Why does it seem like my subie is self distructing. In the past couple of months I have noticed that the bolts and nuts on my subie keep coming undone or the threads keep stripping out...My head the exhaust. and lately my tranny some of these I have not even worked on. I came home the other day and noticed that the bolts to the air cleaner on the carb had all come undone and fell out. The Tranny has a bolt out where it connects to the engine.the exhasut manifold has had several bolts work out since we have gotten it.(less then a year. ) what is up with this anyone else have trouble with this. ......I have never had this trouble with cars before. NO I do not overtighten things or undertighten them either. the car came this way..

Weak wristed previous owner?!?

 

I've never heard of that either. That's very strange.

 

Head bolts and exhaust studs getting stripped out is not that uncommon - just something that you deal with on aluminium engines. The other stuff is strange though - usually manifold bolts are rusted in place and occasionally break. I would guess someone has had it apart and just weakly tightened them or forgot to tighten them fully.

 

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I do know the previous owner had it all apart he replaced most of the gaskets and other things. Sorry I am mostly complaining it just seems I just get one thing fixed and by the next week I am working on something else that has self destructed. Well I think I just found my tranny problem (it was not bad just a little more growly then it should have been... )The tranny bolt being out was spewing tranny oil on things but where it was leaking I had thought it was the CV axles leaking...Till the bolt fell out yesterday. I think it was loose for a while but I know it did not fall out until this week.....The good news is that I have almost replaced it all.....I think I will go over the WhOLE CAR with a Wrench.. We do have a rather bumpy driveway but it is nowhere like 4 wheeling. I woldn't think it would unbolt things. ..