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Yep yep. Took twenty minutes. It's the poor man's solution to a cracked/split axle boot. Backed the car onto ramps, went under there with some newspaper and plastic bags, wrapped the newspaper around the boot as tight as possible, duct tape it as tight as possible, more newspaper, more tape, then wrap a plastic bag around it as tight as possible and tape that up. It's sealed up pretty good now. Should make it through the rains that hit until I can fix it proper. Gotta be resourceful when you don't got the resources

About to go plastic bag my driver's side rear axle boot

Isn't it a bad idea to use 4wd in the rain? In my mind, I see going around a slight curve on the highway at 70 mph in rain a dangerous time to have all 4 wheels locked together.....

Or just be happy with your reliable, practical car, drive it like an old man, and it will last you a lifetime.

amen to that. That's been my solution before as well. Another quick fix was sunglasses and a hoodie when I temporarily had no sun visors. Either way just to be clear to the OP just trying to lighten the mood with some humor I hope you get your heater sorted out!

a very warm jacket.

Mine's bone stock and does the same thing. Reversing a couple of feet usually unbinds it right away..

Wipe the snow off. =P Idk is it different in your parts? It's so cold that cleared headlights that are on will still not overcome the cold and snow builds up again while you're driving? if so that's crazy cold lol, try keeping your high beams on

Vtec kicking in.

And this is precisely why our community here is the shi**. 'nuff said.

SPFI MPFI or carb? Does anybody know if these cars have ignitors? Had a similar problem with my brother's 1st gen Impreza and it was the ignitor..

Just to clarify, you're noting the smoke coming out of the tail-pipe? Does the car ever sit long enough for you to tell if it's leaking only while running?

Don't worry. A big dog would take care of your cat problem too. =P Jk. Not partial to cats, I. haha

If anybody needs the whole FSM manual I gots it. Just throwin that out there.

I stand corrected. I would love a 3 door coupe! lol

Keep us updated!

Yeah, desperate times call for desperate measures lol, the car was needed every day without fail, and money was super tight so no way to get a garage to do it quick (not that I would trust one to do so anyway). it took a couple of months until the gf/s semester ended at school before I could take the car off the road and tear into it. For this reason though, I can assure you that driving with a T.O.D. will not do anything harmful to your engine except hurt economy/performance. It will also make people look at you when you drive by 99 percent of the time. and occasionally they will even inform you that it sounds like your car is running with no oil, which is when you get to tell them that you heard that running a car with no oil makes it last longer and smile and drive away

Yeah, pretty sure whenever an alternator goes, the voltage regulator is usually the culprit. even without the voltmeter, you'd have known eventually that it was your alternator when it finally just bit the dust and your car dies 20 minutes later after the battery drains. haha. Old parts go, just the nature of the beast.

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm going to do that same check on mine to see if it's the valve or the heater core itself. Where exactly under the dash is the heater core located, I'm going to assume it's passenger side footwell. I've ripped out the glovebox in the loyale once before (I forget why actually lol) and remember seeing that that is where the blower fan is located if I'm not mistaken. Is it a real P.I.T.A to get to it? I'd like to flush out the core...

would totally trade my gl for that if it was 4wd...and if I lived closer lol. I'd LOVE to get a hatchie.

first thing I'd do is burn those floor-mats.

Ya, get yourself some jackstands and get both front tires up in the air take both wheels off and then use the other side for reference on the side you are working on. Pay attention to what you're doing. Don't get excited and rush. I used to do that when I first started wrenching and all that does is lead you to mistakes that make you have to go back over things again anyway, so patience is key and pays well in the end.

Could you guys elaborate on that flapper and those hoses you blew out? Ben exhibits the same symptoms. His heat sucks.

If you've got some tools, I agree with everybody, just jump in and start tearing it apart. If you haven't got any tools, take 40 bucks, go to sears and get a 50 piece craftsman tool set, and THEN start tearing into it! What have you got to lose? You've also got everybody here that's chimed in's support too if you hit a dead end.