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Leave my 5 speed thread out of this. Once this is fixed, I want a 5 speed. I fail to see what's wrong with that, and if there is something wrong with that, please don't hesitate to tell me what is. Seriously. |
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<<The crankshaft seal was replaced with the timing belt, and like I said, the dealer said everything was fine in there. I was reading about the IRIS system. I was thinking, maybe some airflow component was screwed up in there....i dunno.>> I suggested that it might be an airflow problem first. Nobody ever responded to that, so I figured there wasn't any. I also wrote in my first post: <<Thanks in advance.>> I write that because it's hard to thank so many people that help me, in one post with many ideas. I am grateful and THANK everybody that helps me, thus, Thanks in advance. Please, instead of criticizing me, I just ask that you read the whole thread, which it seems you didn't, and try to help me a bit to find out this problem. You seem to have an interesting idea, about a hot airflow problem. Can you elaborate a bit? Since I was unaware that not thanking people in each post is offensive, here: Thanks! PS - I am quite an SVX nut. My 1992 has cost me close to 13k. Stupidity, yes, but it's already done with, those costs I mean. Plus, I should recoup some of my costs in a pending lawsuit, which is taking longer than I expected, but everyone will know about when i'm done. |
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G'luck man. - Ca$h |
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This is oversimplified, but the idea should better understood afterwards. There is one item that absolutely has to be present for combustion and that's oxygen. At high altitudes you have less of it, therefore the rate of combustion is slower. Higher octane is needed to slow the flame propagation in the cylinders and stave off damaging detonation. There are no more BTUs (British Thermal Units, calories of a sort - a measure of potential energy in a fuel) in higher octane fuel than there are in regular, so use of high octane fuel in engines that don't require it is a waste of money. Now, if someone has used a lower octane fuel than what a particular vehicle was designed to use, it will more than likely detonate/pre-ignite/knock occasionally. The engine has one or more knock sensors, depending on application, and when they relay info back to the computer that they're detecting detonation the computer will counter by retarding the timing a bit until the knocking subsides. No damage done other than possibly a slightly reduced level of performance and/or reduced mpg. BTW, I read earlier that someone suggested spark plug wires - the SVX hasn't any, checking the timing - if the t-belt is installed correctly there's nothing else to do as there is no distributor or method to adjust the timing.
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lol...and thanks! |
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What else can be going on then? |
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I'm going to my Subaru folks tomorrow and I'll see if they have any ideas...they've been vey good at diagnosing problems in the past. Also , just because plugs are new doesn't mean their good. I've bought bad plugs before and it took forever to figure that out.
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Try a new mechanic
First of all, if the dealer told you 12MPG is normal for the SVX, that alone would send me walking -- averaging over 20 is normal. The beauty of this is it could be a single component that when straightened out will be like giving you a whole new car. But to get to that point I think you should find a new mechanic who really knows their stuff. I can't imagine this problem can't be tracked down. Just don't go back to that dealer.
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Try to find a subaru specialist that isn't a dealer. My mechanic only works on subarus, and has no affiliation with dealerships. He also does the best job I've ever seen anyone do on car repairs.
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Just find someone with 46 chromosomes (be sure to ask) and have them take off the timing belt cover and match this diagram to reality. This will eliminate the most likely source of your immediate distress. This isn't brain surgery.
Last edited by Boone; 09-18-2002 at 05:09 PM. |
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carbon
I went to my Subaru dealer today and showed them your original I'm Dying post. Their answer...carbon build up. Carbon on the valves, more then likely on the exhuast valves. They've had the same problem come to them more then once. They say you need a valve job, and if that wasn't bad enough the last word they said to me as I left was..."Cha-Ching".
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(crying) I had this ( http://www.motorvac.com/mcs245_pg.html ) done to it a while back. Anything? I'm so sad. By the way, thanks for checking for me. Can you give me their phone number, location, person to talk to, etc? |
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