1stSubie95FwdLegacyWagon

Awesome, thank you for the clarification with the generation dilemma.The guys at AutoZone and O'Reilly's kept telling me it was a generation 1 and its my first Subaru / foreign car so I have no idea but I'm sure glad you guys do. Thanks again.

So it's supposed to be a 95 Subaru which means it would be Generation 1 yet it has the plug-in ports for the check engine light Diagnostics of the generation 2 or 1996 and newer. I don't know how much of an impact that would have on anything. The person I bought it from I just had the timing belt replaced few weeks before I purchased a vehicle and that did look like the area that he noises coming from was the pulley for the timing belt so I will definitely check into that first. Thank you all so much who replied and help me out. And GD what's the information for your shop?

Hey guys this is my first time ever doing any type of form question so help me out. I recently bought a supposed to be 95 Subaru Legacy front wheel drive wagon. Prior to purchase it had the gaskets replaced timing belt spark plugs and wires and water pump. I discovered I had to pass emissions test to title and plate it. So I did the knock sensor Upstream O2 sensor and CV axles. Now for the last week progressively getting worse is a knocking sound from the engine almost like a piston slap when I first start the car and it's still cold. Once it starts to warm up the noise quiets down and within 5 minutes you can't even hear the engine running but it is noticeably loud when it's cold and first starts. Any ideas????