Loyale 2.7 Turbo

Yes. Nope, it sounds Normal, if you consider this: That's a safety measurement; so the pump stops if the engine doesn't run, to avoid a fire / explosion in case of a Crash or a Rollover... Two basic things comes to my mind, that often get overlooked: ► Timing Belts and ► Fusible Links. I kindly suggest you to verify the current state of those two things, as a start point; one of the timing belts on the EA82 engine, also drives the gear to make the distributor's Rotor to spin, so it worth check if it spins when you crank the car with the distributor, open. If not, the driver's side timing belt has snapped; but if it spins, you need to check the passenger's side timing belt to be sure it hadn't snapped. The Fusible Links are located inside the Black Box, over the coolant overflow tank, near to the battery; often they gets rusty to the point that they looks alright, but only low voltage / amperage to gets thru them; worth checking them, cleansing their contacts. Let us know the Results; Kind Regards.

Long Story Short: At first, nothing changed at all, we had to refill the Power Steering reservoir with more Power Steering fluid, but only the next two days after I added the Brake Fluid to the system; after that, the Leak slowed down to the half, and after a week, the Leak was absolutely Gone! ...and the system hasn't leaked a single Drop in over a Year!!! Definitely, this trick has some hidden science behind, and might not work well on all the hydraulic systems; but I am really pleased with this Lazy solution, so far. Maybe the Power Steering hydraulics could fail again in the future and restart to Leak; but this trick gives you more than enough time to obtain the needed parts to do the repairs. I've not obtained another Steering Rack yet, because seems that the parts' swap isn't necessary; we have other priorities and the "KiaStein" keeps working Flawlessly, thanks to God. Kind Regards.

As things got worse, my Wife had to pour almost daily Power Steering fluid, and also she tried with Power Steering "Stop Leak" additives from any brand that she found on her way home... but those went out from the steering rack, twice the fast than the mere Power Steering fluid itself. So, I knew that I have to change the Steering Rack. ...or try the Brake Fluid trick... What could I loose? Well, damaging the Power Steering Pump was my worry, as it has been Flawlessly working on the Kia since new. But after lots of thinking, and after knowing that the Local junk yards around the Rural area where I live, didn't had any Sephias to do the Swap... I decided to try that old mechanic's trick: I poured a couple of ounces of Brake Fluid on the Power Steering's Fluid reservoir.

The fluid swap worked well on my Subie, as it is about to reach two decades without getting worse, and there are no noticeable leaks, only needing a couple of ounces or so of Power Steering Fluid, yearly; but the fluid swap didn't worked well on the "KiaStein" somehow, as the leakage only slowed down, but persisted. Then, we moved from the Big city to a small town in the mountainous rural area of Honduras, where I met several local folks including Master mechanics, some of them already have more than fifty years of experience; I talked to some of them, and they said to me something weird: - Pour an ounce of fresh Brake Fluid DOT 3 to your Power Steering Fluid. - Say What? - Yes, the Brake Fluid will inflame the rubber on the Seals. So, what they said is that the Rubber seals, shrinks with age, and the continuous exposure to the hot oil; and the Brake Fluid tends to do the opposite to them; but such solution is like certain medicines, which only do good when they are taken in tiny amounts, and they are Venom in considerable amounts. I hesitated to follow their advice, meanwhile the Leak got worse.

