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Old 06-03-2018, 01:15 PM
RisingPhoenix RisingPhoenix is offline
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Post Re: 94 SVX *New Owner*

Hi Brandon. Word of caution on that inspection: THEY COULD BE WRONG.

Just curious, but how does your 1994 run? If it runs bad and there is a loud hissing from under the hood..the problem is likely the throttle body and not really engine related.

Long story about how the local dealership did a full inspection?? on my 1992 SVX well over 10 years ago when it suddenly started running bad (like it was running on 3 cylinders it felt like) with terrible 'HISSING' coming from the engine
Diagnosis? 3 bad pistons!!!
So I 'barely' drove it home with this issue a couple days later I went to another mechanic for diagnosis...RESULT? A massive air leak from on top of the throttle body.
Anyways, to shorten this story, I had to get a special part only found at truck shops. It was a 0.05¢ steel rivet...or divet that I had to tap into the throttle body on the top. PROBLEM SOLVED.

EXTRA NOTE: my Subaru SVX ran perfect a day before they said it had bad pistons (as well as weeks and years prior with few issues) so it was obvious to me their diagnosis of an engine failure was totally false!!!!

I've put almost 200,000 on it since..engine still runs like a champ! ��

Last edited by RisingPhoenix; 06-03-2018 at 08:52 PM.
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