[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by stallion

Hi all.

My SVX tends to heat up fairly fast, BUT it has never ever went past the middle of the temp gauge. I question if this is normal because on my sister's Nissan, it does not climb that high. I'm at the middle of my temp guage within maybe.. 10-15 mins of driving/idling. Again, it has never went past, but I always feel uneasy seeing it rise so fast. I felt it was T-Stat, so I went to go buy one (A Prestone one). But looking at previous threads, this one wont fit? ? ? Which AUTO STORE ones do fit? I only have 2 days to work on my car, so I can't wait for the OEM from subaru.

My second conundrum: the svx idles with a thump thump thump, consistent when im at a stoplight. BUT when I put the car in neutral, it goes away completely and it idles quietly. Obviously tranny related, but what can solve this problem?

THANKS IN ADVANCE for helping this N00B!!!!

Stallion, when the car is in D, there is more load on the engine. The slow running solenoid is supposed to compensate for this, and for other loads, by adjusting the tick-over.

This solenoid could be dirty or faulty.

When your car is going thump thump, are the revs very low? Do the revs go up higher when you select neutral?

Joe