Power Steering stories. It took me a Year to post this information, but I wanted to be Sure that this "Lazy" repair, really works, prior to share the idea here; however, I am not telling nor suggesting that you should do this... Let me explain. During year 2013, the Power Steering rack of our "KiaStein" started to Leak fluid, very slowly. At first, it was almost unnoticeable, except for the lower fluid level on the reservoir... I only kept the level as it should be, by simply refilling the reservoir; then next year the car started to mark its territory, you know, leaving oily spots on the Garage and other places... The Owner's manual for the 2000 model year Kia Sephia, states that it uses ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid) on the Power Steering System; just like my 1985 Subaru, which by the way, also Leaked from the Power Steering Rack, years ago, and I decided to do the Same I did then, with my Subie: I drained all the ATF from the Power Steering System and after cleansing it, I poured a mixture of Fresh Power Steering Fluid and Lucas' "Stop Leak" Power Steering Additive; that combo has worked Flawlessly for my Subie, since many years ago. Like in my Subie, this Kia's Steering wheel became a little bit harder to steer after the Fluid's Swap; that difference is noticeable but nothing dramatic; in fact, it adds a "Sporty" feeling to the Steering on these cars, somehow, but also makes the pump to spin quieter, and the engine's bay becomes a li'l bit less noisy.

Remember that the Power for the fuel Pump is cut off, if the engine does not run; so there will be Power on the wiring for the fuel Pump, only few seconds after turning the key to the "ON" position.

Welcome! ... you'll enjoy to be here. Which Subaru models you do have? Kind Regards.

Yes, I Know ~► http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/122276-the-bumble-beast/page-2?do=findComment&comment=1115820 Kind Regards.

GD has posted good info here, for retrofitting it on the EA81: ~► http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/56957-rear-disc-brake-swap/?do=findComment&comment=460004

Yes. He can retrofit the one from an EA82.

Somehow, people who deletes the EGR on their EA engines, reports positive feedback. Kind Regards.

So, what happened to this Awesome Subie, nowadays?

Sorry for the offtopicness, but regarding this: Are you writing about the same in-line six cylinder Ford engine, that you have one, and also I have another one? ... If so, it is a 4.1 (250 cui) litre, not a 4.0 litre, and I didn't know, nor ever noticed that. By the way, the one I have, came from factory with an unequal exhaust manifold, that fooled people, making them believe that it was a V8 somehow... sadly that unequal exhaust manifold is long gone, as it developed a Hole in front of the cylinder #1 which never got welded in a long lasting way, every welding only lasted around a week, so my dad changed it with a straight exhaust manifold from a 300, that makes the car to sound -and feel- way softer... Kind Regards.

That's True. Share a video with us, so we can hear it That is one of the Cleanest exhaust jobs I've seen. Kind Regards.

I kindly suggest you to obtain a Spring compressor, and get used to it, prior to do the removal of the coil springs, because it is very Dangerous to do it wrongly, the rest it pretty easy, like remove and install procedures. Maybe you share here, photos of the Crosstrek, before and after the Lift. in my own humble opinion, a lift less than two inches doesn't worth the effort... Kind Regards.

Well, now you'll spend another two hours more... if you read the First thread about this "Quattro San" which is... ...Here: ~► http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/22018-quattro-san-lives-updated-as-of-1122004/ Because this one, is a continuation from that one. Kind Regards.

Also I don't live in USA, so I buy parts online from Rock Auto: ~► www.rockauto.com Kind Regards.

Diesel in Loyale: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/50983-strange-and-weird-subaru-stuff/page-97?do=findComment&comment=1372612

I prefer to answer you, in another thread, to avoid hijack this one. So, please Follow this link: ~► http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/87725-an-open-request-to-loyale-27-turbo/page-19 Kind Regards.

I just searched for it in YouTube... just hearin' it now... its new for me. Subarus just got into mexico 'till 2005. We had them in the rest of Latin America way before. Honduras got the first one in 1968. Kind Regards.

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Somehow, my Radioactive yellow "BumbleBeast" gets more attention than many Racer and "Ricer" modern cars. Seems like in this bubble-round cars era, the good ol' Squared ones are becoming more interesting... Kind Regards.

http://www.felpro.com/technical/tecblogs/valve-stem-seals.html

Are you writing about the Rubber steam seals? I agree, but I noticed that the early EA82's got seals made of rubber only, while newer seal were updated from factory, and got a metallic core, covered with rubber. That's the only difference I noticed. Kind Regards.