TheSubaruJunkie

YEah thanks Capt. Obvious :-p I was looking at the FSM .pdf i got, and it shows to idle adjustments. one for cold idle and one for hot idle. The screw for hot idle is gone, and plugged with a bolt. I was thinking that might have something to do with it.... but its been setup like that since i owned the car. -Brian

I replaced the rubber piece between the MAF and Turbo because my old one was split. The new one doesnt look to be split, and it doesnt show any signs of leaking. The ECU isnt throwing any codes now. 2 blinks of the LED with the black connectors connected. No Volt Meter, so I cant test anything. This morning the car stalled and wouldnt idle again. It only happens when the engine is warmed up, with it cold out the car idles at 1500rpm. Warmed up it wants to idle at 1000rpm but just cant. -Brian

Better sell off some of those subies and pay your rent jeremy!!!! -Brian

I should be able to make it. My friend might be comming along, and if so I will be leaving sunday morning. If all goes well I should be at the wagon by 10am *knock on wood* Where's Dave at? -Brian

Take a look at my signature. THere are thousands of pix in the link provided. -Brian

Will ive been doing that. Ive used that method to look for leaks probably 4 or five times. With Carb cleaner, then today at work with some throttlebody cleaner (dunno if theres a difference) but both were unsuccessful. I just got done wrenchin on the damn thing for about 2 hours. Removed the temp sensor and cleaned its connections. They were pretty corroded, and I used a tiny flathead screwdriver to scrape everything away, i also bent the contacts a tad to make sure they had a nice snug fit. After putting everything back together, it was still not idling right. So I started moving hoses around to see if maybe i could locate the leak that way. While messing with the plumbing for my boost gauge and my BPV (which is now plugged) i thought I heard the idle change so I removed the vacuum line to my boost gauge and plugged that. Then I took the car for a drive around the block. Its like nothing changed. Car still has a hard time holding an idle and it stalled once. So then i started to try to clear my ECU codes. Did a code check and found out that code 23 was added to the other 4 codes I had stored, so now i have 5. So then i was like "WTF lets try to clear them" Since i had replaced half the things that were throwing codes. After dicking around with the ECU, now when i try to pull codes my LED just blinks twice.... over and over and over again, would be Code 20 if it existed, but i dunno if i broke it or fixed everything. Whatever I did, it sure didnt help my idle at all. Eli... $1800 for the RX with the intercooler setup and stereo. -Brian

So i removed the AIC Valve and checked it out. I cleaned the mating surface, the gasket looked good. So i put it all back together at lunch and the car seems to hold a better idle when cold. But when it warms up, it still has a problem idling. If i let the throttle drop, it will hold steady at 1000rpm for a few seconds, then slowly drop, until its barely idling at 200rpm then dies. It stalled once on the way home again today, and at every stop i had to brake while applying pressure to the gas peddle just to keep the car running. The car is no fun anymore. Anyone wanna buy a RX? -Brian

I feel ya LosDios... I dont have anyone to wheel with either. Im thinking this would be a good way to organize all of us lifted subaru guys, and help us locate other wheelers and for you guys to get together and do some wheelin. There are some lifted guys, believe it or not, who dont even come to the USMB. Maybe this will help them get together with others. I myself have no ORSA'ers near me either.... if I wanna go do some wheelin I gotta drive 2 hours north to Reno. -Brian

America would be all of Northern America... so Canada and even Mexico are included. It really wouldnt be much more than what we already have here... except it would be all off-road subaru oriented. Would be nice to have a ORSA event instead of just a standard meet-n-greet, that way people who show up know what they're going to get involved in. I dunno tho, just thinking.. Oh... AND WHO MOVED THE POST!?!?!? Is this post not "Off Road" related enough? I see no need for it to be in the meet and greet forum, I would apreciate it if it were moved back. -Brian p.s. Adam, i KNEW you'd remember Other than you, i dont think there are any original ORSA Members around. BillyC was one of them, and I cant remember who else was around back then. Its been 5 years since I lived in alaska... and ORSA was formed when i was 17... im 25 now

Brad hooked it up with a .pdf of the FSM and after reading it I now know where these things are that you speak of. Today on lunch I will check out the Idle Air Control Valve, i wont be able to check the temp sensor until I get home tho. We'll see what happens, thanks guys. -Brian

All my old ORSA pages are long gone. I might have some archived images on a ZIP Disk hidden somewhere, but that would mean I'd have to find my ZIP Drive and install it. I could work up some new logos or something. -Brian

