'08 2.5l 170hp, 5sp, <2k kms
When cold, does not accelerate smoothly - seems to be "missing."  Fine once
it's warmed up. No codes or lights.
MZ

The two electric fans would not fit in the space provided, so I decided to
put the mechanical fan back in. I tried 80 wt gear oil, not tight enough,
so I drained most of the oil out (there was still a bit of silicone oil
left). You can get silicone oil for fan clutches from Toyota ...

Anyone contemplating a new Subaru purchase can contact me at

Couldn't get a Toyota fan clutch to fit, tried to repair the old one. I
should have just drilled a hole in it and staked it but I decided to
change the car over to an electric fan.
I had a good size Toyota fan for a Tercel brand new, and spent about 2.5

I recently had a problem with water in spare tire well of my '04 Forrester
that I had difficulty finding the source of.  It didn't look like the hatch
gasket because it wasn't coming in anywhere near it - BUT...
The water was running down the outer edge of the gasket, then ...

i recently bought a 1990 subaru legacy (six months ago) it has 175000
miles on it.   since i bought i have had to replace the timing belt
and the fuel pump.
thats fine. (which i did, not a mechanic)

This thing (89 GL) always ran rock-steady on temperature, but after
changing the timing belts it runs hot under load. It doesn't overheat, but
it gets up to 3/4 of the way up the guage.
Prior to this I never ran the car in weather over ~40 degrees, so I have

I have a 2001 Forester that has a P0420 code with check engine light.
I had both catalytic converters replaced with both O2 sensors
replaced.  Two weeks later, the code is back.  Then I had a tune up
(plugs, wires, PCV valve) and 1 week later, P0420 is back.

my subura imprez will go all the way to 80 kilometers an hr and then
just stop accelerating, after that it needs the push of life to get it
to 100 but once i’m over 90 its alright and to get to 70 i’m fine, but
that in between gap has been growing. what can it be, can the fuel

I figured I'd check the timing on my '89 1.8L engine. I hooked up the
timing light, put the pickup on what I thought was #1 cylinder, plugged
the green connector together, and when I went to check, no timing marks,
just an opening in the flywheel cover. Wrong cylinder? Nope...no ...

Thanks for all the tips.
I have never done a timing belt before. I saw someone do one on my
Corolla Twin Cam about 17 years ago and figured I would never attempt it.
Got all the marks lined up, everything back in place, and because of lack

The cigarette lighter in my Subaru is no longer working which is a
pain as I can’t plug in phone charger etc Could it just be a fuse
problem? I looked at the fuse box under the hood but could not tell
which one was for the cigarette lighter.

OK, went to remove the covers today. Got the right hand belt cover off OK,
of course the bolt hidden up under the radiator hose on the left cover
gave me a hard time. That is the belt that's broken.
As an aside, I was going to *PAY* someone to do this back in January,