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In all fairness to the shop, tone rings break all the time when work is done as they tend to be brittle. She should go back to the shop and work out a deal. I have when it has happened to me.

Well only if the dipstick can actually come out of its matching tube. i have attempted a few new dipsticks and doesnt resolve my problem, so it may be a tube 305000 miles and the dang stick gets stuck, useless machine

Clean all the wheel speed sensors. If they are not perfectly cylindrixal in shape, they can give false readings. I too am having this issue now, just too lazy to look at it right now.

There have been odder things.... Good place to start, though the jump sounds awfully high as alt output hits max above 1800 rpm. What happens when the defroster is on?

If you have a transmission dip stick tube for a 4eat

Just grab the axle and shake it, I bet you will find something disturbing. Also any oddness in tight turns, noise, vibration etc?

Thats what I am leaning towards, a very bad axle. Engines do not shake at speed usually it is at idle, or they are about to fall out of the car, or blow up. The last one if it does shake, it doesnt happen for very long untill there are parts everywhere.

What makes you think it is the engine? When was the last time the car had a tune up? How old is the ignition coil?

None at all, that is what it is there for. D3 is also if you are in a hilly area and the car keeps hunting for the right gear. Also for towing. You are just doing the same thing the transmission does but using the carbon based computer instead of the chip based one.

try this http://s183.photobucket.com/albums/x234/nipper-dawg/NJ%20PB%20Oct%2021%202012/ That one is my own account. The other link should have worked. It is a group file that everyone else there should be able to upload to. i am not sure till someone tries. Neither flickr nor photobucket make this easy.

http://photobucket.com/NJPB_10-21-2012 Anyone who wants to ad pics to it that went, go ahead and ask to join, then i will give you permission. i am still trying to figure out this group bucket thing.

the one making the noise hehehe

If your going the scrapyard route (which is fine for this part) replace both of them. It is easy to do. But i do agree is that it looks sort of weird the way it broke.

ouch

As soon as there is salt on the road my Justy lives in the driveway till the spring thaw. I added an external oil cooler (with T stat) and external filter to add 1.5 qts to the capacity to avoid oil over heating. The oil pump is just too fragile to take a chance.

Some dealers will recommend anything they think they can to make money, this is one of those.

Where does subaru recomend this. Do not get subarus recomendation confused with a dealer recomendation.

John, john, john, i am a sweet kind big hearted person just asking a simple question .... I will however come up on the defense of oil change intervals. Some cars that have oil quality monitors have so far proven to work very well with no unusual failures. Some engine mfgs have had a big sludge issue in the past. Personally I do 5000 mile changes on modern engines and 3500 on the Justy (carbed) because of his very low capacity, and his poorly designed oil pump. I do not beleive in oil changes beyond 7500 miles for any car you plan on keeping until the doors fall off.

No, they can just handle a higher heat load.

Looks like i may by a case of shell oil then, unless when i go to NJ wheelin this weekend I see something else on sale. Hard to beat 3.00 a qt around here.

Blu does not like Mobil one. i used it for a year, no difference in performance or MPG, and he rattled like a diesel on startup if he ast more then a few days. Just not worth the expense. Key to this conversation is best buy for the buck, best value.

This has nothing to do with a vacum line, zip zero nada zilch. Your transmission is going, it is that simple. Technically it is gone.

No that's ok. Just oil here is in the 6.00 a qt range! On a fixed income i am looking for lower price but good product.

Shell makes shell oil, They are the 31 mfg of engine lubricants from what I have read (including there). I am just wondering if Penzoil is Penzoil or just rebranded Shell Oil (not a bad thing)

Motor oil here on Long Isalnd (NY has gotten pricey. It is also hard to buy a case of qts, just these huge 5 qt containers. I was at a big box store and they had Shell Oil for 3.00 a qt, available by the case. Doing some research trying to find out who makes shell motor oil (shell) I came across a (old 2002) filing for the merger of Shell oil and Penzoil-Quaker state. Stop the presses. I like Quaker state, and not a fan of Penzoil. I Like Castrol, but I also found out they became part of BP. So now I am thinking that all the name brands do not matter for dino oil. So how do people feel about Shell motor oil then. I know they are the #1 supplier of automotive lubricants in europe, not to sure about the states. The Justy is on a 3000-4000 mile change interval, and Blu is on a 5000 mile interval. Opinions?