Was thinking of ressurecting it Ken. Seems like the off-road subaru craze has never been bigger than it is now. You were close Irishman. It actually stands for Off Road Subarus of America. Used to be Off Road Subarus of Alaska, its a small club I came up with back when I was in highschool. Dreamin of wheelin lifted subarus, never to know what would have become. So here we are now, with more lifted subies than you can shake a stick at... and i was thinking ORSA would be a good way to give us Off Road Subaru drivers a type of club of our own. -Brian

I dunno..... ...maybe -Brian

LOL shuttup noah.... you cheat. -Brian

Might be before most of your guy's time, but lets see how many we have from way back. -Brian

The RX is having problems idling. The engine stumbles like its about to die and has trouble idling above 1000rpm. Driving home from work tonight it stalled once and at every light I had to keep my foot on the peddle just to keep my car above 1000rpm. When I got home and pulled into the driveway, the car's idle dropped to about 200rpm then died. When I re-started it it rose to about 600rpm then stumbled down to about 400rpm but I kept it running long enough to get under the hood. Once under the hood I attempted to increase the idle by adjusting a screw at the top of the intake manifold, right behind my throttlebody. Turning it clockwise killed my car, so I i gave a few turns counter clockwise and started the car. It seemed like the idle had picked up to about 900rpm, so with it running I adjusted the screw until it got up to around 1100. The test drive around the block went well. At the first few stops, as soon as I let off the throttle, the engine would drop to 1100 and hold idle until I accelerated again. Until my last 2 stop signs to get home. By the time I pulled into the driveway the car was again idling at around 600rpm and wanting to die. Durring all this Im monitoring my boost gauge, and i notice on decel my gauge is at -20in but at idle its falling to -15in or so. IIRC that would indicate a vacuum leak somewhere, but so far I am unable to find any. Oh, and this is with the RX back to stock. No intercooler, bypass valve or boost controller. Im probably going to pull it into the garage tonight and take a close look at everything to make sure somethings not undone... i also got another knock sensor I wanna try out (Thanks SuberDave!!). We'll see what happens... -Brian

Wow that looks awesome! How far out from your dads place is that? Woudnt mind getting the wagon up on there. -Brian

THis was before my wagon was lifted... quite some time ago. Me and Spiffy were wheeling in Sonora and found a trail. The trail seemed to dead end, with noplace to turn around. So we were reversing up this trail with trees to both sides and granite chunks to dodge. Needless to say, while reverse I turned avoid a rock and my front end swung into a small tree. Big enough to break my parking light and mess up my fender alittle... also took out one side of my brushguard. Then, when i did find a place with enough space to turn around, I gashed my tire on a busted up stump I thought was harmless. That was a fun trip -Brian

85 is about as fast as I'd like to go in the RX on a daily basis. Anything higher and my wallet seems to suffor. I did have it up to 97 on a downhill stretch comming home from Reno one night. -Brian

Well just great! Looks like im gonna have to find a new one. At least i got this purge valve, which was $170 from the dealer... A knock sensor is only like $50, i can live with that. -Brian

Yeah and even the smallest ones they make are still too big for my liking. Wish i could find some 26" swampers. -Brian

I went to the junkyard to snag another knock sensor to try to clear the ECU codes im getting. But i couldnt find one. There were plenty of EA82's, some SPFI, some carbbed... even one MPFI XT, but no turbo's. NONE Of the EA82's had a knock sensor in them. I had to look through all the SPFI's until I Found one that had a good Purge Solenoid Valve... but couldnt locate a single knock sensor. Are they located somewhere else on the other eA82's??? -Brian

This method has never failed me, or shown signs of damage to any components.... take the castle nut completly off, and remove the flat washer. Take the castle nut, and begin to thread it onto the CV shaft backwards (with the split portion of the threads 1st). It maybe difficult if you dont get all the threads lined up, but you want to thread it almost all the way on. Leave a small portion of the castle nut to overlap the CV shaft. You want to give the CV a good whack with a hammer. The nut should take the brute force and keep the threads on the CV safe. One solid whack is all it needs to break it loose, the cone washer should pop out of place and your hub and rotor will fall right off. A good soaking in WD40 or any penetrant should help as well if its fused in place. Good Luck, -Brian

Russ... we're gonna have to get together now!! THat RX is SWEEEET! Im super jealous. I love that scoop, any idea what it came from? -Brian

Junkyards are a great place to find those gutter mounts. Alot of VW's will have them if the prev owner put a rack on the car. I have a custom made roof rack that has some mounting points in it. No pix right now cause im at work. -Brian