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Baja was bought in July in Arizona, drove to San Diego, no problem, Prior to shipping to Hawaii, had timing belt changed and $2700 worth of parts and labor by San Diego mechanic (previously 35 years with Subaru). Drove Baja from San Diego to Long Beach Port, check engine light came on, cruise light flashing, strong gas smell in starting up, died about ten times in traffic but started again. Felt like gas was not flowing. Dropped car off and shipped to Hawaii. Picked up in Hawaii, filled gas, hard starting, strong smelling gas, check engine light on, cruise light on, car kept dying so took to new shop in Hawaii. Left car for two weeks, ASC mechanic said timing belt was installed four knobs off, had to change spark plugs, another $672. Car was left in garage and started occasionally but strong gas smell ands white smoke. Filled gas twice and got about 58 miles for 1/2 tank super gas. Today, took back to mechanic, strong gas smell, kept dying on freeway. Strong gas smell, used top 1/3 tank gas to go 15 miles. I have Car Med and it said change sparkplugs and oxygen sensor so bought Denso iridium spark plugs and denso oxygen sensor and took to mechanic and left the car to repair. Problems: check engine light on, cruise light on, very strong gas smell in garage, uses too much gas when driving short distance, very bad idle, sounds like gas is not flowing, sometimes turbo does not kick in, engine dies often, had one incident of complete shutdown of system driving to repair shop. Should I take to Subaru dealer and really get cleaned out? HELP HELP HELP. Elite vs Cesars Repair.pdf