is the motor done

jago · Post by **jago** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:33 am

ok i am a true amature at engines so please be patience with me. i got the car 3 months ago.with 260k now 280k done axels all round hollowed out down pipe cut out rear cat discon. a/c new ngk platinum plugs with tiny electrodes new brakes . and now this the poor old girl was losing power for a while then all of a suden i cant get 2000rpms they drop at wot tillstall it mis fires and will only do 40k and only by fethering gas . i had under seat boot prob. with feul pump then it howeld so i put feul lube tretment in les noise now flow is 140 i got 1 cog off in timeing and i think oil may be geting some feul smelt it last oil change. please help subaru is booked solid and i am a poor man with kids so not only is this car my only toy it is also my family/work vechile. i humboly ask your expert opinions .thank you

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fishbone79 · Post by **fishbone79** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:32 am

Please don’t take offense, you sound like you need help, so I thought this might get you some more feedback (although, I am at a loss. You should definitely fix your timing however, that’s easy and there are a few posts about it.). I hope I wasn’t too presumptuous:

Jago wrote:

“Ok I am a true amateur at engines so please be patient with me. I got the car 3 months ago with 260k and it now has 280k. I’ve done the axels all around, hollowed out down pipe, cut out rear cat, disconnected the a/c, installed new NGK platinum plugs with the tiny electrodes, and replaced the brakes.
This poor old girl was losing power for a while, now all of a sudden, I can’t get 2000rpms; they drop at WOT until it stalls. It misfires and will only do 40k by feathering the gas. I had an under seat boot problem with the fuel pump, but then it howled, so I put fuel lube treatment in. There is less noise now, and the flow is 140. I have 1 cog off in the timing and I think the oil may be getting some fuel in it, I smelt it last oil change. Please help, Subaru is booked solid and I am a poor man with kids, so not only is this car my only toy it is also my family/work vehicle. I humbly ask your expert opinions. Thank you [/img]”

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:50 am

Thanks, fishbone79.

Jago:

You had a fuel pump problem but resolved it with a fuel additive?

You might still need to replace the fuel pump... Or check that its wires and connectors are good. There's one connector under the rear seat that sometimes goes bad.

Have you replaced the fuel filter under the hood? And checked the "sock" filter at the base of the pump?

Does the Check Engine light ever come on while you're driving? It does come on when you turn the ignition on but before you start the car, right?

If I'm understanding the symptoms right (and I'm not sure that I am), this could also be a big vacuum leak. Have you checked the whole intake tract to make sure it's all sealed?

What do you mean when you say the flow is 140?

What does "do 40k" mean?

Please try to write more understandably. At least put paragraph breaks in and try to write well-formed sentences. It makes it a lot easier to try to help you.

Lunatech · Post by **Lunatech** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:25 am

vrg3 wrote:Thanks, fishbone79.

What does "do 40k" mean?

I think it means 40 kilometers per hour. 40 Km/h.

Jago, please correct me if I'm wrong.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:57 am

Definitely fix your timing - that could be the reason you have fuel in the oil. And change the oil after as that stuff's no good for bearings.

Steve

jago · Post by **jago** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:36 pm

you guys are great. i am sory my english is so poor and i will try to spred things out a little more . you guys make me soo jealous all i know is welding . so il pull the sending unit and chck the screan. i am nervious about timeing but i will try . as for 40k yes your right it is k.p.h the machanic i took it to said 140 is the flow im not shure if its metric or imp.mesure . if any one has some pictures of time ing belt set up or pointers on re doing it please help!!! vac lines and plugs coil ect wer checked by machanic he said ther ok i asked for compresion check but buy that time he was cursing subaru and comparing it to a ford escort that was it i had enough i realise he hasent seen many subarus,but no one who loves ther car should have to have it dis respectid like that. i told him i will se him and his mustang when the old girl is fixed its only the six with a exaust.no prob.evan for my automatic. so i think i nead a new machanic. with your help mabie i wont that would be so cool

jago · Post by **jago** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:41 pm

ok i tride to spred it out but messed it up i am not much good with computers i am verry sorry.

bignose · Post by **bignose** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:10 pm

you should type your posting into Word first, then spell check them before posting. seriously.

jago · Post by **jago** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:51 pm

ok again my apoligys about typos ect i was dislexic as a child so writen word is hard for me. but good news found problemb cracked hose at sending unit in tank. the old girl still neads help but for now her honer neads break fast and 6cil. mustang is on the menue.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:40 pm

You definitely need a new mechanic. These are the easiest cars to work on and nothing like a Ford in any way whatsoever. I don't think it is the car that's stupid. Anyway, you can do a search on timing belt procedures. It's really pretty easy - you just have to count the teeth and line up the marks.

Steve

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