reeze Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 Olnick said: Yup! Sometimes it's just the little things. Keep up the preventive maintenance and you'll be good for a long time. Congrats! I've been very complacent when it comes to maintenance. I was so used to my Legacys (this is my 3rd) hardly ever needing service that I slacked off. Oil changes, tires & brakes have been about it. I think I did the air filter once. These older models with the 2.2L just worked, period. Now I realize that if I want this car to make it to 250K or maybe higher, I need to baby it a little. Next in line is the timing belt. I did it at around 100 or 110K, and I'm overdue now. It could probably use struts too, but around where I live that's at least an $800 job, and I have to ask myself how much it's worth to put that kind of money into a car with these many miles. That's something that might come up more often now, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeze Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 All day the car was running nicely. Still I decided to take a train into NYC, didn't want to chance getting stuck on the cross-bronx expressway at 2AM. On the way to the station I call my wife and leave a message, "honey, it looks like the car is fixed!" As soon as I hung up the phone, the engine starts running rough and losing power! Someone up there has a warped sense of humor.:-\ The front o2 sensor sounds like a good candidate for the next thing to try. I'm seeing a very wide range of prices, from aftermarket universals around $30 to over $100 for OEM. I have a buddy with jack stands, the weather is getting a bit warmer, and my hands are already chewed up so what's a little more pain? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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