I have a 93 Legacy L (automatic)with 188,000 miles on it. I was on the highway going to school when I noticed that the car was running at real high rpms. i slowed down at a stop light and stepped on the gas and it was real doggish...the rpms stay under 3000 rpms no matter how hard i push the gas until i reach 50 mph. then it gets up around 4500. any ideas what might be causing this? thanks in advance

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So if the car is stopped and in neutral, and you rev the engine (gas pedal to the floor) the rpms won't go any higher then 3000?

 

Have you tried checking the ECU for codes?

 

www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/engine.html

Sorry I gave a poor description of the problem...when it is in neutral it will rev above 3000 rpms...just when it is in drive it wont...I will look into the ECU thing tho. thanks