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I had a Lumina:rolleyes: that did that sort of thing. It definately had a hitch-up in it's getalong but only during low throttle cruising situations like you describe. After some looking and cursing I pulled the plugs just on a hunch. One of them was missing the little nipple thing from the outside electrode that used to be there. This effectively almost doubled the gap and was causing a fairly consistent misfire on that cylinder. I was trying to sell the car so I just regapped it without the nipply part and it ran perfect again.:cool:

hot hot hot!

I'm certainly not the resident expert (or even one of the really smart guys here) but from what you describe I would definately not bother replacing the gaskets. You'd determined that it's not losing enough oil to show on the dipstick so unless it's a show car or you park on white carpet somewhere I don't think it's worth the trouble. If you were pulling the covers for some other reason or pulling the motor I'd go ahead at that point but not now.

hahaha. awesome!

I know it's not the same generation but my 94 turbo wagon has a sticker on the driver's door panel saying something like: "after hard driving or long highway runs let the car idle for a minute to cool down". I suspect that's just the warranty nannies being overly cautious but it can't be a BAD idea.

Hey man, good luck with the Rav4! My brother's girlfriend has one and it's been flawless for years and years. I think I would actually rate Honda and Toyota a touch higher in the reliability scale right now than recent Subarus but to me the Subaru is worth the extra premium for the rally-bred heritige and all the crazy "personality" they have. I can't wait to replace my Civic with an Impreza, Forester, or Baja. But here's the kicker: I also want to replace the wife's turbo Legacy wagon with a honda or toyota (Accord or Camry) because she doesn't care about awd at all and the turbo makes us broke at the pumps. ($1.235 per litre today)

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I know someone will ) but shouldn't you see over 14v in a car charging system while it's running? throw a multimeter on the battery terminals with the car running (careful of moving parts) to see what the score is independant of your stereo system wiring.

I'm sure you could rig something up with a dremel. Isn't that what dentists to anyway?

Taken out of context some of the things I say can end up pretty "funny". Taken IN context some of them are even worse sometimes!

Good call, I actually intend to give them another session or two before clearcoat anyway. or I might just not bother clearcoating at all. ... and it was Mint

I can't remember if it was on this board or over at legacycentral that I read about someone taking toothpaste to their fogged up headlights but I decided to try it. Sorry, no pics (I know I know) but after investing about $0.12 worth of toothpaste and about 10 minutes of my time I saw a notable improvement! Here's my complicated method: Step 1. blast lights with hose and wipe off loose dirt step 2. slop on a blob of toothpaste and rub it around with a clean rag till you get sick of doing it. step 3. rinse everything off well with the hose I'm going to give 'er another round or two of this treatment to see how good they can get. Then maybe clearcoat the lenses or something.

When I was at the dealership the other day picking up some OE/NGK wires for the wagon the parts counter guy offered me a deal on OE/NGK platinum plugs. I scoffed and said that coppers generally make a slightly hotter spark AND you have to change them out often enough that they don't get stuck in the heads and ruin your weekend. The parts counter guy looked at me kinda funny but the dealer's mechanic standing behind him laughed heartily and agreed with me. So in my mind I feel better off sticking with copper plugs.

That is very bizzare. The right rear belt in my 94 wagon did the same thing. I just spent a couple hours tearing most of the trim out of that side of the rear to get the damned old belt out. I then replaced it with one from a junked 94 wagon which, as it turns out, is _slighty_ better... can't win with cars, eh? The work isn't hard to do it's just a little annoying finding and pulling all the fasteners for the trim. I recommend having a deep socket for the big belt anchor bolt at the bottom of the unit though because the stud hangs out past the nut a fair way. I think it's a 16mm. Maybe now I'll ask about that lifetime warranty on seatbelts... *sigh*

I just stuck new wires on the 94 turbo wagon. Plus it's got the stage 1 weight reduction kit (some rust and a fuel leak). We just got a few tanks of ~21mpg. That's pretty good for this tanker

As long as it feels like he didn't leave out a pad or something it probably just needs another bleeding. If I remember correctly it should be bled from the furthest corner from the master cylinder and then 2nd furthest and so on.

Call me stupid (if necessary) but can't an exhaust leak at or near the manifold tick like this? My 94 turbo wagon started ticking recently and as soon as I got under the car for the oil next time I noticed that the crossover pipe has a couple little holes brewing in it with soot around them. They weren't there last time I was under there which was also before the tick. Something to think about anyway.

My 94 turbo is an automatic :-\ so it spools and 'blows off' a little more of it's own will than I'd like. The turbo is noticeable but definately not loud and I think I've only heard the BOV about twice. The stock unit seems to be mostly silent as far as I can tell. Gas mileage is about the only thing I dislike about my turbo. It's completely atrocious. on a good day we see around 20mpg with ALL HIGHWAY. I can't even bring myself to talk about the in-town mileage because I'm likely to cry or something.

I'm going to give it a try again one of these days. And this time I'm taking a crowbar with me. Every time I drive the car I'm afraid for my neck because the headrest in the down position only goes up to the bottom of my head... right in that good spot where the spinal cord and skull join... that CAN'T be a good place to take a hit

Hey guys, the driver's headrest has been stuck in the full-down position since we got the car. Now that spring should be approaching soon I was hoping someone would have a trick for making it release or something. There is a little sideways lock switch thing on one of the posts but while that does move it doesn't seem to affect the locked-edness of the post. Any hints or tricks? thanks in advance!:cool: (94 legacy wagon)

well done! you say that's completely stock?

This may be a funny idea or not but have you looked at the shift linkage itself for rattles? My honda has a dirty rattle somewhere in the shift linkage due to worn bushings. It sort of comes and goes with certain RPMs and levels of engine load. If I grab the shifter it mostly goes away. just something else to check anyway. good luck!

Not sure if subaru did this very much or often but my 94 turbo legacy has a sticker right on the door panel by the handle that says "let car idle for a minute or two after extended highway driving" (or something to that effect). it rarely gets this treatment as I don't think it's really necessary and I forget about it anyway... once in a while if I've really been caning it I'll let'er cool for a minute or two though - just to be nice.

Chef, Your symptoms sound hauntingly familiar to when the powersteering pump crapped the bed in my 94 wagon. It would make a squeal on startup here or there so I figured it was getting time for a new belt that weekend. Before I could go get the belt The Wife called with news that the car made the squealing noise steadily for a couple minutes and when she got where she was going it made a big old puddle of "blood" under the nose. I hopped in the trusty Civic to go check it out and found that the PS pump was emptying itself of fluid quite efficiently. Just a possibility anyway... hopefully you've just got a crappy belt or something though :-p

I did this on my old 90 Grand Am. The fuel filter on my PCV hose definately got some snotty looking blow-by slime stuff in it. This seemed to help the TB stay more clean.

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