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Mine is the FWD automatic. I'll have to check out the fluid levels. I am not confident in the injectors because those are some of the only things I've not looked at yet over the years. Any recommendations for replacements if necessary? The coil and wires are newer so hopefully that's not the issue.

Hey guys. So my 1992 Legacy Wagon has an issue where nowadays I'll sometimes start the car and go to drive away, but I can feel that it's just not got all the power you'd expect from depressing the gas pedal. The revs climb higher than normal while my foot is on the gas, but there's not a lot of power delivery. It essentially just feels like it's stuck in 1st or 2nd gear maybe, but I don't know. Usually after driving at speed for a few minutes it tends to return to normal and I have full power when depressing the gas pedal. If it helps, I also have occasional hard starts and an elusive issue with my starter not wanting to start the car. So, what do you think it could be?

Thanks guys.

Hello all. As a preface, I've tried to do as much reading on this forum and others educating myself on which ATF might be appropriate for my 1992 Legacy. I purchased the car a little over 2 years ago without knowing any of the maintenance history, and even though the current fluid is still a brighter pink/red I'd like to change the transmission fluid in the near future. However, the manual calls for DEX II or IIE and obviously those are not available any longer. I've read some horror stories with people putting in newer, modern fluids that gave some real problems to these older 4EAT transmissions. Do you guys have any thoughts on what ATF I can put in my old Legacy?

Thanks! Don't let me keep you from the pie!

Hmm. Yes, I did find that and others, but they all say they do not fit my vehicle.

I hate to keep asking, but I just can't find these seals you're referring to. Could you by chance provide a link somewhere?

I'm looking on Rock Auto for the valve cover gaskets, but I can't seem to find these seals you are referring to. Any thoughts?

Hmm. I replaced the valve cover gaskets this time last year; could I just open up the valve covers again and reuse the same gaskets when I replace these bucket seals? Never heard of those.

Hi guys. I've been stymied by the presence of oil on the lower half of the threads on each of my spark plugs except #4; that one only had a little bit. I've got a '92 Legacy wagon with only 72,000 miles on it. I regularly keep up with the maintenance, but I don't know how it was maintained before I purchased it two years ago. It never has oil on the tip of the plug or near the ceramic part, only on the bottom half of the threads. I've got a phase 1 EJ22, so the plugs don't go through the valve covers. Any thoughts? Is this a bad sign? Thanks.

When it comes to fuel injectors, is it best to stick with OEM? Napa has OEM injectors for $160 each I think. Yikes! But I see on Rock Auto there's rebuilt options for ~$50. How do you check the injectors to see if they hold fuel pressure after shutdown?

I've not noticed any changes with the morning dew or on rainy days. I haven't touched the coil or plug wires, so it's possible they could need replacing.

That's good to know. I never realized that was the function of putting the pedal all the way to the floor.

Gotcha. Thanks for the thoughts. I don't have to do anything with the fuel rail do I? Is it as simple as just buying four new injectors? I was reading the chapter in my Haynes repair manual last night and it seems pretty straightforward replacing the injectors. I've just never done it before.

It's OBD 1; never had a CEL, but I checked the codes it had stored before I did the timing belt a couple months ago. It had the following codes stored: Crank angle sensor/circuit (no reference pulse) Starter switch (starter switch remains in ON of OFF position) Cam angle sensor (no position pulse) Airflow sensor (open or shorted airflow sensor circuit) I went to check any codes again yesterday but there didn't appear to be any. I guess they were erased from memory when I disconnected the battery. Is there an obvious way to check a leaky fuel injector? I've got no experience with those. Thanks.

Hello all. I'm new here, but I'm grateful for this community. So I drive a 1992 Legacy L automatic wagon with 72,600 miles on it. Mine is a phase 1 EJ22 engine. I've never had much go wrong with the vehicle since I've owned it. I got it at only 58,000 miles and I've been very intentional to keep up with the maintenance. However, as long as I can remember it's had a hard time starting, but only at seemingly random times. I've gone months with not a single hard start, and then sometimes it seems like every startup it will give me grief. I'll have to really keep cranking until something finally "catches" and it seems to cough to life. There's been times where it would misfire upon a hard startup and I'd have to keep it revved to ~2000 rpm for around 20 seconds until I could finally ease up and the engine would run fine. I've never had it shut off on me while driving, though. I do occasionally notice a fuel/oil smell in the cabin area or around the outside of the vehicle upon starting the car, but I know I have a couple exhaust leaks so maybe that's what that's coming from? One more thing: occasionally at highway speeds I'll lose power at the gas pedal; I can press down all I want but the engine will only rev; I won't have any actual power delivery. I usually have to slow down to around 40 mph or pull over briefly; every time I've ever done this the power delivery at the accelerator pedal started working again and the problem was gone. Anyway, I'm just throwing out all I can think of to help paint the picture; I love my little wagon and don't want to have to sell it or have it fall into disuse. I know this is a lot, but do you guys have any thoughts? I've scoured these and other forums gathering as much info as possible, but I've never directly asked about my problems myself. In case it helps, here's some work I've done on the vehicle within the last year: Compression test - 175 psi on all 4 cylinders. Timing belt (when I replaced the belt I verified the old belt was in correct time) Coolant change Oil change + filter New valve cover gaskets New plugs a year ago (when I pulled them out today I noticed oil around the threads of all 4, but no oil was on the tips or upper half of the threads.) New cam and crank sensors Cleaned MAF and throttle body