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Had cel light for LH intake runner stuck open. Looks like at resting the driver side flap is fully closed in the housing and the piece the sensor attaches to is in the vertical position. Passenger side is completely opposite with the flaps fully opened and sensor piece in horizontal position. 
Is this normal, should they both be closed or open? 
Also this sensor is all mangled, garbage get a new one? 
 

Purposely left heat shield off so I can get a better visual of any potential leaks. 

Vf52 turbo on my outback xt unknown miles, came in a trade bulk deal from a while ago. 
I can see what I’m assuming is coolant bubbling between the turbo and downpipe mating surface. Does this indicate a blown turbo seal?  

After waiting close to a month  for my type ra shortblock to arrive, here’s what I found when unboxing. Damaged dowel pin guide and scuffing on head mating surface. 

Cross my fingers and hopefully they’ll refund hassle free since I didn’t report without 24 hours or would I be good just replacing new dowels and running it with that scuffing? 
 

Yeah I figured those dowels weren’t a big deal but that scuff is a little concerning. Going to see what the company says, I didn’t order straight from Subaru but a well known business. 

Decided to just do a new shortblock assembly for the legacy and this was what I found when the package arrived. 
Dowel pin bent and block surface has slight a chip. Hopefully they’ll accept my return, didn’t get to open when it arrived was late for work and came just before thanksgiving. Very upset right now. 
 

Thoughts?

Yeah think my next move is just go a size up in bolt size and re thread 

Yeah there are some gouging on the sealing surfaces I’m not so proud of. Combination of being frustrated, back problems and not being the most patient individual led me to being a little careless while tackling this job with the limited space. 
Luckily I didn’t put everything back together so pulling engine should take no longer than 30 min. I’ll have this on a stand and take some better pics. 

Beyond repair? Yeah I scuff the mating surface pretty bad as well. 
 

05 LGT

Screwed up one of my water pump block thread. Over torqued the bolt to 13ft lbs and sure enough the bolt broke. In the process of extracting the bolt, I seemed to made it worse.

At that point I’ve decided to just get the correct heli coil kit and make a new thread. Just when I thought all was well, it wasn’t. I didn’t center the heli coil so back to square one. 

I’ve tried gasket maker and just 5/6 bolts holding the pump on but still leaks. 
Any suggestions?
Such a shame, was a low mileage longblock too at 65k 

15 mins in then got pretty tired. (Lazy) Should have out by tomorrow morning if I can find the time. 

Considering it. Pulling this thing parts to throw a single mass flywheel and some preventative maintenance gaskets timing belts and whatnot. 
Let’s see if I come across anything peculiar along the way. 

$140** 

Pacific Import Auto Tacoma, Washington 

Haven’t tried logging anything but I feel like it’s something fuel related also. 
Having a well known Subaru shop in my area take a look, they’re thinking it’s some type of vacuum leak base off my symptoms.  kinda gave up at this point I’d gladly pay $40 for a diagnosis from professionals.

 I’ll check back in once it’s figured out  
 

2005 legacy gt 5mt wagon 

Bone stock replacement ej255 engine 60k

Generic chinese vf40 replacement turbo and lightweight flywheel are only two parts that are not oem factory. 
Car stalls out very inconsistently and only when coasting in neutral. Doesn’t happen all the time, sometimes doesn’t even happen at all. I’ve found a solution when coming to a stop by just leaving it in gear and holding down clutch slowing to avoid potentially stalling out. I’ll be able to put in neutral after coming to complete stop without car stalling. 

Not sure if the the turbo with the stock tune playing a roll in dipping the idle down or lightweight flywheel causing any idling or dipping issues? Also, anybody else running stock t-50+ dual mass flywheels bolts on their single mass or light weight flywheel? Is this recommended. Thinking about pulling motor just to throw a single mass flywheel with correct bolts but seems like a lot a work if not necessary. 

Any insight regarding those two issues would be appreciated. 

Figured it out, car was in valet mode.

fixed 

Just checked and there are no loose or disconnect wires. 
I have an 06 Wrx wagon as well, and what I would notice differently from the two is that when I would arm the Wrx, I would get a steady pause light pause light on the security dash. 
However on the legacy I would get an instant rapid security light as soon as I arm the car and before it goes off, it’ll have two steady lights. 
Hope this all makes sense. 

Been having an ongoing issue with my 05 legacy gt. Stock factory alarm 

About 15-20 sec after arming the car, it will suddenly go off. I made sure it has a new remote battery and checked doors/hood/trunk is fully closed. Also there are no open door indicator on the dash. This is an issue I’ve had since owning the car, beginning to get real annoying. 

Anybody have an idea on what’s going on? Please and thank you. 

On 6/21/2020 at 1:50 PM, DoctorDaveLGT said:

My formerly SWP wagon with the wife's new TSX sport wagon. Really getting our Yin & Yang on.

Can someone explain the trunk and spoiler setup on the white wagon. 
Upper half of the hatch looks to be protruding out which makes the rear looks a lot more sleek and spoiler looks to be longer than stock. 
Which add on piece are these? Jdm options? 

Bought my 05 LGT a while back and immediately had to replace the motor due to a spun bearing. First thing I noticed when I pulled the motor were grind marks on the teeth of the flywheel. The previous owner had the clutch pressure plate and flywheel replaced less than 500 miles before my purchase. I don’t know to much on the specific of the brand and year that was used. 
I’ve read people opting to replace their stock flywheel for an 06+ Wrx being that its not dual mass. Any reason why the 02-05 Wrx are not compatible?

Also noticed the LGT flywheel bolts are difference than the standard Wrx and Sti. Any reason why Subaru did this? 

My car current setup is unknown clutch and pressure plate with a lightweight flywheel using the stock T50 LGT bolts. 
I do hear a chatter at initial start up then goes away and also chatter when I press in the clutch at higher rpm’s. Hopefully I was thorough as possible but anyone has any input on what’s going on? 

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I did not know I posted in photo section. If mod see, can you please move or can someone guide me how to. 
The leather seats in the outback were in 8/10 fronts and rear 9/10.  My only other concern was the motor not working on the passenger side. 
He wanted $150 but I’m sure I can get them for $100 front bad back. 
 

Here’s my current set up. There are some stubborn stain from my sons Apple juice I can’t seem to get rid of. Maybe steam or wet vac would do the trick but haven’t tried. 
Also my heat pad on driver sides is no longer working. 
I didn’t pay attention or don’t know if the door panels are any different or even compatible.

Maybe I was impressed by the power seats and leather seats and moon roof. 
 

I have the non limited wagon so everything seems like an upgrade