Suddenly it's all clear

[NikFu S.]

There's something wrong with my forward right wheel.

I deduced this pulling out of the gas station. You have to either pull a U or go through the wash to get out of the station and I almost always pull a hard left U.
There's not much room.
This time, I was feeling wacky and different, so I pulled right U out.
Lo' and behold, a grunting noise, thud, and extreme deceleration upon reaching whatever the maximum wheel turn is in that thing.
I checked it out, felt like the wheel was rubbing something.

This is obviously that same thing that always happens when I pull right turns up into a hill.
It's definitely not the differential.

So yeah, is it likely the axle, or something weird, or another problem of mine nobody knows about?

Also I hit a small jump today.
That was fun, and unexpected.
It was just a newly paved intersection.
There was a smal car behind me going a little bit fastAr, and he got launched.

I gave'em the thumbs up.

-------------------------------------

Also, if you guys are feeling nice, give me some tips as to the cause of these symptons:
-Stalling at idle
-intermittent bumping or jerking at speed

It would be appreciated.

[NikFu S.]

Looked through some other threads, it seems I'm going to have to do some inspecting on my wheel.

Another problem:
It doesn't start cold.
Whether I hit the auto-start or use the key, it just will not start cold unless I have the gas pressed.
I'm going to re-tweak the valve thingy to see if it helps, but it starts fine warm, so it's kinda of an odd thing.

[NikFu S.]

Something else to ponder.

If the timing belt were jumping and skipping teeth, would I get that jerking movement?

It was really bad on my way home about 10 minutes ago.
Twice the entire car shook as if hitting a shallow pothole.

I guess it's not so clear after all...

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally posted by NikFu S.
Something else to ponder.

If the timing belt were jumping and skipping teeth, would I get that jerking movement?

Man, you are just determined to have something wrong with your timing.

Look, if your timing belt was jumping teeth, I can comfortably say that you car would no longer be running right now. That happened to another member here - he bottomed out the front of the car, the timing belt jumped because his tensioner was bad, and the car stopped running right there.

As for your other problems, I can offer you a couple suggestions.

1. Your wheel. I think you should check everything for play - your lower ball joint, strut mount and tie rod ends. It sounds to me like you have something loose up there.

2. The cold starting issue. Yank your idle air control valve and clean it - it might be getting stuck. If the car idles poorly, that's another clue. But I also wouldn't rule out your TPS or water temp sensor.

If your timing belt jumped your car would run like crap 24/7 (if it ran at all...depending on how many teeth it jumped). It would have no get up and go at all, and it would sound horrible. If your car doesn't run absolutely horrible every second that it is on, it's not your timing.





Dave

[Landshark]

have you considered TAKING IT TO A GOOD MECHANIC - it seems you've been having problems as long as i can remember and just keep stabbing at it with guessing and speculation, but yet you just keep driving it.

if i had half the symptoms you've been describing for months, i would have it looked at before i drove it another mile, but that's just me.

[NikFu S.]

I haven't found a mechanic I could trust as of yet. The tranny guys are cool, but they only do trannies. There are some electric guys I know now, but they don't know the car.
Subaru is too damn expensive with their set fees, and most of the work my car needs can be done by me with the supervision of Dan.
Problem is we can't coordinate our time so I'm left speculating and figuring every angle of the car's issues, trying to get every variable into and out of the picture.

I'm not going to learn anything if I let mechanics do everything and I'll become even more poor because realistically there are thousands of dollars of diagnostic labor and parts with the electronics and electronically controlled components alone.

As for the mechanical and structural issues I bet it's even higher.

Right now I'm am considering two things:
Letting Subaru replace the oil pump. I'm pretty sure this is a necessity.
Changing the fuel filter.
Getting my ECU and TCU diagged.
Getting a full-blown brake inspection.

For right now all I need from you guys is input from experiences dealing with similar situations and symptons so I can know what to look for and what might be possibly failing, so I don't have to consult a true professional and possibly waste time and money I don't have.

If the rain stops, I will jack up the X and check the wheels for what was described in that other thread. Problem is, I am again thrown off because this same decellertion happened when I pulled a sharp left turn, at the same degree of the rights prior, with the same effect.
Doesn't seem too serious because it's only when the wheel is cranked all the way.

As for the cold starting, today I noticed it doesn't matter what the temp gauge says. Sometimes it starts cold, sometimes not, always starts warm.
I don't know where the idle air control valve is, but I'll try to find and clean it.

Lost my train of thought.
That's it for now.

Your turning problem sounds similar to something I was experiencing for a while. Sharp turns caused what felt like binding (something catching and then letting go) but I would feel nothing when driving straight or turning slightly.

If I remember right it was the Transfer Clutches that turned out to be the problem (will check my work logs when I get home). I was told this was caused by not rotating my tires enough to keep the AWD SVX happy. If that is indeed what it was, I would warn you that I was told the longer I drove on it the more expensive it became.

Speaking of which, I am going in to rotate my new tires on my new Transfer Clutches today