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Is the noise the same in different gears? For instance, you are in 4th gear and hearing the noise. What happens if you change to 3rd gear? Or vice-versa. Another way of phrasing this question is to ask: Is the noise related to engine-speed, or road-speed?
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- 2001 forester
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+1 on it being an internal leak in the brake master-cylinder. You have 2 options: 1. Put new seals in the master cylinder. You may be able to buy a kit for this, or 2. Buy a new master-cylinder. If this was my car, I would go with a new master-cylinder; it's quicker, and more likely to be successful, and only costs a few $$ more. Once it's done, it will probably never fail again in the life of the car.
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Get a Gates or Mitsuboshi Timing Belt. Avoid any no-name timing belt, however cheap it is to buy. I would also change the front crank-seal, if there is any oil leakage. And, with the engine out, how about a new clutch-kit (clutch-plate, cover and pilot & throw-out bearings). With the clutch disassembled, check the 'oil-separator plate' (behind the flywheel); it may need resealing, or replacing if it is plastic (but your 2002 Forester may already have the cast-aluminum plate which is less likely to leak). And if there is any oil leakage from the camshaft-covers, then buy a new gasket-kit for the covers. None of this work adds much time, assuming that you already have the engine out. Your Forester should have many years left.
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Might be that the timing-belt Tensioner has failed, and allowed the timing-belt to slacken. The noise you heard could be the Tensioner flapping around. Then the timing-belt might have skipped a tooth, and screwed up the valve and spark timing. Take the left-side (looking forward) TB Cover off (3 screws), You'll soon see if the timing-belt is loose.
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Yes, the EBay or Amazon kits are fine, but only get a brand-name timing-belt. Such as Gates or Mitsuboshi. If they don't specify the TB brand-name, then don't touch it.
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I too do a water flush after draining the old anti-freeze. But this always leaves some residual water in the cooling system - sometimes quite a lot. So adding 50%/50% premix doesn't work after a water flush. What I do is to calculate how much of the concentrated anti-freeze that I need (knowing the capacity of the cooling system). Then I add that amount of antifreeze to the system. Then I top up with water. Run the car for a day. And then top up with water again, if necessary. That way I end up with the correct antifreeze+water mix.