I put down a dep. on a 2003 55Kmile LLbean outback.
They are a tad anemic, wonder how much the geegaws and frooferall
weigh?
Anyway, my purchase is contingent on the usual list of little things

My (Oz-built) '99 outback (US Legacy/liberty) is smoking like a
chimney. Engine is SOHC (phase-2?)
It seems to be valve stem related.
1) Compression is good and matched,

normally, my engine idels really loud, and hurts small dogs ears. I
put some diesel fuel injection cleaner into my 300d t-diesel and its
ideling allot quieter. is this a sign of a problem or does this sound
normal? i have noticed a decrease in start time and an increase in

A month ago I bought a keyless remote for my '01 OBW and the service manager was
kind enough to program it for me. Last night my car was "prowled", as the
sheriff's office put it. No damage to the car or apparent attempt to steal it,
but stuff on the inside, including the glove ...

Does having AWD make a tire blowout at high speed
any safer?
In 30 years of driving I have experienced my first tire blowout
at high speed.  It happened last month while driving in the left lane

Thinking of making my next vehicle a used subaru AWD wagon, looking to
spend, lets say, 10-20K, but I'd rather stay on the low end of that.
So far I see that the 96-97 2.5 DOHC and the 98-03 2.5 SOHC have head
gasket issues, until replaced properly, which should be done by the

While driving home late last night on a deserted interstate, noticed
my 97 Brighton Wagon(AWD, 158,000 miles) making a notable deep noise,
coming from somewhere on the RHS of the vehicle.  Couldn't tell
whether it was front or back (just me alone in the car).  It did seem

Have a line on an '03 outback with the 6- any known problems?
What gas mileage compared to the 2.5?
Thanks-
Dave

92 Subaru Legacy AWD sw
I was at the junkyard where they had a 93 Subaru where I took out the
driver seat.  There was one bolt that refused to remove from the right
rear of the track.  There are 4 bolts all the same size, 2 on each end

Anyone out there have any experience with a short throw shifter.....Will it
make life harder or easier for someone new to manual tranny?

I know the title is a little long - but this thread shows precisely what
happens in the wet clutch pack part of the auto tranny in a torque
binding failure mode;
http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=78467

My 92 Loyale (recently purchased) has a very distinctive engine vibration
starting at about 65 mph/ (guessing 3500 rpm). I can best describe it as a
consistent cycle (frequency) of about 1.5 seconds and decreasing in
frequency proportional to an increase in rpm. This probably ...

For lack of a better term my car makes a creak noise or soft cracking
noise when applying the brakes but the noise does not seem to be
coming from the brakes but from under passenger side of car. When I
leave in the morning and make the same right turn while applying the

the manual says that the AWD light will come on if different sized
tires were mounted or tire pressures were too far different. Does it
tell you when the center differential is working, like it would if one
axel was slipping?

I want to make the ride more compliant, to be easier on my bod, and
wonder how much the sway bar might make me feel the bumps more? Hate
to reduce the handling, but want a more comfortable ride for now.
VF