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Once again..... New owner of a 96 outback


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I just picked up my gonzillionath Subaru.

Lets see if I can hold onto this one.:lol:

 

1996 Subaru Outback

180k miles

5spd

straight and white.

heated seats.

Strong engine and clutch.

 

Heres the fixer part.

 

Has an oil leak that leaks onto the Y pipe and causes the vehicle to smoke in the engine bay.

Has a whine/noise when letting off the gas at upper rpms or down shifting.

Check engine light is on and when I connect the self diagnositic cable the check engine light doesnt flash the 12 it just flashes rapidly.

 

Any ideas folks?

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The oil leak is probably going to be an inner axle boot on the pass side, or the cam support o ring on the back of the pass head.

 

The noise when you let off sounds like it may be a front diff.

 

What type of code reader are you using? Is it one with a read out? If not just stop by an advance auto or auto zone and they can give you a better idea of what is in the computer if a code is stored.

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