1 Lucky Texan

kinda seems like 2 different issues but, perhaps some coolant is shorting-out the high voltage? maybe spray the coil and wires and spark plug tube holes with wd-40, it can displace water.

don't the screws on the older cars' oil pumps sometimes back out a little?

you might look around at www.boxer4racing.com . Did a little biz with them years ago, went well. user @traildogck makes some bushings. Don't see him much around this forum, mostly over at www.subaruoutback.org

in the 'old days' of compactpickups, someone (Mazda????) had a nice set-up for 4ft wide panels/plywood carrying capability - they had 'indentations' on TOP of the wheel wells for a 2x4 to go across. panels would lay flat that way. I still think a small Subaru truck, particularly one that looked more truck-like than the Brat, would sell well here in the States. Small estate utility/neighborhood runabout, etc.

I think Blackstone can even do soemthing with that info. I have seen some comments from them whereby they 'extrapolated' data from odd/mixed samples. But, could just be wasted money if it's obvious there's internal issues now....?

if there is ANY fluid left - maybe send a sample to Blackstone ???

odd I have only this to offer, it seems kinda 'binary' at a lot, in that, there would maybe have been enough fluid to operate, shift the car around a little from spot to spot, until the car wouldn't move, then, it would just get parked. not quite the same same as someone trying to , say, daily drive it on the highway day after day a quart low on fluid.

maybe check vacuum when cold, then when warm/failing.

certainly never was an issue with the oem HU in our 03 OBW but, the door speakers all went bad.

cool!, ordered! I have no problem putting on an easy upgrade like that, thanx GD

Nice, I think I'll try to get it back on. see, at NASIOC this would have gotten replies like; YOU THINK YOU'RE SMARTER THAN SUBARU ENGINEERS! GET IT BACK ON IMMEDIATELY! IT'S CRITICAL YOU IDIOT!. or THAT THING IS A PIECE OF HEAVY OVER-ENGINEERED CRAP! WHY'D YOU HAVE IT ON ALL THESE YEARS! LEAVE IT OFF YOU IDIOT!

anyone ? Bueller?

you had 2 spare axles with you?

if you used an LED bulb, that can cause hyper flashing too. if a bulb has an internal problem.putting it on the other side of the car should cause hyperflashing there.

maybe leaking into a rack boot?

is there any internal 'brain' that would prevent that? something altering shift points? I'd expect not but, yeah, who knows nowadays.

got the car back from the shop a coupla weeks ago. All the way home it was smoking, kinda tailed-off in the last coupla miles, since then when i drive, seems like the smoking is gone so, I guess it was VC gaskets. wherever they leak into must collect a lot of oil. The shop got a lot of things taken care of for me and I don't regret taking it in. They put in an ACT HD clutch and I'm still getting used to that. They too k the bumper off and only had to fix some leaking hose to get the ww spraying again. I still have 1-2 mechanical/physical things to work on (and some cosmetic stuff) and I can see some time coming up in a few weeks to do it too. That shop was crowded. When I went to pick the car up, they had to move a 700 hp beast out of the way!

So, I got my car back from the shop a coupla weeks ago but the turbo shield I had taken off and left in the cargo area for them to put back on when they were finished, didn't get installed. I can put it back back but kinda wondering if people feel it is 'worth' the trouble.

welcome

likely a 'crash integrity' (dunno what to call it) feature and one side is just missing. a local collision center might even have one they could pop in for $40 or something.... ???

wow, cool beans

^^^^ what Larry said, plus, weak tenisoners can sometimes knock. drain the oil and drag a magnet around in it too.

find a way to monitor voltage, maybe something wonky with the alternator?

backfiring can sometimes mean a stuck valve or timing is off. Check the cam/crank timing hasn't slipped first.

yeah, get different eyes on it. Hard to say if it's time to let it go. What would you get? an unknown used car?