Rainychicken

New problem... Sometimes now to get the STUPID HID's to turn on you have to put it on high beam (which works fine) and then take the fuse out for the headlight (left and right) then put it back and turn them back to low beam and they work fine. Thats the only way to ge them to work again that Ive found. What do I need to switch back to the normal bulbs, just the bulbs and I remove all this other junk? I hate these HID's..

I found out why the brake light is on.. The little switch for the parking brake got moved so the lever never touched the switch. Easy fix. Is it possible that the oil just got to full and that causes the plugs to get covered in oil? Cause I think when I was trying to teach her how to change her oil she put a little extra in by mistake. Cause now it kinda seems to have stopped leaking. Before I cleaned the plugs and wires off and they havent gotten oil covered again yet..

But where do the spark plug grommets go? Ill tackle this soon maybe I should take some pics on the way and we can throw together a how to for this since its so common?

Is it a simple gasket and I won't wreck anything? If it was my car I'd just do it but if i wreck my gfs car she can't afford to fix it, she can't afford to have them do it the first time either ha. I've just never seen the inside of one of these motors so i don't know.

Glad to hear its an easy fix.. I think i will be doing it myself then. I've never done it on a car but I've done it to a lot of atvs and motorcycles etc. So i should be able to handle it? Which gaskets am I replacing and where's the best place to get them? Thanks for the help and the advice about not pulling the plugs till there clean. That's genius but I wouldn't have thought of it that's for sure.

Im hopeing its just a bad head gasket somewhere.. Would the oil cause the odd sound or any of the other issues?

So i went to pull the plugs out today and there's oil coming out of the spark plugs? When I pulled the wire off they were covered in it. What now?

Just in the old days? It seems like that should work now? Ha

Thankfully I know quite a bit about reading plugs, so that'll help. I'm just waiting for her to be done with her car for a couple days so I can get to work! Is there a good way to test for a miss or to test the wires and plugs?

How do I change the gap on a spart plug if its wrong? I know how to check it but I dont know what it should be or how to change it.

How much can I get plugs and wires for? I cant say for sure that its missfiring but it sounds like its not running on all cylinders at idle especially.. I know how an engine should sound and this isnt a normal sounding engine at the moment.

My bad I forgot this was covered ha. It wont work though or it wont work as well?

Ive been wanting the HIDs gone since we bought the car.. maybe if i just undo the HIDs and take them out the brake light will just go off? Itd be worth a try. Also now that Ive been paying more attention to the cars noises its making since somethings obviously wrong, it sounds kinda like its running a little off at all times. I was wondering if its got a miss if that would make the cruise go down the road wierd?

Are they expensive?

Smart! Ill look it over. I didnt think of that..

Well she was in a front passenger side crash.. The girl before my ladie was I mean. Can I use my mityvac brake bleeder with a gauge on it to find the leak? On the box for it (just bought it for my motorcylce the other day) it says it can be used for emissions leaks. Or where can I get a smoke tester? I wish I could find a manual or a diagram or anything really on where all this stuff is located in the car. Im having issues seeing it. I saw a lot of hoses by the gas tank and going up to the rear driver side fender and I assume thats where a lot of it is?

Subaru put a brand new cap on it for me and that hasnt solved the problem unfortunately. Ill try and check the master cylinder later today

The first time we shut the light off it took weeks to come back on, then only about a week, then a couple days, this last time it came on the day after.

Also I really wanna get my own code reader. What should I buy? The one at Oreilys is an innova and it seemed to work pretty nice.. It would do ABS codes too.

I was just at Oreilys and the code is P0457. I turned it back off and then the next time I started the car it took a good 5 cranks which is unusual. They just let me use the scanner, and I dont think it had a way to check for missfires it just popped up with the P0457 code and said Evaporative emission system leak detected (fuel cap loose/off). And as soon as the lights off the car sounded like it was running on all cylinders again. I tried the cruise again on the way home (it doesnt work at all when the check engine light is on) and it is barely noticceable that it speeds up and slows down in a jerking type way. The RPMs done change but it kicks forward real quick constantly.

Wheres the speed sensor? Ill check it out if I can find out where its at haha. I will check the parking brake switch too, who knows what they got messed up in there.

Thanks for all the replies! I will check all these things you guys mentioned, Im at work on it right now! I will be taking it to Oreilys for a code reading because I am done with this dealership. They are just saying "just leave the car here a while and maybe we can find whats wrong" I ask them if it could be a bad purge valve or a bad vapor canistor and they just say "idk". Would the brake light and the crusie light also throw a code? Also the car only sounds bad and seems to be running on 3 cylinders when the check engine light is on. When we shut it off, the car runs normal again. I thought about plugs and wires and are wires cheap? Ill just replace them if theyre pretty cheap.

My GF recently bought an 05 legacy from a friend of ours.. sadly he didnt even tell us nearly how many problems it seems to have. Problem 1. The BRAKE light is on, always when the car is on. The guy we bought it from claims when he put in the HID kit thats what set it off. We have taken it to a subaru dealership and with a few simple things they checked they found nothing, and the brakes work fine and always have. Problem 2. The cruise does not work. It will activate, but it jerks faster then slows down in a jerking motion. Its crazy annoying and soon the cruise light starts flashing and the cruise stops working at all. Then when you shut it off and turn it back on it starts all over again. Problem 3. The check engine light comes on. We have brought it to a subaru dealer for that too and they say its the code for the gas cap not being on right. They even put on a brand new gas cap and it doesnt help. It has to be a leak somewhere but where do I start? The odd thing about this one is that when the check engine light is on the car sounds really odd and runs a little off. It idles low and sounds like a tractor at idle, kinda like its only firing on 3 cylinders. I think the bimbo who owned it before my GF also said she overfilled the tank.. Someone should tell her when it stops, its full! Subaru also has no idea where to start and they say it will cost a fortune. My GF has no money for this and I have decided that since I fix everything else i will fix this too. I am very experienced with mechanical things but I want a second opinion problems! Subaru checked everything obvious. Please let me know if you have any advice!