Robert Harik

Just bought a 05 forester 55,000 miles and it, and every other forester and outback( newest was 06) I have looked at( all N/A, non turbo) have some oil weeping at the head /block line on drivers side rear. Coolant usually dries to a semitransparent( the color of the original coolant green , red, blue, ect) sticky/oily feeling spot. From what I have seen /read the later models mostly have external oil leaks.

I should have read this post more carefully. Is it 20 psi. low. ( as in, its 20 psi. wow thats low)? Or is it, 20 psi below normal? Cars sitting for extended periods will usually have bad sealing valves (surface rust on valves and seats). Usually running for few hours will take care of it. Are you sure you IAC is working?

Does your year have an EGR valve. If it does ,a sticking EGR valve will cause idle problems.

Up to 15 volts is spec for Subaru.

I can't get anything from the site, I just get robots.txt. Got some good links out of this thread though.