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#17937 of 18386 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 18386 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 18386 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 18386 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 18386 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 18386 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 18386 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
#17944 of 18386 Airbag Spontaneous Deployment by Tdisibio Nov 28, 2008 (8:21 pm)
My husband was driving to work a couple of weeks ago when the airbags in our 2005 Outback deployed for no reason. He didn't have any type of impact with the car anywhere. Unfortunately we are now stationed by the US Military in Puerto Rico and Subaru of America is being of no help to us. The Authorized Subaru Dealership has yet to find anything wrong with the car. They are very helpful calling everywhere trying to talk to people about what may have gone wrong with the car. Our concern is with this being a more widespread problem possibly injuring other people. We were lucky and my husband only suffered a few cuts and bruises but it definitely could have been worse. When we called SOA we were told it was something for the Insurance company but it isn't because there was no accident. We were also told they didn't have the means to send anyone here and investigate the problem and I was also told that they maybe more capable of helping me if I were in the US. Unfortunately, it isn't our choice to live here we were stationed here by the US Military. I was wondering if anyone else had heard this happening to someone or if anyone had any ideas of how I might actually receive some action from Subaru. When I was on the phone I was told I was not allowed to speak to anyone in the management department. So far I have written letters to anyone's email address I could find but I haven't heard anything. I was giving the Holiday weekend and then I was going to resend and rewrite until someone responds to me. I feel so let down and helpless. What if we get this fixed and it happens again, I have a fear of driving my car and Subaru could care less. Does anyone have any advice? Replies to this message: paisan (Nov 29, 2008 10:06 am) cptplt (Dec 05, 2008 8:44 am)
#17945 of 18386 Re: Airbag Spontaneous Deployment [Tdisibio] by paisan Nov 29, 2008 (10:06 am)
Replying to: Tdisibio (Nov 28, 2008 8:21 pm) Please e-mail me directly mikeiace.com as I know some people at SOA who I'm sure would be interested in knowing the details of this.   -mike Subaru Guru and Track Instructor
#17946 of 18386 Re: Airbag Spontaneous Deployment [Tdisibio] by cptplt Dec 05, 2008 (8:44 am)
Replying to: Tdisibio (Nov 28, 2008 8:21 pm) I know someone whos fingers got broken by an AB going off on its own but that was in the 80's on a GM car.

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