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#17934 of 18381 Re: Acceleration power issue: '96 Subaru Legacy Outback [kurtamaxxxguy] by skbaker Nov 12, 2008 (9:53 am)
Replying to: kurtamaxxxguy (Nov 11, 2008 8:29 pm) Hello,   See below in response to your questions. I appreciate your help.   Steve   was power loss sudden or gradual? Sudden - just happened 2 weeks ago.    manual or auto trans? auto trans   Air filter cleaned? air filter clean   Idle smooth or rough? idle is smooth    Smoke coming from exhaust when accelerating or de-accelerating? I have noticed some darker smoke coming from exhaust when accelerating. Replies to this message: saedave (Nov 12, 2008 2:02 pm) skbaker (Nov 13, 2008 10:10 am)
#17935 of 18381 Re: Acceleration power issue: '96 Subaru Legacy Outback [skbaker] by saedave Nov 12, 2008 (2:02 pm)
Replying to: skbaker (Nov 12, 2008 9:53 am) Some years ago I had a Legacy with a bad knock sensor (as delivered new). Replacement sensor got rid of hesitation. I don't know if those sensors are still in use, but it might be worth checking. Replies to this message: skbaker (Nov 13, 2008 10:10 am)
#17936 of 18381 Re: Acceleration power issue: '96 Subaru Legacy Outback [saedave] by skbaker Nov 13, 2008 (10:10 am)
Replying to: saedave (Nov 12, 2008 2:02 pm) Thank you for this feedback. This is helpful. I will check this out.
#17937 of 18381 Re: Update on '04 Forester XT needing new engine [xwesx] by tanager Nov 17, 2008 (7:29 am)
Replying to: xwesx (Oct 23, 2008 1:21 pm) Just thought I'd follow up with the outcome of this situation. I ended up taking my car back to my independent mechanic. I gave up on having any work done at the Subaru dealership when the service manager told me, honestly, that I would probably get no help from Subaru with three things working against me: 1) not being the original owner, 2) not buying the car from Subaru dealer, and 3) having over 100K miles on the car. I decided risking $850 for the teardown was not worth it. So, my mechanic installed a used engine from another '04 Forester with 32K miles on it. I just got my car back a week ago. It seems OK but it has a "lifter tick". It's quite audible. My mechanic wants me to drive it a lot to see if the tick goes away. This weekend I put about 400 miles on the car and the tick is still there. The total for this job came to $4660 for the engine and labor. The engine has a 90 day warranty on parts, so I guess I'll keep driving it and see if the tick lessens. Replies to this message: xwesx (Nov 17, 2008 4:23 pm)
#17938 of 18381 Re: Update on '04 Forester XT needing new engine [tanager] by xwesx Nov 17, 2008 (4:23 pm)
Replying to: tanager (Nov 17, 2008 7:29 am) Well, I am glad to hear you have it running again, but it was certainly no easy situation for you. As for the lifter tick - I don't think the lifters are adjustable on the 04 models, are they? I know they once were, but then the cam designs were changed. I am not sure when Forester's engine was affected.   Double check your oil level and grade. I find Subaru engines to be quite sensitive to oil level when it comes to hearing those lifters.   I had a terrible oil leak on my '96 Outback for a little while, though, and it got to the point where I had to put *at least* a quart of oil in it on every fuel up (~250-300 miles!). The lifters ticked probably as much as they didn't tick. Once I pulled the engine and replaced the faulty seals, it was quiet again and ran another 80,000 miles with no problem, so your engine's noise may not be a sign of impending doom. Maybe.
#17939 of 18381 Re: Acceleration power issue: '96 Subaru Legacy Outback [skbaker] by grahampeters Nov 19, 2008 (1:30 am)
Replying to: skbaker (Nov 11, 2008 7:34 pm) G'day   Check the oil level carefully when warm. Overfilling in a horizontally opposed engine means the pistons are slopping oil back and forth. Performance drops dramatically.   Cheers   Graham
#17940 of 18381 Radio Buzz? by pilot1226 Nov 25, 2008 (5:08 am)
Hello!   My wife and I purchased a 2009 Subaru Legacy Limited in August of this year. We're getting ready for our first service appointment, and recently we've noticed that there's a buzzing type of sound when the radio is on.   The buzz also exists when you play a CD.   I've tried adjusting the Bass, Treble, and Middle ranges, and noticed that when you turn the bass down, and the treble up, the buzz seems to diminish, but the audio sounds terrible, too tinny as you can imagine.   My wife and I don't really turn the radio up that loud - not really ever past 15, usually it's at 10 - so we don't think we blew out the Subwoofer or anything else.   Anyone have any suggestions on something else to possibly try, or what I can say to the service department when I can bring it into service so they know that this wasn't something we did (for instance, blasting the speakers)...?   Thanks. Replies to this message: johnmcc (Nov 25, 2008 10:22 am)
#17941 of 18381 Re: Radio Buzz? [pilot1226] by johnmcc Nov 25, 2008 (10:22 am)
Replying to: pilot1226 (Nov 25, 2008 5:08 am) The only time of heard of that was with the plug wires have a bleeding of electricity or non resisent spark plugs
#17942 of 18381 Re: Grinding sound when shifting [paisan] by aatherton Nov 25, 2008 (5:45 pm)
Replying to: paisan (Nov 04, 2008 8:54 am) "... I'd also be very suprised if the shop that put in the clutch messed up the synchros..."   How could replacing the clutch affect the syncros inside a transmission that was not opened? Replies to this message: paisan (Nov 25, 2008 8:10 pm)
#17943 of 18381 Re: Grinding sound when shifting [aatherton] by paisan Nov 25, 2008 (8:10 pm)
Replying to: aatherton (Nov 25, 2008 5:45 pm) exactly.   -mike Subaru Guru and Track Instructor

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