morrian14

I'm assuming this is the hose you were talking about? http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/imperial-3-8-x-4-1-2-transmission-oil-cooler-hose-240106/20230024-P?searchTerm=transmission+cooler I'm at the point where I literally cannot find that metal pipe anywhere and this is my best bet.

After finding a picture I believe the part I bought was incorrect after all. In this diagram I think I'm looking to buy part 18. It looks like what I bought was 14. What on earth is part 18 called and why can't I find it anywhere?

Let me first start off by saying that am in no way an expert on cars, I just really don't have any money. My boyfriend and I have been fixing this car like crazy for the past year and hopefully this is the last major fix for a while. Anyway, I noticed some rough shifting a few months ago and upon some investigation I realized that the transmission fluid was low. It was leaking. I told my boyfriend and he got under my car to find a stripped transmission fluid pan bolt. It was leaking very very very slowly from this. We ended up having to replace the whole pan. I noticed it was doing it again this week. I took it to a family friend to be inspected today and he saw the leak. After about 4 seconds of him looking at the car he said it was the line from the radiator to the transmission. It was rusted and needed replaced. I could see where the line was leaking clearly. I'm really trying to avoid a mechanic bill at this point though. So to describe the situation, there are two lines next to each other that are rusted but only one is leaking at this point. I'm not 100% positive I'm calling it the correct name. I usually buy my parts on rockauto and they have all turned out very well for me. When I was looking for this part it didn't look right to me. The piece I'm looking at online is rubber and doesn't have the type of connectors the one on my car has. It's possible that I must buy those separately, I'm just somewhat confused. I suspect that it might be pulling up a part for a transmission cooler instead of the line to the radiator from the transmission. Here's the part I keep finding. They all look similar to this. http://www.autozone.com/drivetrain/transmission-cooler-line-assembly/dorman-transmission-cooler-line-assembly/749973_829022_0/ I was also wondering if anyone has done this repair before. My boyfriend and I have basically replaced everything on my exhaust system from the O2 sensor back without trouble. This seems like it might be rough though. Edit: I have a 2002 outback

After reading up more, I definitely think it is the spark plugs/wires. I'll probably still run the code just to be safe but it'll probably just say an engine misfire. I bought all new wires and spark plugs today, will be replacing them tomorrow. Thanks for the help everyone!

I just had both O2 sensors replaced two months ago along with the cat. With one of them bad, it was a constant light on as opposed to the blinking I got today. I'm not sure just a bad O2 sensor would cause a misfire. That's why I hadn't suspected the O2 sensor again.

If that is the issue that would be great. I had asked my boyfriend about doing the spark plugs and wires right before inspection last summer and he said they looked brand new and I could probably just do them another time. They are NGK brand. The previous owner only ever took the thing to the dealer when things needed replaced. He even gave me a pile of receipts from every single repair. It was a really well cared for car before I got it. I think what I might do is rent the OBD II, see what it says. And while I'm out just buy replacement wires/plugs and also buy that additive to remove water from the fuel. That's about all I can do at this point.

About a year and a half ago I purchased my 2002 outback with 130k miles on it. The previous owner told me that it was going to need O2 sensors put on it, which I was fine with. Because of this, the check engine light stayed on. When I went to get it replaced I was told by my mechanic that the catalytic converter was also going to need replaced. Awesome. It ended up still passing emissions because neither were super bad so I decided to drive it until I could get enough money to replace it. On one fateful morning, my car gave up on life and the check engine light started flashing for just a moment and then shut off. I could barely get it to go 20mph and with some prayers it ended up safely at my boyfriend's house. Using the OBD II, we came to the conclusion that the catalytic converter was completely clogged and caused a misfire. He replaced it for me and both O2 sensors. The car was running very nice following this. The only problem I had otherwise was an oil leak, which was very slow and had been going on for a while. After a month or so I was driving down the road and BAM the muffler rusts off. Because of the way the new parts are sold I was forced not only to get the new muffler but also the resonators between the catalytic converter and the muffler. My boyfriend fixed this a few days ago and the car seemed okay. Around the same time, it started to idle really rough upon start. My boyfriend told me it could be because of the ridiculously cold weather and it might be okay. Today it was doing its new rough idling thing at start and I crossed my fingers and headed off. To my wonderful surprise, the check engine light flashed for a brief moment after accelerating from a dead stop. The car wasn't running nearly as awful as the last time it had happened. It was idling rough but didn't have a greatly noticeable drop in power. I know that a flashing check engine light means a misfire. I honestly don't know what to even think anymore. My dad rushed over and drove the car around. Light never came on and the car was running a little less rough (probably because it was hot now though). General information on car: -Mostly new exhaust system -Idles rough, especially when cold -Check engine light flashed very briefly -Some drop in power -Very slow oil leak that probably isn't related What has been mentioned to be the problem: -Water in fuel -Bad EGR valve -Bad spark plugs I'm not exactly an expert on cars. I am more trying to get information for my boyfriend to help fix my car. Any ideas would be great. Thank you.