My daughter's 2004 Subaru Forester (manual) has about 110k miles. We've owned it since new, I did the 100k service (timing belt, pulleys, water pump, coolant, etc.) and it still runs like new.
She reports the car started making a creaking noise when steering is full to one side or the other, and moving slowly. She's across the country so I can't inspect in person anymore. I had an old Honda Civic that developed this creaking when its u-joints went bad. But turning tight radius at slow speeds makes the wheels spin at different rates so it could be a differential. I replaced the diff & tranny oil back around 40k miles using Mobil 1 GL-5; inspected at 110k and it still looked like new (oil not dark, no water, no metal).
Advice or tips?
She reports the car started making a creaking noise when steering is full to one side or the other, and moving slowly. She's across the country so I can't inspect in person anymore. I had an old Honda Civic that developed this creaking when its u-joints went bad. But turning tight radius at slow speeds makes the wheels spin at different rates so it could be a differential. I replaced the diff & tranny oil back around 40k miles using Mobil 1 GL-5; inspected at 110k and it still looked like new (oil not dark, no water, no metal).
Advice or tips?