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Friend's Daughter living on her own sent a text the other day. Car dies. Did it several times. I told her to come on over. Well it took way to long. Turns out it died several time, started smoking. I asked what the temp gauge was showing. I got a pic of it pegged. I eneded up going down the road with coolant. I filled the system, it took almost a gallon. No leaks noted. We drove it the last mile to my place. I pulled the codes: P0325 - Knock Sensor. I tried several of my used ones but code keep on coming back. Ordered a new one. P0116 - Coolant Temp Sensor - lack of coolant I suspect P0420 - CAT Effiency - Car has 212K on it so it's not much of a worry. I reset these all the time. P1507 - Idle Air Control. I cleaned the valve, the seal ring looks good. Also added fuel system cleaner. The P1507 came back, I've checked the vacuum lines and connections. They look good. Any thoughts?

Did the dipstick tube pull up out of the pan? It's just in there with orings on the bottom of the tube and the bracket and bolt at the top. Worth a look.

I don't see an attached photo.

Both have the visible link.

Those bulbs go out often. Friend had an 06 Impreza. He changed the bulbs and then a little later in the year the lights went out. He had enough. He sold me the car, it went to my brother in Wisconsin. He still has it. It was the bulbs.

Hope you made it.

Check all the connections, clean and tight. Load test on the battery. Have the Alt Tested.

All good suggestions. Also make sure the IAC hose coming from the airfilter box is correctly installed as well as the vacumm lines on the passenger strut tower! 1+ for comments from leagion.

Yes, I'll keep my 2000 Impreza. Wife has an 06 Forester that got a new Subaru Short Block before we bought it. 5 speed trans.

Spent some time in the yards on Sunday. It's a base Legacy Sedan. He hit a deer - hood, headlights, bumper, grill, radiator, AC condenser, fans and timing belt covers all needed. We pulled the radiator support. I pulled all the mechanical parts and a good hood. Still hunting headlights and the supports. He may have to go to ebay or www.car-part.com. So it goes. It will be back on the road.

Nope, would need to swap everything forward of the doors. Outback has a higher hood line at the front. Swap Hood, Bumper, Grill and Headlights. All could be done but at a costs. Love those 95-99 Subaru Legacy/Outback. Like Legos.

I'm helping a friend who hit a deer put their 2008 Legacy Sedan back on the road. Headlights are listed as 2008 - 2009 Only. They have a plastic mount that the headlight attaches to. The 2005 has what looks like the same headlight but a metal support. Of course the bumper cover mounts are different. They are too new for me, but I was thinking if I swapped out the complete bumper, headlights, mounts the 2005 may work on t he 2008. Anyone confirm? Thanks, Larry

Glad you got it. You have to ask, what made the fuse blow?

There are connectors on each side of the rear hatch behind the side panels. You need to get the hatch open to remove the side panels unless you want to destroy them. A local yard that you can go into is a great resource to pull the panels and see how everything goes together. Your meter can lie to you. Check out LOADpro. Every circuit has: Load Ground Power As said before get the diagrams and work through them.

Where is your son? Someone close may be able to help. Many Bases also have Auto Hobby Shops. Some better than others.

Brothers 99 Legacy with a 2.2 installed is doing the same thing. No CEL. Runs fine otherwise. Strange.

Nice. You could alway wire power throught the clutch switch. If you open it, it will cut the CC.

Every circuit has a Load, gound and Power. Find the Load Find Ground Find Power Sounds like a circuit issue to me. Check out Loadpro if you like.

Did they use Subaru axles? If not, that is a known problem with aftermarket axlex/halfshafts. I've rebuilt may Subaru halfshafts with new boots, cleaning and greasing the CV joints.

Sounded like it was not turning over in my quick reads. I've also had starters drawing so much voltage it pulls voltage down for other systems to work properly.

Turn it over by hand. 22mm nut on the fromt of the crank. The side timing covers can come of pretty easy. The center section is a bit of work, but you can pull the crank sensor and see the mark on the tooth. Have you replaced the starter or starter contacts?

Sounds like the motor to me. Pretty easy to swap it out and see if that fixes it.

I beleve the ECU needa good O2 sensor Reading for proper opertion.

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