for those who helped me out a while back on the timing belt, a little trouble shooting and wanted to say thank you very much and i was still hunting down for the overheating problem and was not idling right and i decided to just check and top the coolant however it was full , put some gas in drove it to the cabin. it was wanting to overheat but it didnt and then let it cool off for a while ...

when i was about ready to go home all of sudden it started right up without me flooring the gas to get it started now it runs like new smooth

not idling at 1,500 rpm or even two thousand.. like earlier

now its idling at 700 rpm plus on way home no overheating ..

i dont know what the hell it happened .. i am just leaving it alone...

plus my mom goes " hey .. if it ain't broke, dont fix it!" leave that car alone

so thats what i did .. but i have this weird thing going on i do know its a vaccum leak if i floor it the defrost goes to heat.. if i let go gas it goes back to defrost..

Subarus are like old motorcycles, that you put some gas in them, and it will run better the more you run it.

 

I could imagine the car was grossly out of tune, and is all carboned up from before. Driving it now that it is correct is blowing all the carbon out the exhaust, or re-moisting vital passages and seals. Try a can of sea foam if you have not already. Administer it to the IAC and in through a vacuum line. Suck out most of the can and turn the car off. let it sit for 20 min and take it for a 'spirited drive'

Subarus are like old motorcycles, that you put some gas in them, and it will run better the more you run it.

 

I could imagine the car was grossly out of tune, and is all carboned up from before. Driving it now that it is correct is blowing all the carbon out the exhaust, or re-moisting vital passages and seals. Try a can of sea foam if you have not already. Administer it to the IAC and in through a vacuum line. Suck out most of the can and turn the car off. let it sit for 20 min and take it for a 'spirited drive'

 

i plan to do the seafoam and its good stuff

i even use seafoam on my snowmobiles, for summer storage

i pour the seafoam into the gas tank and top her off and forget it for the summer and run it in winter soon as the tank goes empty i fill it back up with fresh gas

ive even heard of some old timers using mystery oil too ..