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Vehicle: 2003 Subaru Outback with 163,000 miles. Car is my wife's daily driver. It is needing a goodly amount of repairs due to age/miles/issues from being in the rust belt for 12 years before escaping. Car is paid off, my wife likes it, and want to keep it as long as we can. Issues and needs...

Bottle is 20 oz. Dose listed as 1oz per 1.25 gallons of fuel. Works out to 12.8 oz (see also 13 as I am not THAT OCD) for my vehicles. So...but all 20 oz in one car or 10 oz in both cars? In before: follow the directions. One vehicle runs fine, the other has a messed up fuel gauge...

Vehicle: 2002 Subaru Outback with 115,000 miles. Unknown service history prior to 100,000 miles, can see a bit of sludge through oil cap. Engine: H6 3.0 liter cylinder engine has an aluminum crankcase, double-overhead camshafts (DOHC) chain-driven with four valves per cylinder. The timing chain...

2002 Subaru Outback with 110K miles. Service history unknown prior to my purchase at 100K last year. Has recently developed a grinding groaning sound, mostly when turning or "flexing" up or down hill at an angle such as when pulling onto/off a street on an hill. Likely suspects are ball joint...

Just installed a set of these in my Outback. Impression: -Nice yellow color BUT -Twice the price of the Nokya bulbs I have in my other Subaru ($15 shipped vs $30 shipped). Not sure if worth the difference. Color is near identical with Osram reporting 2700K and Nokya 2500K. The Nokya have...

Picked up a $8.49 5 quart jug of the above, couldn't pass up the price. Going in a 2003 Subaru with 160K miles that is currently running PHM 5w30 that I'm seeing if HM oil will help a rear main weep. Conditions are primary city driving. Guessing 5000 for my OCI? Any good/bad/meh thoughts...

Vehicle: 2002 Outback H6, 105,000 miles. Unknown service history prior to 100,000 miles, can see a bit of sludge through oil cap. Engine: 3.0L DOHC H-6 cylinder engine has an aluminum crankcase, double-overhead camshafts (dohc) chain-driven with four valves per cylinder. The timing chain does...

I'm currently running Pennzoil HM 5W30 in my 2 Subaru Outbacks. One is the 2.5 H4, and the other is a 3.0 H6. Both have a few minor weeps and leaks that I'm trying HM to see if it'll help. Anyone have experience with Kendall's HM oil? The specs look ok...

Friend of the family has a florist business. Their 2004 Chevy Astro AWD van is finally giving up the ghost with 250K+ hard duty miles on it. Just has the transmission rebuilt and the rear diff is now going south. It doesn't really owe them anything at this point, so a new delivery vehicle is on...

Just purchased a 2002 Subaru Outback L.L.Bean with the H6 engine. Recommended oil is 5w30. Dealer changed the oil as part of their prep for sale. Sticker says Motorcraft synlend 5w20. Now, I know this could be a generic print out as many Ford vehicles (Ford and Lincoln dealership)calls for...

Vehicle in question: 1992 Oldsmobile 88 Royale base model. Just shy of 80,000 original miles. I am the second owner of it, first was my wife's grandmother. This vehicle was rather neglected as it was bought new by a 70 year old widow in 1992 and we got it in December of 2014. Known and current...

Got popped in a speed trap this morning. Options are to pay the $102 ticket or go to the 4 hour driving class. The class is $105 and I'll have to take off work to do it, but it does clear the moving violation off my driving record. Am I correct that the ticket will be reported to my insurance...

Vehicle: 1992 Oldsmobile 88 Royale (Mad Max edition, i.e.- missing some stuff, pieced together in other places, general purpose family hand-me-down beater). Vehicle calls for Power Steering fluid. No idea how old the fluid in it is...it may be original from 1992, with all 79,500 (yes, you read...

2003 Subaru Outback 2.5 boxer with 4EAT. Stock tire size is a 225/60/16 H rated. Location is the east TN/west NC area for most of the time. Occasional trips to visit friends and family wherever they may be. Currently have Michelin Primacy MXV4 with about 60,000 miles on them and still have...

Semi-local dealership is hiring. I'm still unemployed. What's the worst that could happen? Anybody done either of these jobs and have any insights on the application, the job, or general things related there to?

Vehicle: 1992 Oldsmobile 88 Royale, base model. Series 1 3800 engine, 76,000 miles and some change. VERY neglected. JB Weld made a valiant effort, but was no match for the crack in the plastic expansion tank of the Olds. Le sigh. Advance Auto is where I get most of my replacement parts due to...

Planning out my repairs for the upcoming year. My most immediate concerns are the cracked radiator and the worn out rear drums and shoes (hopefully getting the parking brake working again through that). After all that the suspension needs to be addressed. Wish I had the funds to do more than...

But not for any "ZOMG all the media tearing" issues. Never had any type of failure from them yet. But, the stash is dwindling in preparation for the upcoming move. Been using PureOne's for most of the last 50,000 miles as I got a bunch at a really good price. Today was the last of the synthetic...

So, I've never had a car that I have serviced with drum brakes, they've all been discs since I started wrenching a few years ago. No experience with drums at all. The Olds has rear drums. When I got new tires installed last week the shop installing them mentioned they are shot, including...

Picked up the 88 this week. Whoo...it's more beat up than I thought. Getting any available service records Friday (been serviced at the same shop since it was purchased new in 1992) and will post some pics later this week. But the details: Vehicle is a single owner literal grandma driven 75,000...