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Thanks I will give that a try.

Just purchased an 86 gl, the blower motor works intermittently. Checked for power at the motor, appears to be a problem with power coming in to the motor. I have traced the wires from the motor back and find no obvious shorts, what else should I be checking, is there a relay that could cause this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks for the info, sounds like you can't go wrong with that engine.

Hello All, I am loking at an 84 GL wagon on CL, I have had several cars with the EA82 engine but none with the EA81. Was trying to find out if any bad about the EA81, parts easy to get?, I am assuming they are easy to work on. Just in general what to be loking for in that model of car. Thanks, Shawn

Looked through the USRM and only found info on old gen seat swapping. Was wanting to know if anyone knows what would be entailed in swapping seats from a 98 Forester into a 93 Impreza, or if they would even fit, size wise. Thanks

It's AWD wagon, I am usually driving 55-60mph and I am pretty easy on the gas pedal.

1993 Impreza L, 180K, 5 speed, averages 28 with mixed driving, 30-32 on pure hwy. I've owned the car for about a year and have tracked every tank for milage. I am very happy with these 1.8 engines. I wish Subaru would come out with another econmical car for the U.S. market.

That's interesting to know, I've heard the Imp have a history of short lived wheel bearings but I assumed much longer than what I have on these. I will definitely look at the bearings again. Thanks

No clunking, gust the growling noise. Kind of an odd issue to pin down. Most stuff I work on on my own but if this requires a press, I'll have to take it to someone.

My experience with the Subby awd is pretty limited,when I changed the diff fluid in the rear end it looked pretty good, that was the other thing I wasn't sure about is the drive line stuff. I have had U joints go bad on my truck and that causes a real growling noise when moving.

It is a 5spd AWD, I changed the fluid in the rear when the noise first started, also put 4 new Michelin X radials about 2 weeks ago, I haven't tried replacing the fluid in the tranny, that would definitely be an option before dropping the diff. I pretty much have done everything else I knew to try before narrowing it the rear diff, I have owned many 4wd and awd and have never had a problem with the rear diff. I am going to change the fluid in the tranny differential today, if that doesn't work I guess it's off with the rear diff. I'll keep posted as to what the problem ends up being. Thanks for all of the help. Shawn

When I drive it the rear end has a growling noise at low speed as soon as you start moving and as speed increases it gets worse, has a harmonic sound with it at higher speeds, replaced the rear bearings 10K ago, brakes are good, new tires. I can't think of anything else that would be making the noise it's currently makin out of the rear end. Would be happy to have input if you think otherwise. Thanks

I think my rear diff is going out, looking for a good resource for rebuild parts, it a 93' impreza. Thanks

Just my two cents, I am a firefighter/paramedic and I have seen my fair share of car accidents with air bags over the years, I have never seen anyone seriously injured by airbag deployment. I have seen a number of children who should never have been in the front seat end up with neck pain in low speed accidents from air bags, but again no serious injuries. Overall I think front impact airbags do help more than they harm.

I'll just try to not breath real heavy.

Yeah, I thought that was pretty funny you through that question in there about the color and you were right. Also I am figuring since the weather is starting to cool down I am in no great hurry to do anything with the AC unit.

Hey my car is fixed, I disconnected the AC belt and drove the car about 250 mi. without incident. Thanks for the help.

OK, maybee I will take the belt off of the AC unit all together and see what happens, I will also check the main pully. I am about to head up north about 45min drive so this will be a good test of the AC being disconnected. Thanks, Shawn

More details, it's a 5 speed, yes the tires and tread are all the same, it is green good guess, and it does it all of the time, though it makes an almost backfire type of noise when the AC is on. Sorry about the vaugness of the problem description, it's just hard to verbalize the sounds in writing. Recent work, I resealed the oil and water pump, New t-belt, new plugs and wires. One other thing, the AC unit was unplugged when I bought it.

Hey all, I have a 93 impreza. When I am traveling at freeway speed it has been starting to do something strange, the car will be going along fine and then there is a squeek that sound like a belt and the car lurches, just for a split second. The frequency of the occurances is starting to increase, I am assuming this is a pully going bad. Does anyone have any idea where to look first? I can't reproduce it when I am sitting in the driveway running the rpm's up. Would the water pump do something like this if it were going out? Thanks.

I will give that a try. Thanks

I will see if I can figure out how to get the codes. It's such an intermitten problem it's going to be fun to track down. Thanks for a starting point to look for the problem.

Hello all, I have a 93 impreza 1.8, starts great first thing runs and idles well, but then after it has been driven a while, when I go to restart it just cranks and cranks, have to pump the gas some to get it started. Once it is started again it runs fine. Put in new batt. just for ample crank, replaced fuel filter, plugs, wires, ran two bottles of injector cleaner through, and it is still giving me problems after its warmed up. The problem started about 3 weeks ago and has just become more frequent. Any ideas as to what this might be would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Take I-5 when you get to Olympia take Hwy101 follow until you hit Hwy8 follow Hwy8 several miles, the ORV park is on your left. If you get to McCleary you've gone too far. There should also be directions in the Meet & Greet forum. Good luck and have fun.

The hub tamer or press might be some bucks$$ but it couldn't be as much as having it done. I was at a tire shop today for some other stuff, and just out of curiosity I had them give me a quote on doing the rear bearings, they wanted $534.00, I about fell over, they were charging double just for parts and another $250 in labor. I also searched the board quite a bit and didn't come up with a lot. The Chiltons manual shows a press for removing the bearing, I'll probably go looking for one tommorow.