Subaru Forester Appreciation Thread
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Post your foz, discuss why SF > SG, etc
Pics of camping/sleeping set-ups for extra points
ugliest forester is best forester
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such is life
>a forester going offroad
>>15399922
nice fucking digits anon
checked
>>15399834
ugliest is a tie between facelift 1st gen and facelift 2nd gen desu
this was a car you could buy at one point
fuckin nips
Uhh, woah. This is actually relevant to my shit.
My 900$ shitbox i fixed up. Not quite done
Not excited about doig the rear wheel bearing. Its getting loud.
>>15402229
Hello comrade twin
>>15402408
Oh. Uhh, hey. Hey there. I like your non dented hood.
Just ordered a rear knuckle, and 2 36$ hub and bearig kits.
Figure i press the one together into the new knuckle, just swap knuckles on the car, then get creative to get the old bearing out of the old knuckle, press the second bearing into the old hub, that way when the first 36$ hub and bearing go Ill have no 2 lined up. No special tools needed and out the door for 205$. After reading forum posts on rear wheel bearings I feel like a genious at this point
>tfw used to own rwd volvos where a bearing was an hour and 18 dollars.
>>15402436
I like your stripe thing in the back that's pretty rad
>>15402436
Also like the grill work, equally rad
>>15402463
You ever dealt with misfires and evap codes on these?
Cyl 3, so far I've done
New cat
New cat sensor things
Cat gaskets
Spark plugs
Cleaned throttlebody
New coil pack
Formagasketed the cat, fixed leak
Seafoamed throttle body, this helped idle the most but it's still rough
I know I should've hired shop to do cat but I can't figure out what I did wrong after all that I still have intermittent cyl 3 misfire, rough idle and accel, and that fycking evap code.
>>15402737
Preciate it, just trying to mitigate fuckig rust caused by the factory provided sponges placed in the fenderwells from the factory.
Grillwork is pretty hack, but hey, it got the job done.
Unfortunately very little obd II knowledge, always been a rwd volvo guy...
Is your timing belt ultra mega stretched? Evap code doesnt seem related to misfire to me...
Intake side of things is all tight i assume after you cleaned throttle body?
>>15402885
I can only assume evap code is a virus infecting my car because I let a liberal arts college student ride shotty at some point, passing emissions is never an issue anyways. Looking for stock/correct pics of the n/a intake and filter set up to compare but it all looks the same to me, that aint it
Also just tried swapping ignition wires and the misfire didn't move with it, so they're good unless that's not how it works but I think it is?
Oily substance on a couple spark plugs, which means I should change the valve cover seals apparently it's a dead to rights troubleshoot, and im supposed to 'check valve clearances" while I'm in there.
Anyways these rooftent things are friggin toight
>>15402229
>>15402408
hello silverfriends
>Research 'best' car for months.
>1st gen Forester Wins
>Find one. Great deal. Automatic.
>MixedFeelings.jpg
>Buy it. Drive it. Love it.
>Leave it with poorfag family while I #vanlife around America for a couple years.
>Encourage them to drive it often since they lack enough vehicles and I didn't want it to sit.
>Head gaskets fail
>send $2,000 home,
>DealWithItLater.jpg
>Family gets T-boned in it month later. Everybody is fine, but car is totaled.
I will buy another one a couple years down the line, Just not another auto.
>>15403143
THE FIRE RISES COMRADE
How do pull engine and fix headgasket?
Be been driving it for 5,000 miles like this.
2001 2.5 forester S
>>15403194
Take a look at this
http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f66/how-replace-ej25-head-gaskets-without-removing-engine-57335/#/forumsite/20556/topics/57335?page=1
>>15399806
b platform > g/s platforms
>>15403187
did you buy a '98 anon?
>Just not another auto
please not another auto
Speaking of, damn the manual gearboxes in these feel p shitty
The only manual cars I've driven were Miatas and Mr2's with really nice shifting or trucks/jeeps with expectedly trucky transmissions
Been test driving Foresters, an '03 a few days ago and today an '01
It just feels like pushing a pool noodle through a bowl of jello
i guess this is what driving an econobox feels like?
>>15403009
Isnt evap code most likely shitty gas cap or filler neck usually? Again not my forte
Its oily and misfiring? Thats not good... its probably a pita to compression test one of these i bet...
