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You should use brake cleaner to clean it. Otherwise you should have it machined so that you get maximum life from your new clutch. It would suck to only get 3/4 the life out of it if you didn't machine it. Good luck.

You would have a knocking noise if the crankshaft was moving around like you descibed. I would first suspect the engine mounts and trans mounts. You described the the vibration still happens while parked so this is where I would look first. The engine and trans move as one when the engine is torqued so looking at both mounts may yield an answer. If those are good, you should look at the harmonic balancer on the front of the engine. They do wear out (believe it or not) and is something most people don't look at. Good Luck.

Yes. My 98 Outback did this until it finally siezed causing a cloud of belt smoke from under the hood. Internal failure can cause your issue.

A friend of mine had the same issue. He though it was fine till I threw on the gages. Way over charged. The temps spiked up one day causing the pressure to increase in the A/c System and causing the high pressure limit switch to cut the compressor. I think you are right on the money Gary.

+1:)

I have always used a method that is really simple to determine what kind of oil is dripping. I simply put cardboard underneath and pull it out after about an hour. This does tow things. I can tell where the oil leaked and I can smell the fluid that leaked. Diff fluid has a smell very different from motor oil. I think it is easier to do than degreasing and waiting (although degreasing is a good thing especially once the leak is fixed). Just my .02

You will also want to make sure that the axles are seated securely in the transaxle. This can cause all the problems you describe also. Since they are wobbly, I would suspect either worn splines or axles that are not properly seated. Good luck.

No. Watch this and you will see why.

98 2.5 DOHC is every 105,000 miles for timing belt. It is a good idea to replace the water pump and idlers. You are on borrowed time with that belt if it is original. That is an interferance engine and will be toast if that belt breaks. 60,000 miles is for the 2.2 SOHC engine. Good luck.

Early 90's legos are either fwd or they are full time awd.

That pic is precious:lol:

I tried to do a search for you, (I am a nice guy, excuse me as a cast up my broken arm) but I started going blind searching through the many pages. I did however read through one thread were a guy swapped an engine and found that his computer read a reluctor on the back side of his cam sproket and his crank. He needed to get the ones from his old engine and swap them out so the computer knew when to spark and fuel. Just throwing it out there. Good Luck!

If you don't have a spark tester, just pull a plug out and ground it to see if you have a spark jumping. You need to find if you have the basics to run this engine. Check all of your connectors and make sure that you plugged them back in. I have read on here somewhere where someone have the same problem as you. It had something to do with either the cam position sensor or the crank position sensor (I can;t recall if subies have a crank position sensor). Anywho, you need to know if you have spark.

did you check for spark. What year, model of car??????????????

Try discount tire, I have always gotten a fair shake from them. Size, um I don't know.

Right on!

That is a huge hole. Glad you know what your doing:)

I believe that was a slanderous statement:rolleyes: I have had chevys that go 250,000 with no problems and while I was a tech I have seen them with 300,000 + (one with 600,000 with original engine, not rebuilt) But anyhow, I think this guy just wants opinions on what everyone thinks, and he can make up his own mind on what he wants to do. If he rebuilds it, I say more pwer to him. If mine were to go south (98 2.5 OBW) I would more than likely go with the 2.2 for the cost, reliability, and to some, it being superior to the 2.5. My .02

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You might want to consider the 2.2 instead of the 2.5 from ccr. It is much less expensive and it is a more reliable engine. They deal with 2.5 to 2.2 calls all the time:)

Seems to me you have bad luck with collisions. sorry to hear that. My sister hit one with her motorcycle a few years back on deckerville rd, only she killed it.

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You could have the beginning of a burned exhaust valve, run the wet compression check, you will know more after that.

Happy to hear another one was saved:clap:

apply a little heat around the bolt to get it to loosen, usually does the trick.