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If one was built in late 99 it was probably a 2000 model. This makes me think richie is right because he works on them and probably gets the date off the body plate. My 99 Forester was built in late 98 with the SOHC engine.

It took me a while to find things, but now it seems easier than my BMW.

I'd check on Ebay. I am not sure there would be many Subarus down your way.

It is not unusual for a power steering system to chirp when you crank it too tight. Let up when it squeaks if it only does it at the end of the travel. Usually this is caused because you have reached the end of the movement and are still appling pressure. If a 99 has not had all the seals changed odds are it will leak a tiny bit.

What marks did you use to time the belt? It is very easy to use the wrong ones. As a matter of fact the extra marks are a bit dumb on Subaru's part as if something can go wrong it will.

and a 99 forester is a phase 2 engine. Internal head gasket leaks would be very rare. You could get an external one, but make sure you have Subaru's cure all goop installed for that. This is only a few bucks. Take it over to Smart and they'll give you an idea what you need to do.

On an old car it usually means that you have a little less power and when the oil rings are also tired it may mean you use some oil. On my 125,000 mile Forester I imagine I have a bit of blowby but I'll just keep oil in it and go fro 200,000.

I always go to the same gas station. I was happy to see the only 29 mpg the other day I've ever seen on my 99 Forester. Then this week I got 22. I think it just clicked off a bit early last week. I usually see about 25 or a bit less in winter, so this is about right. You really have to average mileage over a long period to get good numbers. I would be kind of surprised to see much difference with a K and N, but it would be really easy and cheap to switch back to test.

The little strip that holds the lighter in tends to get stuck on some adapters. Then you yank it out and you have a short. Like MT says careful use should be OK.

The thermostat could be stuck or has been removed because of a leaking head gasket. Replace it and see what happens.

Hard to tell without seeing it but this may be a bit of blowby from the rings. This would be fairly common on an older car.

With my memory I'm never sure of anything anymore. It may have been 7/8 now that you mention it. I do feel sure that it was one of my old SAE wrenchs, LOL. I'll try to remember to look when I go home.

Is the ox sensor 32 mm? I used a 1 1/4 on that.

Actually they had to put that warning on. there have been a number of problems with subaru sockets with folks pulling adapters in and out. The best is the one H mentioned. I just put my adapter in once and I leave it. That way the little suff in there can't bend and short. If I do screw up and short it out I'll install a better quality socket.

Here it's defogger wires....

For my Forester the only parts I have seen different were the cats. I am not even sure if that is correct as so many parts places tend to be wrong. My BMW is a 99 and nothing is different.

Sure would be neat to try switching if you just had a used one around.

At this point all the sensors and the MAS are at thier sell by date. You don't really want to change everything on an old car. The real worry is what is a 95 legacy worth? I seem to remember when we sold a 93 Legacy wagon that looked pretty good with no real dents, no rust, ran fine, new brakes and clutch, we only got $14 or $1500 dollars. At that point you don't want to put a thousand bucks worth of sensors and other parts in to cure something that you can just let warm up.

That would be too easy anyway.

When I was a kid I had more time than money. I bought cars when they needed engines and trannies. At this point in my life I have more money than time and I buy a car and run it until it needs major work. After I retire I will be back to the first system. When I sold my last Mercedes it needed a heater core but I had rebuilt engine, tranny, and changed the rear end. The mechanic who bought it was thrilled. With this car I expect I'll trade when the first major part goes. That should be around 200,000 I expect.

Do they have altitude adjustment? Are you high enough that this could have an effect?

But if you figure most of them are near 100,000 miles now the actual useful life of the average car is only another 100,000 miles. There are always cars that beat the average and there are a lot of them on this board, but most will be dead in another 100,000. I think this means that the gaskets should last long enough.

WA, Nice job of stating this problem. I have also come to the conclusion that they seal nicely until full operating temp. I chased this on a Ford truck years ago and it nearly drove me nuts.

If it happened to me I would have been replacing the sensor first and then cussing quite a bit. Not much you can do about overfueling these days, no choke to adjust.

That's interesting WA. Could this be a programing issue on 95s?