Hello all,

I spent a grueling 2 hours in the sun today...just to properly fasten a few clamps on my Subaru's air intake system. One of the clamps was very loose...

 

Well, now the engine runs much more smoothly and the backfire problem I previously alluded to has pretty much been eliminated completely.

 

So the moral here is ----> a properly aspirated Subaru is key to its smooth operation.

 

(But you experts already knew that....right?)

 

 

--Damien

It is always very satisfying to solve your own Subie problems. Congrats!

You might also run a smoke test to find any other leaks, but you probably licked it. I just ran a smoke test and it found three vacuum leaks! 2 just needed a clamp and one needed a new gasket. Bang and done.

I found one more hose that was not properly fastened...so that should about do it. Now it hardly backfires at all...(esp. now that I got the clutch...uh...adjusted).

 

 

--Damien