The Dude Abides

Im going to look over the ignition carefully but i think im going to suggest he replace the plugs, wires, and ignition coil just to be safe. As far as the headgaskets go your nuts if you think im takeing this apart. My subaru ea82 is beyond what i want to touch. I look at this ej25 and i weep in fear.

Well good news and bad news. Good news is the car got sent to the shop asap today for new tires all around, we have an upcoming snow storm. The bad news is that he told me the car shut off on him today on the highway on the way to the tireshop. Just driveing along and it shut off. He tried to turn it over for 5 minutes with it just turning over and over again. After that it started fine and ran normal. No check engine light. Thanks for the advice guys and keep it coming.

Ok, so since my brother isnt mechanically inclined and i am. I get the job of putting this back in propper running condition. Few things ive noted. 1997 Subaru Legacy GT 139000 miles. From what i have seen it was well taken car of for its first 60k miles. I have every dealer:) service record. After that its a mystery until about 110000 miles. From there its had timeing belts, ball joints, and a couple other misc things. It is filthy, kinda scary filthy. I mean dirt is caked on this thing, i almost told him not to buy it because of that. It looks like its sat for a while. Motor, interior, exterior are just like its been neglected. And its beat up, small damage to the front bumper, rear bumper, mirror and all door guards. No rust problems though. Engine ran fine and tracked down the road good. Drove it for 45 minutes never overheaded though we could smell alittle coolant. I checked the ground for leaks, none. I checked the exhaust for smells, none. I checked the resevour, had small bits of junk in it. Only time will tell about the HG which seems to of not been replaced yet. I told my brother all of this before he bought it but weve determined that if there is a problem he has that type of money to just fix it. Has 4 tires the same size but different treads. The headlights and foglights are hazed over terribly, any recomenditions on how to fix this or what others have done in the past. Maybe headlight replacements because they seem terribly old and yellow so are proballu due. So heres what ive come to know. We had some slushy ice yesterday and this thing liked to get sideways. Is that due to the low profile type tires the GT version has. During certain accelerations it felt doggy. Kinda like it was chugging but at highway speeds it was fine. Im sure it might need plugs and wires but is there anything else i should check out or clean. Im baffeled this didnt come with a full size spare since dont they say you cant alter the size at all. Needs some brake work probally brother says they felt uneven. Ill be spending some time with this car to give it a good shakedown. I could some reccomendations from you. Good allseason tires Spark plugs and wires and anything else you need to do for a refreshing for this car. The heater control lights dont seem to work, is this a easy repair just a burnt out bulb. Im used to ea82s so this is something new for me. Heres a pic.

Time for me to spend some time in the new gen area. Look for some new posts buy me.

cummon details...........

My brother ended up picking it up today. I have never seen a more filthy car. I was happy to find lots of service records it though. But no head gasket. It feels like it has kinda chugging so it probally needs some intake cleaning or maybe plugs and wires. I didnt see coolant dripping or i couldnt smell or see it come through the exhaust. But you can smell it alittle bit when you open the hood. My brother fully aware of this says that if it goes a year and then needs replaced its worth it. Man it was dirty, like ive never seen any vehicle this dirty before. Ran and drove down the road nice and tight. Alittle clunking in the rear though and man that abs is annoying. Had the same size tire on them but they all had different treads. 1st thing hes buying is 4 new tires, then wiper blades, plugs and wires, fog light and the headlamp cleanup kit. Anything else i should tell him. I think ill direct him to this websight so he can get his info first hand. Thanks for all those who answered. Ben

138k miles, 2500 bucks. What do i need to be on the look out for for a HG problem.

How much for the camaro.

Despite its age and miles, thats old technology. I wouldnt pay darn near 2000 bucks for something like that. Its nice and clean with low miles but i would pass. Offer them 1000 bucks and see what they say. If they have a problem tell them to get off of kellys blue book and see what those are really worth.

http://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/1510934464.html So my brother is going to look at this car and i was wondering what he should be looking out for. I believe these are the ones with the headgasket problems but need some clarification. Anything we need to be looking at or aware of. As far if this is a good price or not. Doesnt this have a turbo and intercooler. Any advice would be great. Ben

Yea he pulled the cap and rotor off, said everything looked fine.

Has cleaning the connections on the fuel pump quieted it down and not allowed the noise to come from the turn signals.

Nope because FI is superior to the Stock Suby carb setup.

Thats what im talking about. Im talking about stock form. We all know carbs are easier then FI but we all can agree that the stock suby carb sucks. We can all agree that single range is good, but dual range is superior. I was talking about the 85-94 series, wagon, sedan or 3dr.

Make sure and use NGK plugs and wires. Beck-Arnley cap and rotor will work.

Lost in the shuffle bump.

What did you use for that. Heres the beginning of mine. I need to configure up a basket.

I think it was 88-90. And help me out but wasnt those the only few years where you could get fuel injection and the dual range was still offered. 85-87 you could only get carbed for the most part. And 91-94 you couldnt get dual range. Just curious.

I was thinking yearround. There cheaper then dirt on tirerack. Also new to tirerack they have the BFGoodrich TA All terrains for sale in 14inch now. I havent seen them on there before.

Just curious if anyone runs these year round or offroaded in them. The tred pattern isnt to agressive but they seem to be fairly knobby. I didnt if snow tires like these had softer compound so they wouldnt be good for offroad or every year use. Ben

Yea ive been useing a light lube. It was fine last year during this time. I have cleaned out the IAC and the Throttle Body thourghly with Throttle Body cleaner this spring.

Ok so it still froze up. Yesterday i tried to spray alittle lube on the butterfly shaft in the throttle body and it still hangs up. Its not the cable, its the rod that goes through the throttle body. Any ideas. Agian this is baffleing ot me, i dont think its getting hung up because if it was it would do it all the time wouldnt. Ive got it kinda figured out where i press the peddle and start it up. It idles high for about 7 minutes before it warms up enough to go to normal idle. Im about to ask my parts lady for a new upper throttle body and go that route.

Oh and buy the way tank. Stick around because we can get you hooked up with a lift and some tires for that rig of yours. Would hang in there even better with your jeep buddies. If i may borrow a couple pictures.

Well if your wanting to donate that useless car you can send it my way. I dont know about other subarus but ive never known a sence of stability on the snow as ive know these past few days. I drive 35mph with ease. Hardly any wheel spin and perfectly planted on the road. Dont know if i can ever go back. Even in big suvs ive rode in they never felt like that.

mine does the same thing. Looking forward to hearing an answer.