its got a problem. Personally i dont see the connection with oil type or tank level eith this problem. nipper

how is your altenator. a burned out diode in the altenator can make the car do weird things.Dont reley on codes... reley on basic mechanics first, codes second. Codes wont tell you anything about the cars other electrical systems on subarus, they are just fuel ignition and emissions. nipper

Youve gone through all this work, why use a used radiator. www.raditaor.com is where i get mine from. Good people to work with, good prices. i suspect that you may still have an air pocket in the cooling system. Others can chime in on this, as im not an expert on removing them. When they installed the engine, did they change the tiiming belts and waterpump? nipper

Your not going any whree on that clutch. The clutch was prbbly slipping all along and you didnt know it. It is a slow thing, but once it rear its ugly head, your done for. If it was slipping cause it was wet , it would dry out really fast from the heat of using the clutch. The snow was just a coincidence, or enough to finally push it over the edge. nipper

ive never heard of them coming apart but have seen them strip and not move the car, just spin in thier hubs. i would just replace the axle, have the motor mounts inspected, and other bits in the front end, but should be ok. i agree with your theory. Check the tire and wheel to make sure they arent bent. nipper

A lot of thier tests are suspect. Their automotive testing or realted automitve product testing doesnt always follw the SAE test standards that are supposed to be used. They sometimes make up the oddest test methods, even when tere is an acceptable industry standard. They even have been known to go against UL test standards. They also seem to have leanings towards anything japanese. They are an ok publication, but can sometimes be the bully in the school yard, and really have no one to answer to. Best to read from many sources, and understand the goverment and ul guidlines for testing. Just when making a purchase on anything, and you want to research it, there is no such thing as too much credible information. For tyres i find the reviews on tire rack seem to be fairly honest, as ive seen quite a few "these tires suck" on some brands. nipper

good old fashioned rope then. No matter how you tie down your cargo, it needs to be checked at regular intervals, espeicaly if its windy outside. heheh i still remeber one faimily vacation where dad didnt tie the bags down right to the roof rack of the rambler. Lets just say samsonite luggage lived up to its commercials nipper

they dont tie together when you have amber turn signals, as there is no need for them too. the turn signals are singal filament bulbs When you have no amber signals, the odds are they tie in thru the turn signal switch, If he did not have amber signals (and i have the same car he does only 1 year older) i would suggest a bad turn signal switch. The haynes manual shows (just as i explained) no cross over between the brake lights and the turn signals, but they do share a common ground. So we are looking at a possible backfeed again. nipper

Just said it was my opinion. There really is no good excuse for lack of driving skill, or training. Drivers ed programs have gotten so poor of late, along with defnesive driving courses (at least in NYS). i have taken two of them for the insurance discount. for some it was a nce refresher course, but really it needs to be more a hands on training course. Good driving skills go with you from car to car, where if you dont have the skills, but reley on the electronics, nt all cars have the electronics. Ild rather see somne drive at 15-20 mph in poor weather then at 40 being over confident cause of the electronics. And also those how are going to overdrive the weather are going to do it no matter how the car is equiped. The one thing people tend to forget its easy to get a car moving, but its hard to get it to stop if you overdrive.Now if they could get the systems to cut the throttle or make the pedal harder to press i really poor weather. Staistically, when ABS forst came out the stasticis all said it was the best thing ever, now they are mixed. i think once we get alot more of these other systems on the road we will see the same thing. i always thought it would be great if driver ed programs occured during fall and winter , or winter and spring, instead of summer school. Training for anything else that may endanger a life always has training for worst case scenarios (drills), but drivers-ed doesn't aside from discussing it. Maybe im just spoiled since dad was a profesional driver and he taught us all how to drive in poor weather, and we never had a problem. nipper oops sorry for rambling on