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nipper

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  1. disonnect the battery for ten minutes, then connect it have the codes re-read. Lets make sure these are active codes and not old codes. P0301 Cylinder 1 Misfire Detected P0302 Cylinder 2 Misfire Detected P0303 Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected P0304 Cylinder 4 Misfire Detected 420 is an O2 sensor When was the last time this car had a tuneup?
  2. Since i want to paint the same color, what do i do with the body trim, like the door guards and things. I think they are glued on. I just want the car to look decent in my driveway so it doesnt have to be a perfect paint job.
  3. i dont have a garage, so i am just going to do all the prep work myself. I was then going to have a shop paint it.
  4. You only really need to replace the drier if your compressor decided to self destruct or it has been opened to the air for ages, as the drier also acts a filter and would catch all the metal. I would call around about having the hoses made for less then what the dealers cost.
  5. 5W-30.Still do a first Oil change after break-in. In my 2005 I use 10w-40. The engien war replaced over a year ago with a Subaru rebuild. Check the oil regularly do not be alarmed if it uses some for the first 5K miles. I change mine every 5K miles as it is just easier to remember. The 0W oil is very expensive.
  6. The paint has failed on my 89 Justy from sitting parked for many years (previous owners). The car is solid. I am thinking of replacing the two front fenders then painting the car. I have never painted a car. I have never preped a car for paint. I figure since the car is small, to quote My Clarkson "How hard can it be". I dont want a perfect paint job, I want a pretty at 10 feet paint job. Any tips or suggestions? It will be repainted in the original color so I wont have to worry about door jams
  7. Yo have more steel wires getting ready to break loose. This is a dangerous tire.
  8. Since the car sat, inspect all the rubber lines and hoses. Does this have a timing belt?
  9. I use WIX or Mobil One filters and change them every 5000 K (math is hard multiples of 5 easy). I don't like Fram filters. Ask yourself do you want to drive the car till the doors fall off, then it pays to go to a better filter, if not, factory is fine.
  10. If you want better MPG, get a 2wd car. Otherwise you pay the penalty for AWD (and the best mileage for an AWD car)
  11. Unless you need a car now, I would wait a bit. Oil consumption is actually a problem on a lot of new cars, not just subaru. Subaru may have changed the ring spec as 2015 owners arent reporting unusual oil consumption ..... yet.
  12. I was told the same thing, I went to another shop and they got the bolts loose. I think its just a matter of how stubborn the mechanic is working on the car. Some wont be beaten by a couple of lousy bolts.
  13. Well revving in neutral the car and turbo wont be under load. Under load the turbo is doing the most work.
  14. http://store.forcedperformance.net/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=Info_SubaruOil maybe?
  15. Nope just standard old fashioned light bulbs. They do dim with age. the glass gets foggy, contact corrode. Now if i can replace the bulbs in the switches and heater panel.
  16. The Justys dash was dim. I replaced all the dash bulbs. They were all working but were foggy or discolored. Now its a nice bright dashboard again.
  17. Wont be a fair comparison unless you have a left, engine/transmission jack, extra hands, all the tools
  18. Thats has loopholes big enough to drive a truck through, and doesnt specify what the fix is.
  19. There are some jobs that I never really thought about book time, this is one of them.
  20. You cant tell without driving it, as there are lots of ways to hide it.
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