LarryNH914

Oh Well, she does not want to fix it.... I live an hour away, and she has lost all faith in the car.... She had a perfect Subaru Loyale in the past. I am thinking a Corolla (or identical Prizm) might be best for reliability for her. If the paint job were not chipped a bit, I might consider fixing it, but I don't really have the time. Anyhow, anyone in Maine interested in the car? Looks like it may be donated for tax purposes... Yeah, I suspect oil starvation if this is the case.... But there were no noises... I use synthetic, and will continue to in my Subaru winter beater (99 Imprezza, 170,000 miles and still peppy) as well as my good car (03 Infiniti G35). I have never had envine trouble like this, perhaps because I am anal when it comes to car fluids... Larry

OK, now it seems to be a siezed camshaft.... That makes sense to me. Never heard of something like this before! With 150,000 and a suggested new engine, it might not be worth it? (geeeze, my hyundai excel went further than this!) Edmunds comes up with $2200 or so.

The only code was P0463 (Fuel Level Sensor Circuit High Input)

Hi, My Girlfriend's Subaru (97 Legacy, 2.2 engine) died in the supermarket parking lot the other day. Wonder if anyone has an insight to what might be wrong. She started it up, went a short distance and it just stopped, no sputtering etc. I got a loaner computer, hooked it up, and the only code was something about a "High fuel sensor circuit", which I had seen before and did not seem to affect the car running. The engine turns over, but not as fast as if the timing belt broke. It does not sputter or spark or anything at all, but is too "smooth", like there is no compression (or at least spark) going on. Her mechanic (I do all my own work, but not in a cold Maine garage for anyone), who replaced the timing belt last year, has started to look at it, and initially said the timing belt has slipped. Now story is that it might be a camshaft sensor (which would make sense to me, the very first thing I would check would be for spark, I would hope he did not take off the front cover to look at the timing belt before testing 1. Spark, 2. Compression, 3. Fuel ) Being that it was a windy 10 degrees in the parking lot, I did not check the spark because I thought the computer would have told me if it was a spark problem and I was too damn cold! Anyon have any ideas how a Subie dies in this manner without computer codes, or is that code I got (only one code in the computer) that important. Thanks for any suggestions, Larry

Thanks, I think i'll go with the metalmasters.... I read somewhere on an internet search that volvo owners were having trouble with the superior axxis pads only in wet weather on the interstate. Perhaps a design thing with volvo that too much water gets in there at high speeds, but I'd rather not take the chance. The guy made a whole web page about them.. I can't seem to find a good place in the states to buy the Mintex pads, so metalmasters it is. Larry

There is no sign of blue on the rotors, but I suppose the pads could be glazed. THe rotors are smooth as glass. I should perhaps take the pads off and take a look, and get the rotors turned. If I do this, I am reluctant to put back the original pads, since they may have been involved in the mirror smooth rotors. I just got this car, so I don't know the driving habits of the woman that drove it either, which may be a factor. I have found The best stopping comes from threshold braking, where you hold the braking power to the point at which the wheels turn just before lock up (which can be real light on ice...). But for dry surfaces (and for a note, it was wet when I tried to lock up the brakes), you should be able to do this with some chirping from the tires while they still turn.

Hi, I have a question about the brakes on my first subie. Just got it, and just changed all the fluids, out for a test drive, and wanted to check out the job I did on bleeding the brakes with a panic stop. The pedal seemed stiff enough, but I could not get a squeal out of the tires with very hard pedal pressure.... Is this normal? (or am I spoiled with my infiniti g35 sedan "summer" car?) This is a front disk. rear drum setup. I noticed that the front rotors were a bit too smooth for my liking, almost mirror like, although the pads seem to have plenty of meat, about 70% i'd say. Are there any pads out there with increased friction? I'd rather have the rotors wear out than not be able to stop in a panic situation... Thanks in advance for any info... Larry