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Has anyone tried one of these grounding monsters from ebay? For instance ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HKS-GROUND-WIRE-WIRES-SUBARU-IMPREZA-WRX-LEGACY-OUTBACK_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33574QQitemZ8004866770QQrdZ1 I am one for more ground cables then the factory installs. nipper

Audible hum? Time to get out the really big scredriver and use it as a stethoscope. Assuming you had no timing belt work in the past 3 months, maybe your pump is going and that caused things to happen... here is an idea .... silly me. Can you take off the PS pump belt and drive the car a short distance and see if it goes away? Thats the next step nipper

This should explain it http://remanufactured-engines.com/page4.htm That may be helpful nipper

Thats the only way to do it Congrats nipper

Piston slap is in the morning, and goes away after a few minutes. Rod knock is the reverse. As the oil thins out, it wil make itself more apparent, or never go away. nipper

Is it at all possible, that you have two seperate issues? One that you fixed, the other maybe a cv joint? nipper

Mine has always got me home, or to work. ( i think they were afraid of dying on the side of the road). IN three subarus, they all only rode a flatbed once (not including going to the great parking lot in the sky)nipper

One thing i noticed in mine, its real easy to light up the front wheels on dry ground with the fuse in, as opposed to when the fuse is not installed. hehe makes for a fun test. nipper

have you looked at the pully while the engine is running to make sure its true? The crank pully has to be torqued, and usually what you may be feeling is the crank pully and not the p/s pump. Just an educated guess... nipper

Is the vibration there when you turn the wheel while the car is not moving. Does it change if you give it gas and turn the wheel while parked ? nipper

My freind did it on one and it was a bolt in. Only thing he had to pay somone for was a wheel alignment to just make sure everything was still good. nipper

EEEk next time my car gets on lift ill have to inspect mine too nipper

i used to use that rule on my 88, untill that rule got me stranded, also took a wheel bearing and a hub with it (twice). The other thing is that if it picks the rong place and wrong to snap, it can seize up. The first time it happened, i just put it in 4wd, and drove to the shop (nothing like living 50 miles from work and have the car go poof at work), second time that didnt work out. nipper

A locksmith would disassemble the cylinders and make the key to fit. nipper

Well speaking from the design end, it is very hard to say what worked in 97 wouldnt work in 2005. There are many trade offs, and if it makes you feel better, other cars do it too. The fuel tank is in a forgotten spot, that people tend not to wash. Unfortunitly, I would suggest that the tank be inspected to make sure it doesnt have any other issues. Fuel tanks can be repaired. nipper

As long as the car runs, its not going to strand you, I say ride. Thast what im doing with my 97 OBW. Good solid pretty car leather interior, great price ...and im going to ride, and when that time comes, it gets a new drivetrain. nipper

Usually they can decipher the code and make an ignition key. I dont know exaclty how it works. Once when you bought a new car you git a key code and you were never supposed to loose that number. All depends upon whats in thier database. How old is the car nipper

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Get a car in enough slat and the right weather conditions, gas tanks will rot out. They have many places for salt to sit and eat thru things. nipper

Sometimes it takes a second (sometimes less) for the AWD system to sort things out and figure out what it has to do. Also do realize what you have. you have to drive axles receiving power. Unless you have a limited slip differntial, the wheel with the least resistanceis going to spin, so its still possible to get stuck. I found out that a very LIGHT application of the brake pedal would add enough resistance to the spinning wheels, to transfer power to the wheels that arent spinning. I think the only problem i have ever seen here is the dreaded torque bind as a failure mode for the AWD. Either it works as designed, or doesnt fully "disengage" when its supposed to. Remeber its not called a silent system for nothing. hehehe want to see it work, wait for a rainy day and floor it nipper

There really is only one reason why soobies tend to throw up .... HG, but do get a sniff test just to be sure. nipper

Subarus dont become steam engines when they have a head gasket issue, they tend to throw up once it gets really bad. Was the car warmed up when you saw the bubbles? The lack of heat is not a good sign... Can you have a shop sniff it for exhaust gases in the radiator? nipper

Group? Only thing that should be there that i can think of is the two radiator hoses, ans the AC lines. Unless you have a pinhole radiator leak im stumped.

Well when you do remove a pan or cover, you have to make 110% sure that the lip on the pan is flat. Second is that it has to be clean, Next you tighten each pan bolt a little at a time, in a star pattern (this is only because you have a leak, and i cant see the condition of your pan from here .... poor lighting) . If its still a problem, there is RTV blue. nipper

Its a PS leak. Check you PS fluid level. The PS lines connect to the rack right above the Y pipe. There are transfer pipes (move fluid to the other side of the rack) that come out, and go to the drivers side of the rack, and guess where they are, above the drivers side of the Y pipe. Never been poking down around there before, but it is possible that the pipes are loose. From looking at my car it seems like this task of checking for tightness may be easier from the top side of the car. NEver being down there before, I dont know, but that is where I would look. nipper