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  1. LGT forum!!! Car threw a P0171 Code driving out to buddies, everything ran fine on the way there and came back to Vatozone to have them run the code. Replaced the air filter and cleaned the MAF sensor and cleared the code at home (unhooked the battery), took it for a short drive. Nothing felt out of the ordinary then either. I got called into work about 45 minutes ago, I started it and it jumped around RPMs a little, I attributed it to the ECU learning in the cold weather. Driving out, it looked like it would going to stall out a couple times but it kept going. On the way back, I was going through gears and once in 4th it felt like it went flat around 4k RPMs. I backed off and didn't notice anything else. Took it out for a little harder run once of the Highway and everything seemed to be back to normal, not falling flat. Sorry for the wall of text, but should all of the oddities be attributed to the ECU relearning?
  2. Absolutely will pull the motor if I am replacing the HG, but I do have plans to take it to a good friends house and get a good look at it. OEM Gasket as well. I hadnt thought about doing the uppipe but if its apart, I will put one on. Any recommendations there? Thanks,
  3. Hey guys, sorry for the long hiatus. Work life and 2nd work life and 2 kids have kept me from being active here. Steering pump has been mended by being fully replaced with a OEM. More expensive, but I have confidence in it. I now return with a new problem, which I believe only occurred yesterday and today since I have had it from purchase in May. I know its started to get cold out here and have had several condensation starts, but yesterday it presented itself with about 3-4 seconds of white/possible blue smoke. Got a wiff of it today and it smelled sweet....... if I remember correctly that is coolant. I am going to park it after this weekend and try to get it into a shop/buddies garage (depending on who can/will help as I dont have a garage of my own) and probably go straight to replacing the head gasket unfortunately. Hoping I might be able to get some pointers on what to watch out for when starting the tear down and anything else I should check while I am in there. Also, do I just go with the OEM gasket? Haven't dug around too much yet on parts for this. Thanks!
  4. The car drives and handles fine, steering pump is a little loud under load (not moving forward, but turning causes a audible wine) going to replace the o-ring first, then maybe a complete pump replacement. I feel like road noise/suspension noise is louder than it should be, like I can literally hear every rock in the road! I had a tire shop check the shocks and the fronts are just barely starting to leak. I am not confident its that alone that is causing it. Question is - Before I can get under my car, I need this rainy weather to stop, but when I do, should I be looking for bushings/suspension linkage that is worn out? What is you past experience with this?
  5. Bro, just wanted to drop in and say its great to see you updating daily, more than once sometimes! hope things go well on the teardown!
  6. It's been raining non-stop here in Nevada as of last week. I planned on detailing the wagon, but still no let up in the shit weather. I do have a new shift knob coming to replace the stock momo, I'll throw some pictures up of the most non-exciting upgrade ever, when it happens.!
  7. Thanks for the input, I will be looking into moving into a 5W-40, not sure if Rotella or Amsoil EU (if I can even get that reliable & cheap around where I live). I did forget to mention the previous owner did remove one of the Banjo Bolt filters so I do feel a little better about the current state of the turbo, but I want to get in and take a look at it if possible in the coming month.
  8. Morning LGT Forums! I've returned to the Subaru world, out of necessity for a family orientated vehicle instead of my single cab Nissan beater truck that I can't pick up my two kids with. I did have a brief 2 years with an 08 WRX, stage 2. Didn't work out well, lost the clutch and slipped timing almost exactly a year apart. Wife was not happy so I traded for a new Corolla.... yuck. I recently picked up a 05 LGT Wagon, which fits my want/needs perfectly. I gig over the weekends and need to be able to haul some gear, which this works for and if shes in the shop, I can use my truck. The wagon has 146K miles on it, in decent shape on the exterior (needs some small dents/rust spots repaired and doesnt show any signs of leaks on the engine ( as for as i can tell from my inspection ). I'm the 3rd owner, the first two seemed to really take care of it as it shows on the carfax being serviced at the dealer. The 2nd owner did a timing belt, water pump & clutch about 30k miles ago. I don't have any performance modification plans, besides a catback for the subi sound. Maybe lower it a bit and do the JDM DIN swap for a better headunit, goal is to stay reliable with it! Let me know if there is anything I should be looking for! Interior is clean minus some small blemishes.
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