Hello all, I just bought a 2007 subaru outback 2.5i limited And i have some questions! I know nothing about cars and I've had 3 cars in my 19 years of life, 2 of them made the same sound when driving:one did not.ive had a 98 Nissan pathfinder and an 02 Chevy prism and both had the same sound but my new subaru is entirely different sounding. when I start it it seems to have a similar sound to an electric golf cart until I hit about 40 mph then it goes completely silent. the sound is what worries me and it being in such good condition ( 73,000 miles) I am stressing over it's future performance. I've been told that cvt transmissions sound like this. I have no clue if it has this transmission. that worried me for about a day or two and now it's making a sound when idling thats a clicking sound and it seems to be coming from the driver side on the inside. sometimes it's there and sometimes it's not.i also have questions on general maintainance.
#1 how do I take care of the differentials and how often do I do that.
2 how often should I change the tranny fluids and does flushing do anything?
3 same for two but with the coolant
4 do they require any special fluids that are different than normal fluids we have in America(coolant,tranny fluid, differential fluids)
5 what tires are best and in what arrangement do I rotate them?
6 spark plugs and how tf do I do them if they are on the sides!!!!
7 any other maintenance that I'm missing that may need to be done?
