Pierobon

Have you read my post? Seen my pictures (clickable links)? My key is not on the list from your link. Thanks anyways. =)

So, straight down to issue: I have a 2008 Outback with original Keyless system installed and Push-To-Start button. This also means that my car does not have a key slot in the steering wheel column. (click for pictures) When I bought it used, the previous owner only had one key. So, I bought a new original Subaru one, but the dealers here in Brasil are charging more than a thousand of my brazilian bucks (read U$350) just to program the new key into the ECU. (New single key is about U$1000). That's just too insane for me. So I bought the OBD-USB cable and tried to do the programming myself, but all I could do so far was reading the sensors of the car with FreeSSM. Because my car doesn't have the key slot to start the engine, I am not able to follow the key programming procedures found on youtube, because all of them involve turning the key on-off to activate the programming mode on the car. I also tried the original Service Manual way, but I just couldn't find the step 2 registration connectors (1 pole white). The Service Manual, Body section, page SL-47 describes: Solutions to my problem: 1 - There could be a different procedure to program my new key, pushing buttons and connecting cables, that doesn't involve OBD interfacing. 2 - There could be a computer software with the same function as those OBD Key Programmers devices, that I can use with a basic OBD-USB cable. Please please please help! Thanks a LOT!

Like I said, I'm knocking door to door on every garage I can find, looking for a job. Of course that's fun, you get to know all the tiny villages! I can carry the whole transmission barehanded (with some effort, of course).Half a ton weight limit should be enough capacity, but maybe not enough height clearance. With a ton crane you can lift the entire front of the car to put it on top of service blocks. Just watch out where you are fixing the chain - engine mount or suspension wishbone is ok, make sure you stay clear of the drive shaft. Ah, and never use a metal hook if you are doig that, use a huge nylon strap.

Oh my, what can I say? I'm sorry, I should have called you before wrenching on my own... LoL If you were old enough, you would strive to learn how to do it even beter! Sorry about the bad news for you, pal.

If anyone like my pictures, and wants to give me a job, I am currently wandering around Europe knocking on every auto shop I can find. Just send me a PM, I will probably answer in less than 3 days max. Appreciate your help!

One might add a "salter" to the car, same way train locomotives "sand" the rails to avoid slippage. This way the salt would melt the ice and let the tires hit the tarmac to break and stop. (this was a joke of course)

LOL, I have to say I live in Brasil, and the government here is so stupid with importations that you actually have to wait sometimes about 90 days to have something cleared of customs. Most stuff subaru has in-stok, but if you are lucky enough to need that single part that's not stocked in Subaru of Brasil depot - oh my you are F*%#&! So hey, what's waiting another week?

Used one of these to find the dripping blue stuff, couldn't see much, under and behind the pump there is a "hole" as big as your thumb, had to squeeze it between the oil-pan and gas exhaust - HOT!!! Anyways, I couldn't see much but it looks like the original leak was from the pump bearings and the spinning was throwing the glycol all the way to the side of the pump, then somehow gravity guided it sideways until it touched the engine block and finally dripped vertically down. So it only looked that it was coming from the gasket itself. Anyways, now I glued both engine block and thermostat gaskets with RTV and it's working - YAYS!

Mine is EJ20, I'm gonna remove all covers, fire up the engine and look for the leak point with some camera or mirror or loupe or idk. I know it will be easy to find cause i'm using a very blue glycol in the system instead of just water. I'll post here when I have news. Thanks for everything anyways!

my problem has nothing to do with the power steering shaft or gasket. what's leaking is the o-ring in the bottom of the oil reservoir.

Problem is that I already replaced it, again original subaru part.

I guess it's a no-go. Tested and retested, engine idling leaks about 3 table spoons of glycol for every hour running. I'm tired and depressed about this situation. And now I discovered the steering oil pump js leaking too... My grand dad is probably gonna sell the car after this. =(

Hope that too, love the show too!!!

Here is a tip for you, you don't have to remove the wheels like superu pictures, when you lift the engine/transmission combo by 2 or 3 inches you have enough space to move it sideways and disconnect the driveshafts, this way the vehicle is lower considering it is not placed on those fixed supports... This way you also don't have to remove the suspension links to disconnect the driveshafts from the transmission. But if this is still not enough, I guess you can remove the front wheels, then lower the vehicle and support the wheel axels directly on the ground with some wood blocks, leaving the disk breaks a single inch or less far from the ground... but if you do it with the wheels on, you can do all the preparations, push the car outside and crane the engine/trans combo, then push the car back into the garage (you can't imagine how the car becomes so light to push without half a ton of metal inside)... About the tiles in my garage, eh... Car is form grandpa, house is from grandpa... haha. Sao Paulo is hot, air is hotter than 80F for 80% of the year, reaching 100F now and then, so if you can do ceramic you will have a cooler house. Also, it's way easier to clean... so pretty much every house here has ceramic kitchens and bathrooms, it's really impossible to find people who build with wood and wallpaper, it's always bricks and cement, way cheaper too! nice to know people appreciate my third world place =)

Well, I'm sorry if i'm wrong about that, there was a lot of speculation about this a few months ago, and I still don't know if they are recording more seasons, there is nothing on their website...