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ive not had a light come on my tank level yet, dont know if there is 1 there to be honest ha, ill have a look in daylight tomorrow and see if i can see any kind of bulb, do the impreza sports have reserve lights that youy know of? thanks

I dont have the 4WD switch so now ive learnt it5s a AWD, thats pointed me in the right way thanks, as for not running empty, when the cars at E i always fill up as im nervous about damaging anything or being stranded, as my last car a peugeot 307 wouldnt run right after running full empty to where the car wont even idle lol.. could my fuel gauge be faulty maybe? as when i turn the car off the gauge doesnt change..

Maybe speak to Olnick as he's helping me quite alot mate, seems to have good knowledge of the boxers

Sorry Im new to all the (4wd awd) its a manual 5 speed, sorry for being so dumb but new to all the subaru terms as ive come from a french piece of **** lol

its a 4WD, so am i right in thinking that what youve said is 260 miles is above average for a 4WD? thanks

Thankyou!

cheers for that mate advice taken i dont like driving the car hard as theres no need and in the uk its hard to go over the speed limit haha thanks

another thing with this problem, or i think its a problem is that the car feels quite sluggish, like its lacking power of somethings clogged up somewhere, uinsure if realted but maybe it is in fact linked?

hi sorry for the reply delay, been mega busy!! as ive took something for all the advice given ive tried some wynns lifter treatment (being impatiant because cant get MMO quick enough lol) and it been in the car now for near 100 miles, the ticking has quetened down significantly but still there, ive not had a cyhance to get my head in the engine bay to listen and look for sounds the past week, just to keep it short ill drive it another few miles and listen for any change then do an oil change with millers 10w/40, i spoke to a couple of lads who own a subaru garage in fleetwood and they said messing with the tappets i,e stripping down and cleaning would be a big effort and theres no point, they reccomeneded the millers oil with a decent filter (whats a decent filter?) thanks again

i know the engine size etc to my car, its a 2.0 ltr sport I always run to near the empty mark, unsure if thats wise or not but, maybe someone will point out right and wrong, when close to the empty mark i fill up with 95 octane at on or near £40 (around 35ltrs petrol) as im only getting 260 miles to a full tanks seems a little low, this is why i started this thread and wondering if its right/wrong and wether something is wrong with the car

thanks, and i believe so after reading all the help topics with answers and accrington UK? bang on and updated id

thats brill ill keep that in mind, for a couple of quid its worth a try maybe. is MMO along the same lines as lucas stabilizer oil? its as easy as that then to see if if its the tensioner then?! and from looking at timing belt belt kits, the ones ive seen are ranging between £140 - £200+ and in you $150 does that come with water pump too? Thanks

as im new to sooby's, just curious as to how many miles your doing to a full tank i have a 1996 impreza 2.0 sport (non turbo) and im getting between 240 and 260 miles to a full tank what are you lads and ladies getting?

Thanks for all the help and advice in advance appreciate it, really do

olnick, a few people have mentioned MMO but then again theres differant opinions on wether to use it or not from reading through the net, have you had any experiance with MMO and it working in such an old high milage car? i appreciate all the help i will be getting from the fellow members on this site as i see its a like a tight community and people are here to help or try to help yup im from the UK and ill change that now thanks for the heads up on that, I love the car and ive been after one for years and now ive got one it seems to be a duff one

Bushik, ive tried 10w/30 and it had loud (piston slap) on start and i thought that rather than do any damage lower the vis according to soobys manual, all this has come about since doing my first oil change from an unknown viscosity that previous owner used to the 5w/30 and so on as explained at first message, ive contacted the last owner and i cant get anything from him other than use millers oil with wynns oil treatment , how easy is it to fix the tappets and what experiance would you need etc, as for the timing tensioner that was my second thought and was gonna whip the covers off this weekend and have look, if its that then might aswell do a belt change too the noise stays the same with revs but at an increased rate if you get me? the backbox drowns out any sound past 2nd gear, ill get another video up tomorow with the tap at differant rev ranges,

Oops forgot to mention that the sound only comes when the engine is at operating temp

its a 1996 impreza 2.0 ltr sport 4wd, 154.000 milews and ive had it coming up to 2 months, ive got service history from day 1 but most reciepts just say how much was paid and not what work was done. sorry new to all this

how do, im new to sooby world and i love it, the car itself is ace apart from a new noise thats just come about, i recently did an oil change as the oil was black as.... im unsure what oil was used so i decided to go with fuji industries recommendations, afetr putting in 5w/30 it tapped like mad so i drained and filled with 5w/40, just as bad so after speaking with a well known local mod shop he said go back to 3 qts of 5w/30 and 1 qts lucas oil, now the tap is unbearable, hoping you peeps could help me, as to what oil to use, what additives and so on. ive posted a vid on youtube for you to listen to ( ) just before 13 seconds you hear the tick stop to the normal boxer tick and then an increasing second tick, i know it sounds a bit vhriuvhr but i cant explain it really apart from an increasing tick....STOP..... increasing tick.....STOP............. THANKS IN ADVANCE AND MUCH APPRECIATED

hi lads and ladies, im new to the sooby world and i love it, ive joined here because i thought i could get to know some people, see there cars and ask for help and advice lol, as im new to the sooby world i dont understand all the knocks, ticks surprises that come with the car, unfortunatly i think i have them all, i love the car its self (classic impreza 2.0 ltr non turbo with cat back exhaust, as ive bought it... thats alls i can say really, hiopefully a nice big welcome and some words of advice