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I was a frequent visitor about 10 years back when I had my silver dual range 1984 GL. I had to sell to get a car for the kids. Well, the kids are teens and I found my dream machine. It’s 2 doors and a hatch this time. Up in Montana where old subies thrive. My local parts guy has retired so I may need help finding stuff. Happy to be back.

Exactly what I was thinking. Happened to me on two separate, quite old Subarus.

I have several stock and aftermarket units. Your's for the shipping.

Hey first post, but was proud of my work so thought I'd share... Installed some Mitsubish Lancer seats in my 86 brat. $40 bucks each from the junk yard! Was able to do it with a hand tools and a drill.

Yes you are correct. I was just stating that if you were to switch oils you would be able to see where your oil usage is since there’s no leaks etc. Just looked up a quart and it’s double what I thought - the best part of a litre. So in your mum’s case she’s using just under a litre of oil for every 750 miles/1200km. That’s the equivalent of an oil change volume burnt between oil changes if you’re doing it every 5k miles/8000km. While oil is definitely cheaper than an engine replacement it’s an extra visible cost that would certainly annoy me! Fuel prices fluctuate. Currently a litre of unleaded or diesel is about $AU1.89/L or $US1.41/L which = $US5.33/US gallon. Locally here it peaked at $AU2.20/L for both fuels. If you wanted premium unleaded add a minimum 20c extra per litre! Now with this fuel cost it’s unusual due to demand post covid and Russia’s war in Ukraine. We’re “normally” bouncing between $AU1.20 to $1.50/L during peak times. A bottle of decent oil in 5L (1.32 US gallon) is about $AU50/$US37.87. Going by my calculations bouncing between your figures here from your Mum’s Impreza, google for conversions and the phone’s calculator (I should get a pen and paper!): - 35mpg = 6L/100km or 14.8km/L - 33mpg = 7.19L/100km or 13.9km/L - 30mpg = 7.94L/100km or 12.7km/L So the fuel costs at 750 miles or 1200km look like this with fuel at $AU1.89/L: - 35mpg/ 6L/100km = $AU153.24/$US114.35 - 33mpg/ 7.19L/100km = $AU163.16/$US121.76 - 30mpg/ 7.94/100km = $AU178.58/$US133.26 At 1200km/750miles that puts a 2mpg loss at an extra $AU9.92/$US7.40 and 5mpg loss at an extra $25.43/$US18.97!! So yeah the larger loss of mpg well exceeds the cost of a bottle or two of oil over here and makes sense when analysing the financials involved. I wonder how those in the states required to pass emissions testing go with the oil consumption, or what the difference is between consuming oil and being hit with the higher mpg in the test results. It’s all quite interesting when breaking down the maths involved after all of the above. I’ve aimed to put it into terms that I can understand/compare to while keeping the stats for the majority on this forum. Cheers Bennie

no, it is not common to need to whack it to get it to work. check the ground in the center dash area (behind the stereo unit) speakers cutting out, yeah, that is kind of common.. and most likely the wiring where it goes thru to the door. the wires get brittle with age and start to break I have had very good luck with Sony aftermarket units and the plug & play wiring kits (no cutting of stock wires).. last one i had had blue tooth for hands free phone, CD player and a USB port - was nice, could load up a thumb drive with tunes, plug it in and just go for hours. was awesome for road trips.

i guess i forgot to mention i want a wagon, not a sedan, LOL =P

Here you go. A new hood and you should be good. https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/arvada-1995-subaru-legacy/7469232186.html

I just did some quick math (what can I say, slow afternoon at work...). My mom's 2012 Impreza uses a quart of oil about every 750 miles. When I worked at the dealership, we had many customers reporting a loss of 3-5mpg after receiving a new shortblock (with tighter rings). Over 750 miles, with fuel costing $3/gallon, a drop from 35mpg to 32mpg is about $6. Depending on the oil you're using, you could easily come out ahead. If you're getting 4k miles to a quart, that difference jumps to $32.13. If you can find a quart of oil for $32, you're going something wrong. So yea, it's cheaper to risk a little extra wear on your cat than replace your engine.

They call for 0W20. That's right in the heart of the oil consumption class action lawsuit that was filed against Subaru. Subaru extended the warranty to 100k in response. There are 2 oil lights. A low oil level light, and a low oil pressure light (the older cars only had pressure, and interestingly the first few years of FB engined Foresters, most Forester owners just drove them until they blew up, whereas Impreza and Leg/OBK owners got the warning light). The level light comes on kind of prematurely, as the engine is usually less than a quart low. But this prevents catastrophic damage. My mom bought her 2012 Impreza with about 20k miles on it, it's over 200k, now. It has a salvage title, so was not eligible for a free engine, so she keeps a quart of oil in the trunk, and a funnel tucked in next to the battery. I just found out this week that she's down to ~750 miles per quart, so I advised her to switch to synthetic 5W30. She has seen a P0420 a couple times, so the cat is probably not happy with the hundred + quarts of oil that has gone through it,

I would think that the oil burning cleaner would mean less problems for the cat. Over the 3-5k between oil changes, I'm sure the gas savings adds up to a lot more than a couple quarts of oil. Even the Subaru synthetic.

^ none of those things sound economical vs a slightly better fuel economy GD! False economics to me. Spend less on fuel only to spend a pot load more oil to keep it in the sump - then throw a replacement catalytic converter at it down the track at some point. Being full synthetic oil no doubt, you won’t see any blue smoke as it seems to always burn clean out the exhaust pipe. If you switched to mineral (watch everyone cringe here) you’ll see the effects of the oil rings not doing a proper job. Cheers Bennie

Use 5w40 The rings were not made to spec on that engine. But on the plus side they are low friction and will improve mileage. Add oil as needed and don't worry about it. Slight oil consumption is cheaper than the loss of fuel economy from full friction rings. Subaru should have increased the capacity and desensitized the low warning. But they didn't. Put oil in it and drive on. It will probably need a new catalytic converter earlier than usual. GD

Hey all, car didn't sell at auction but made a deal after the fact and it was sold for what I was looking to get. The kicker is the car is on it's way back to its home, Japan. One less coupe in the states now. I delivered the car to the buyer in Sacramento CA (6 hour drive) and he drove it the rest of the way to Los Angeles. Definitely no trailer queen here, and with the original 1400 wet sleeve engine no less. Going to miss her but it's on to the next project.