October 16, 201114 yr one more mile 299999 rolling going 300000 Paid cash when new fall 1994. Lots of mountain road trips all times of year. A beater inside and out, running a bit stiff like an ol man. With a few days to go gave the engine a $100 steam clean. Now what am I going to do with the two long torn constant velocity joint boots? Something cheap it has to be. Only using this Subu for my daily 46 mile roundtrip work commute in order to not pile up mileage on my 2007 Forester that has 70k. Edited October 16, 201114 yr by winelegacy
October 18, 201114 yr Author Nice duct tape Covering a CEL?? Congrats on 300K Yep little piece of duct tape cured that bright light that was turned on for a few months several years ago. Being next to the speedometer we all look at compulsively, that got old quickly. I finally had to get it fixed to pass California smog for annual registration but left it on in case it ever decided to come on again. And it did maybe three years ago for something I figured out the code for then after repair used the method posted on this board to clear it off. Now if I could just duct tape those torn CV joint boots instead of replacing the shaft and joint for the Nth time !!! Edited October 18, 201114 yr by winelegacy
October 18, 201114 yr Very nice. I just rolled over 100,000 on the cluster in my 94 Legacy last week (157,000 on the car) . Still running like new, we'll see how for I can take it.
October 18, 201114 yr Nice! Good job. How's the engine holding up? I have an ej22 with well over 300k and it's getting a little tired, but keeps on tick tick ticking.
October 18, 201114 yr Author Nice! Good job. How's the engine holding up? I have an ej22 with well over 300k and it's getting a little tired, but keeps on tick tick ticking. Over the years it has consistently passed Cal smog well except when the above mentioned CEL was on. Over a decade ago, over about 3 years, 3 spark plugs blew out of the engine apparently due to earlier someone's damaging tune up work. So have had 3 helicoils put in the plug cavities but that seems to be quiet since. Then six years ago had the water pump and thermostat go out. I was worried a few years ago that the end was near. Brought it down to a local dealer and they seemed to think the engine might belly up anytime but were not very specific as to why except they wanted to perform about $2k in fixing oil leaks or even better sell me another vehicle. Showed front and rear cam seal oil leaks and other leakage around the left valves. Had it steam cleaned then determined the valve cover gasket was the only serious leak with the cam seal leaks minor. So had that fixed elsewhere and have lived with the other two issues just adding a pint of oil every few weeks. A couple years ago the radiator blew a big hole at the bottom and that was replaced. I'll keep using it to commute to work and tend to drive on city streets instead of freeways in order to keep stress down. Otherwise I use my 2007 Forester especially on weekends.
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