myles

Will a failing clutch pilot bearing make the sound the poster describes?

Are you asking how much torque the clutch will hold without slipping, or how much torque the trans. will hold without grenading? The method of actuation of the clutch (be it cable or hydraulic) doesn't enter into it. How much torque are we talking about?

What do you mean by hydraulically operated? I think all Subaru manual trans. have the gear shift attached to metal linkages which are attaced to the shift forks. Anyone have one apart?

Will nitrile gloves resist petroleum?

Latex dissolves in petroleum.

What's wrong with that car? Looks OK to me.

A different piston would be the safest bet if such a thing exists.

I'll bet Saab has pictures of it!

It'll likely still slap with Mobil1 10w30 (mine does). I'm going to try Mobil1 15w50 once it warms up a bit outside. Anyone try this vis.?

I haven't used one, but these look promising: http://www.truebite.com/remove/

A couple of things to keep in mind. The intake tract for the Phase-II (SOHC) 2.5L is different than that for the Phase-I (DOHC). To be more specific, the Phase-II has an air inlet just above the passenger-side head light (woo-hoo, factory cold-air intake!), and a resonator chamber just behind the ABS module. It's actually very well designed. As for the pulley, don't forget that it acts as a damper as well. Its mass may serve to cancel some crankshaft harmonic. I'll check the factory service manuals when I get a chance.

My '02 Legacy GT came with Champion spark plugs.

I was going to post the factory-sanctioned procedure, but I'm not allowed to upload a 53.5 kB file. Sorry I can't seem to delete the post, either. Sorry for wasting your time.

You have the redesigned clutch. No worries. Keep with the OEM air filter. K&N and its ilk yield little or no increase in output at the expense of allowing more wear-causing particles into the engine. If you want to increase output of a naturally-aspirated engine, cams are your best bet. To expensive? Perhaps a freer-flowing cat-back exhaust will get you a few more ponies. Don't bother with a cold-air intake. You already have one. I've not confirmed this with dyno. runs, but my '02 Legacy (same mill as in your Forester) feels more powerful when run on premium unleaded. Remember, this engine has a 10:1 compression ratio, which seems a bit high for gasoline with an AKI of 87. Perhaps the ECU is allowing more advance when I'm running with the premium fuel. I could confirm this if I had some wiz-bang OBDII software and an interface cable.

If you're looking for a trend (oil consumption in this case), you need to be consistent. You must check the oil level under similar conditions each time. Either check it after a fuel stop (while the engine's at operating temperature and the oil's had however long it takes to fill the tank to drain into the pan) or check it in the moring after the car's been sitting all night. Otherwise, you're comparing apples to oranges. Again, you're looking for _precision_, not accuracy. You don't need to know _exactly_ how much oil is in the engine (accuracy in measurement), you need to know how much the level dropped since the last measurement (_precision_ is important here, that's why you need to check the oil under the same conditions each time). Let me know how you make out with the clutch. Mine's been acting up since new, and the dealer claims she can't reproduce the problem, and by the time I arrive, the clutch is warm enough that it doesn't "chatter".

It's actually a _smaller_ crank pulley. Why replace multiple driven pulleys when you can replace one drive pulley?

OK Lebowski (sp?), what's the difference between the Phase I and II 2.5's (besides the SOHC vs. DOCH)?

On newer Subaru's, the parking brake is actually a small drum brake built into the rear rotors.

I wonder if you're significantly shortening the life of your cat. by running that much MMO through it. Just thinking out loud...

Incorrect. The US-market STI has this feature.

All NA 2.5's are interference.

As for the chattering clutch, be prepared for the dealer's inability to reproduce the problem (denial is the word of the day). Later on I'll post a copy of the TSB for this issue, if you like. It may help your case (I didn't in my case). As for the oil consumption, my '02 Legacy (same mill as in yours) burns as much oil as your ride does when I drive it hard (frequent trips at WOT to the red line). If I drive it like the proverbial "little old lady", it uses hardly any. What oil are you using? I'm running Mobil1 10w30, but I'm going to try Mobil1 15w50 as soon as it warms up a bit.

People in glass houses don't throw stones It's "couldn't", the contracted form of "could not".

Will it pop in if you double-clutch?

You might have better luck at the nasioc forums (fora?).