Grasshopper2.2

Miles Fox, that is strange, about a week before this happened I changed my oil and used Mobil 1 super high mileage 10w 30. It has been really cold lately in the teens and twenties all week.

so I got the cam seal replaced and fluids filled back up and the car is running great! When I took off the cam pulley I was surprised to see that the old cam seal was pushed all the way out! What could cause this? It kinda seemed like someone had done this job before and maybe didn't get the seal pushed in all of the way? I've owned this car for a year and a half and put over 30,000 miles on it. It hasn't overheated on me once. This is the first automatic I've owned and have to admit I'm not super keen on the auto tranny. It is a 96 legacy l wagon 2.2 that's the ej22 right not the ej25? The heater seems to be working great now, but I'm still a little nervous about the head gaskets. The other issue I have had going on since I bought the car is it sometimes it spits gear oil out of the overflow and it pools up in the little dish thing, then drips on my exhaust and smells horrible. Seems to me like an unrelated issue, but thought I'd throw that out there too. The pcv valve looks quite rusty and I'll probably try replacing that tomorrow... Thanks all

I'm going to try to get to my car today and replace a leaky cam seal. The heater in my car also started barely working right before I noticed the massive oil leak. Seems kinda strange, any ideas on why? Also any tips for removing and replacing one cam seal? Of course I'll be working on it in not only snow, but the added bonus of freezing rain:/

I was able to get to my car today (which is stranded in a snowy parking lot in the woods in WA state) and get a better look. I removed the radiator/fans, crankshaft pulley, and TB cover. It looks like the cam seal failed and the leak appears to be isolated to the passenger side. I'm just going to replace the cam seal for now to get my car out of the woods and worry about the rest on a warmer day when I'm not working on it in the snow in the middle of nowhere lol!!

My 96 legacy wagon started gushing out oil today, and it looked like it was coming out the bottom of the timing belt cover. Maybe my oil pump? It hasn't lost any coolant. This is my only car to get around with, any help would be great!

My 96 legacy wagon started gushing out oil today, and it looked like it was coming out the bottom of the timing belt cover. Maybe my oil pump? It hasn't lost any coolant. This is my only car to get around with, any help would be great!

Hey thanks for you input everyone! The wheels are from a 2002 wrx and the tires need replaced so I just ordered some general altimax artics for them. I probably would have gotten a little better traction with the 185/70/14, but the car just looks so much better with the 16's on it=)

Hey, so I'm currently running 205/55/16's(all season) on my 96 legacy wagon, but am thinking of swapping back to the 185/70/14 for a winter snow tire. I recently put the 14's(all season) back on and the handling and steering seemed to improve while the looks of the car suffered:/ I am wondering if I have enough clearance for the tread of a new snow tire with the 205/55/16's ( seems like when I hit a big dip I can hear the tire rub sometimes?) and if there will be enough room to clean out the snow and ice build up in the wheel well. last but not least the 185/70/14 is a narrower tire which should = better traction in the snow eh? What tire size do you recommend for a winter snow tire on a 96 legacy wagon?

Thank you, for all of the replies! Great thoughts. I'm gonna check to see if I can take out some foam or anything to make it fit, and if not I'll find an outback spare or a 195-70-14! Sorry for the slow response, got busy....

So I put some 205/55/16 wrx wheels on my 96 legacy l wagon, and need to find a spare tire that is the same diameter and will fit in the spare tire compartment in the hatch. I used to be able to carry a full sized spare with the 14's, but I tried one of the 205/55/16's and the diameter fit perfect, but the width was to thick and the lid won't close. The factory spare/donut is over an inch smaller diameter than the 205/55/16. I figure that's not good on the AWD if I have to go very far on it... I thought, just get a factory spare from a 2002-04 wrx, but they appear to be the same size as the one I have (T135/70/D16)?

!! Problem Solved !! My temp gauge is now working properly. The sender for the gauge was no good. I removed the original and it looked perfect, I cleaned it and put it back in, still no temp gauge. Got a new coolant temp sender installed today, and finally my temp gauge is at a constant normal operating temp! Almost the best thing that's happened to my car so far... couldn't have done it without you, much appreciated.

That makes sense. I can't believe I didn't see that while I was in there putting in the ECTS lol. I saw it, but was so focused on the ECTS that it didn't even register that it was the single wire spade connector you spoke of. I pulled the wire off and there was no visible corrosion, looked clean as can be, so I just ordered a new one off ebay. I'll post the results when I get the new sensor installed. Can I ground the wire to the block to see if it makes the gauge shoot up, without damaging the gauge or anything?

Thank you, I found that single wire sender for the gauge, I ordered one off ebay, and will throw that in there when I get it! http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1274787 I found this helpful

Hmm, it had two wires in the clip that connects to the sensor. I remember you saying its the "single wire", but that's the only sensor I could find in that area of the engine?

I have a 96' legacy 2.2 with 259,000. I got it with 150,000 and have added tie rod ends, brakes, timing belt, wheel bearing, struts, and a rack and pinion boot. It has traveled many bumpy rocky mountain and PACNW roads loaded with a 14ft raft, kayaks, gear, friends, and dogs. And it's been my dirtbag home while working on rivers in WA,OR, and CO. If you love you subie it will love you back! I probably wouldn't still be alive if it wasn;t for the safe handling of the AWD system!