Nikthornton

I went to change my coolant on my 1998 Subaru Legacy GT because it was low and my radiator draincock, or petcock was snapped in half. I went to get a new one at the auto parts store and got home and it doesn't fit. It looks about the same size but the new one is slightly longer. It starts to thread and then pops out. I tried other auto parts stores and had no luck. Any ideas?

It took a really long time before a check engine light came on. So you got your evap monitor to "ready" status with plugged lines?

So the problem has been identified. So the purge solenoid canister at some point malfunctioned, so a previous owner, possibly mechanic decided to take off the hose and stick a screw into it rather than replacing it. I still can't believe it, hopefully this information helps someone out but this seems pretty unlikely anybody would do this to they're car. Anyways thank you everyone for your help and advice.

So I borrowed a obdii scanner and drove for a while today. Eventually I got a p0440 code, followed by my check engine light coming on. I know it's a evap system malfunction at this point, at least this might help me solve the problem. It's weird that it took this long for an error code. Any advice?

It has the original ecu. I guess I'm going to buy an obdii scanner and drive and hope to get the evap in a ready state. I'm still puzzled why it was ready and now isn't. Hopefully I don't need a new ecu. I live in Oregon where are monitors murat be ready.

Yeah I have a manual. I have had my gas at 1/2 tank to 3/4 and repeatedly done the drive cycle. If my monitor was ready like the mechanic said, shouldn't it stay ready as long as I don't disconnect the battery?

My 98 Subaru Legacy gt is having problems with the evap sensor being ready so I can take my emissions test. I've been doing drive cycles for over a month now. I replaced the battery and gas cap a couple weeks back and did more drive cycles. I then brought my car into a shop for an engine diagnostics test, which came back saying nothing is wrong. They then spent 2 days getting my evap monitor ready, which they said they did after hours of work. I picked my car up and went straight to deq, of course the evap sensor wasn't ready. I'm very frustrated. Any ideas of what is going on or what I can do? Thank you