bigb3630123 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I have had to baby my clutch for the past 8 months because I couldnt afford to put a new clutch in it. Last week I just got around to it and it feels real good to have it back but..... under a decent load it feels like it hesitates all the way through the gear mostly in 2nd and 3rd gear. The engine is all stock and I'm at 45,000 miles. I havn't replaced the spark plugs could this be why?? any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 ahhh yes and I forgot... at idle it sounds a tiny bit rough. Not anything awful but you can feel the car running rough. RPM's don't jump around so it isn't that bad. I just want it fiiiiixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spect2k Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Wow, you went through a clutch on a stock car in under 45K?!?!? How did that happen??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawdaddy79 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Isn't the clutch covered by the powertrain warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spect2k Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 what on earth did you do to that thing? is this what I have to look forward to??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 I bought the car with less than 3 thousand miles on it. Clutch felt perfect when I bought it and at 38,000 miles it started slipping a little bit in 5th... then slowly got worse and worse. I never launched the car or beat on it much really at all. The clutches just suck and I say start saving for a new clutch now so you can replace it when the time comes..... Â Â now does anyone know why my car is running rough?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 It's a crappy clutch? Mine fried itself in 20,000Km... Not all of them. I know of a 364whp LGT running around with the stock clutch, and it holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j255c Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 yeah for how long is the question 06 TB EVO IX SE stock turbo monster subaru hater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 question of the this thread......... whats wrong with my car?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reason22 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 question of the this thread......... whats wrong with my car?? Need more info. Any mods to the car? This could well be the dreaded and much-discussed stutter, which you may not have observed until now because you were babying the clutch. Spark plugs should be fine at that mileage, they're good until 60,000 I believe. Or maybe it just doesn't like the new flywheel. Stock flywheel, lightweight? Same for clutch...what brand, model, stock,...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reason22 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Check the air filter? Oil? Oil filter? Fuel? Throttle position sending unit? Exhaust bearings? You didn't get any soap on the intercooler, did you? Yes I'm partly being a smarta$$, but hopefully you see that the wise and knowledgeable people on the thread (not me) probably need more info to even attempt a diagnosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Man, and I thought it sucked when mine went at 70,000 miles. Most expensive repair Ive ever done on a Subie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 totally stock engine besides the ACT clutch and light weight flywheel. Â Â And I did get soap in my intercooler and not the intercooler safe soap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spect2k Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Man, and I thought it sucked when mine went at 70,000 miles. Most expensive repair Ive ever done on a Subie. How much $$ did it run you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmc032 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 it almost sounds like your developing a stutter. Sometimes I've heard that it can appear at 50,000 miles. Search "stutter" if you don't know what I'm talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCleanLGT Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 did you resurface/clean your flywheel when you repl the clutch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 I had a trusted mechanic do it. He's done a lot of clutches for people I know and they have had no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1anatic Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 did you resurface/clean your flywheel when you repl the clutch?  Can't you people read ? He has the ACT Lite flywheel and clutch combo - the WRX setup that is. Clean your air filter, clean your MAF, reset the ECU and then change the plugs if it does not help. Plugs are supposed to be changed every 60 k miles so you are getting close. Most likely your ECU learned that you drive slowly and just needs to relearn a different style of driving. Kinda bad timing now with gas around 4 dollars a gallon to be driving aggressively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 damn ECU learning the wrong things.......... time to reteach. Hopefully that is all I need to do to get it running right again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ih8vtec13 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 pull the negitive wire on the battery for like 20 minutes and the ECU will forget everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Lol, its probably just the common boxer engine rough idle, tons of people on here have talked about it, at idle the cars runs a little rough, it just happesn usually starts around 40kmiles. The car runs great when you get on it but rough at idle, im not sure why you car feels slow in 2nd and 3rd but alot of people have rough idle. The rpms dont move around, there is just a tiny background vibration at idle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drcaveman Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Lol, its probably just the common boxer engine rough idle, tons of people on here have talked about it, at idle the cars runs a little rough, it just happesn usually starts around 40kmiles. The car runs great when you get on it but rough at idle, im not sure why you car feels slow in 2nd and 3rd but alot of people have rough idle. The rpms dont move around, there is just a tiny background vibration at idle. My 1996 had over 140K on the ODO, from 30k on the car always that slight rough idle. When I got the LGT the car was perfectly smooth until around 35K, then the rough idle showed up. As for the original poster, the people above have it right, change the plugs, the air cleaner ETC. And reset the ECU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Yeah, my rough idle showed its ugly face at 38k, i didnt feel like it lost any performance like yours does. The 2 problems may or may not be related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 thanks I believe I will change the plugs on my next day off..... I believe there is a walkthrough on here to change your plugs. I'm not sure how hard it will be on the legacy because I have never done it yet but we're gonna find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spect2k Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Great, so the turbo and clutch will both go at about 60K miles, and the idle will become nice and rough at 30K......I thought these are supposed to be reliable cars?! How frustrating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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