just reading old threads from the 'new age subaru' forum, and realizing that many (although not all, some are very knowledgeable) of these newbies dont know too much about cars, not to mention their own brand new subaru. not really basing this on recent posts, but does it seem to others that the older gen soob owners know tons more than the '95s and above? i read about some kid complaining that his year old OB was making a knocking noise before his car warmed up, and was willing to break open his engine and replace a bunch of things to make it go away. them youngins seem a bit hasty (btw, im 17...heh).

 

 

 

p.s.: what really does make that knocking noise?

p.s.: what really does make that knocking noise?

the monkey I keep locked under my hood.

no, i mean my car. and im positive its not your hood monkey. which reminds me, anyone see the trunk monkey commercials? hilarious. that was off topic. whoops. dangit. stop. okay.

likely the hydraulic lash adjusters.

 

I had that problem for awhile...went to replace one...smacked it with a rubber mallet, it came unstuck.....50k later problem never came back.

is it more of a clacking or ticking noise than a knocking noise? if it is then yeah it is just the Hydraulic lifters making the noise no biggie somewhat easy to fix just hafta take the time to do some resealing and cleaning the lifters themselves

dang net it made me think I didn't post it and went and did something I didn't want it to do grrrr sorry did a double post

I heard that there was something about the newer soobs knocking, the dealerships where to tell the customer that it wouldn't harm anything, this is from memory so not 100% sure.

yeah that is what my owners manual says from my OBS

I see it mostly this way: "old" cars are worked on by the drivers and members of this board, and the "new" cars are worked on by the dealers

"New" cars are still under warranty. Not that it would void the warranty if you worked on your new car, but it just makes sense to have them do it. When I owned my 95 Astro van I had free oil changes for life from my dealership. Cant beat that. But any unauthorized major changes to the car will void the warranty.

yeah defanately I am going to do the maint on my "new" car cause it costs less unless it's a major thing and it's under warranty (still waiting for the replacement CD player.......) and as for major mods from what I understand if you get the stuff that they sell at the dealership and have them install it then it's still under warranty