Checked fluids, took her for a ride, and stared at her out in the garage in awe that we now have a Subaru in the garage! Just brought her home Friday, 03 XS automatic. Wife's new car, otherwise it would be a manual!
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You know, I didn't even think of that. I do have a copy of the carfax, and it has no such record. It even shows the one time it was taken back to its original dealer for a warranty claim, back in 04. No service records on carfax since then. Dang it.garyg7133 said:Have your VIN number ready. If you have a carfax it's even easier. Carfax sometimes shows the last major service, especially if it was through a dealer. That said, I'd email the local dealerships' service departments and see if they have anything on the vehicle by VIN. I emailed the dealership that originally sold my Foz (it's near Alfred NY an I'm in PA) and they were more than happy to give me info on the car. The dealer who sold me the car last week is going to print up a full report on anything that was done by Subaru when I go in to have the window checked out.
Good Luck with the search for info.
Today, I changed the Forester's oil, added a new rear wiper blade, found out the Walmart computer was wrong and sold me the wrong air filter, and saw how truly bald the tires are on this car. I then decided to get our previous car's summer wheels and tires (all-season tires, but we also had snows on steels, which went with the car when it got totaled), so now the Foz is driving around on Cavalier Z24 wheels (got them cheap for the Vibe) with Pontiac Vibe tires (205/55/16). A tad short, but at least they have good tread!
I also realized how much oil is under this engine. Yuck. Of course, I have to comare it to our 03 Vibe that had 182k, and didn't have one bit of oil leakage. Ah well... can't win em all. A little oil seepage won't hurt anyone, I'll get it sealed up. Sux it gets on the exhaust and kinda stinks when you first shut it off.
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Engine out, heads off! Damn head gaskets! Rest of the engine looks good though. Spark plugs were WASTED!
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Yesterday, stopped by my buddy's shop and had my heads cut.
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Today, pulled the oil pan, replaced the rear main seal, some general clean-up (de-greasing of engine and engine bay), did a radio mockup with my JVC plus XM receiver that was in the wife's last car. Looks like it will fit nicely. Probably wire it in tomorrow, although not much fun when you can't test it out.
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Today, pulled the oil pan, replaced the rear main seal, some general clean-up (de-greasing of engine and engine bay), did a radio mockup with my JVC plus XM receiver that was in the wife's last car. Looks like it will fit nicely. Probably wire it in tomorrow, although not much fun when you can't test it out.
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Yesterday, finally wired up the XM receiver, and added an AUX cable and 12v plug to the pop-up bin.
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Tonight, picking up my wheels with a fresh set of these installed:
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Tonight, picking up my wheels with a fresh set of these installed:
To sum up my Subaru's last 10 days...
- New front sway bar links
- New passenger side ball joint
- Fresh diff fluid, front and back (cheap Walmart dinosaur oil)
- 2x drain and fill of the trans
- 5% tint on back 5 windows, 35% on fronts (did the job myself, came out nice, $40 total)
- Squeezed passenger side mirror gussets, killed wind noise on that side too (did driver's side months ago)
- Drove 1050 miles from Chicago to Fort Collins, CO (25 mpg average)
- Went off-roading west of FTC (a frikkin blast)
- Drove 1050 miles home (25 mpg avg)
- Tightened 4 loose swaybar link nuts (guess I didn't get them tight enough, they got real noisy on the trail.
That's about it. Had a great trip. Was nice to be somewhere a Subaru is truly appreciated. Just about 1 out of every 4 cars in town is a Subie.
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- New front sway bar links
- New passenger side ball joint
- Fresh diff fluid, front and back (cheap Walmart dinosaur oil)
- 2x drain and fill of the trans
- 5% tint on back 5 windows, 35% on fronts (did the job myself, came out nice, $40 total)
- Squeezed passenger side mirror gussets, killed wind noise on that side too (did driver's side months ago)
- Drove 1050 miles from Chicago to Fort Collins, CO (25 mpg average)
- Went off-roading west of FTC (a frikkin blast)
- Drove 1050 miles home (25 mpg avg)
- Tightened 4 loose swaybar link nuts (guess I didn't get them tight enough, they got real noisy on the trail.
That's about it. Had a great trip. Was nice to be somewhere a Subaru is truly appreciated. Just about 1 out of every 4 cars in town is a Subie.
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