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Thinking about buying a 99 legacy awd wagon. It has 74,500 miles on it one owner. Wanting 6,995 dollars for it. Looks clean , but with a little oil coming from timing cover, But only looks like very little sepage. The rest of car looks great. Also need to know if this might be the one of the cars with bad head gaskets. Any info apreciated. Thanks

Just wondering if you found what the problem was yet? Have a 93 legacy with same problem.

Thanks Spazz for your reply, i have looked for this type of problem in the forums here and did not see anything about just loseing just reverse in here either. Thats why i was wondering if it might not be the tranny , or just something easy to fix on the tranny. The tranny doesnt make any noise, just doesnt back up in reverse. Could a broken axle do that. Just guessing.

Need help here for a friend. 93 AWD legacy wagon has 185,000 miles on it. Last January it started the dreaded binding in driveline. It almost quit binding after it was driven awhile. So they kept driving it. Now it has no reverse. I finally got to take it to a subaru dealer mechcanic and he put the fuse in it to take it out of AWD. It stopped binding. It goes forward and shifts fine. Just does not want to back up in reverse,it will go into reverse and back up only when its on a flat road. Also when you stop and put it into park its like everything in the driveline is tight untill you shut off the engine. Then it just feels like everything in the driveline releases. I have a good feeling that the binding of the transfer clutch is what is makeing the tranny fail. Do you think there is any hope for this car as they might be wanting me to take it off there hands for free. I found a tranny for 400 dollars with 127.000 miles on it. Just not sure yet if it would be worth fixing . Its had regular oil changes at every 3000 miles and the motor runs great. I never owned a subie before, and the owner will probably want it back if i do all the dirty work. What do you think i should do with the sweet legs i c.

New pump on. Easier than i thought it would be. Flushed all the old oil out of it. Looks like it might be ok. Still kinda wondering about the hoses. I tried to find new ones today but Sundays are not the best time to look for parts. I might have to change them if the oil gets to looking dirty again. I just want to thank everyone for your help in here. I havent been here long , but i really am likeing this place. Now if my grilfriend just appreciates me working on her car i would feel better. Thanks CW

Thanks Imdew , leaving now to go get the new pump. I really appreaciate your help.Time to get my hands dirty.

Good morning, sucked up the oil from the resivoir 3 times , it was real dirty looking. It seemed to help a little. But its still growling and grinding. The oil did not seem to have any metal shavings , just dirty looking. Going to get a new pump to put on it this morning. I just dont want to ruin a new pump if the hoses are bad. Not sure why the oil is so dirty looking. The hoses are probably not cheap, and they look like they might be a pain to change. Does any one know if there is a way to drain all the fluid out of the power steering system before i put the new pump on? Dont want to ruin a new pump. Thanks

Thanks for the input on the power steering problem i am having. Looks like i might not get to fix it untill Monday. Have a wedding to go to today. Need to go buy wine on Sunday for a party for next weekend. My daughters coming home with my grandson this weekend and i will be babysitting for two kids. My back allready hurts. I am glad the pump is in an easy to reach place. I have been wondering if thier might be a collapsed hose on it thats deteriated on the inside.The Subie is getting kinda old. 185000miles on it. Its does seem like its starting to have a mind of its own. Thanks again

Thanks for your reply Pryromanic. Looks like i start working on it tomorrow. It was driven about 30 miles today and i was told when they got on the freeway it was like it stopped making the noise.But once when they went to get off the freeway it was like they lost the steering for a moment then it came back on. Time to park it untill its fixed. Oh what fun. I just hope it has not damaged anything else in the steering system.

Hi to everyone. I thought maybe i could get some input here on a power steering pump that is growling real bad. Its on a 93 Legacy wagon. It just started making noise. The question i have is will it lockup or just start leaking? Any ideas, or someone with same type of problem with pumps. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Also searching forums for info.