Anyone?
Anyone?
Earlier gen WRX had leaky fuel rail issues from what I recall Patrick. I can give a STRONG recommendation for Hodges Subaru. Bill, one of the owners, is a great guy and always has been helpful over the years.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
>May I field that one? I do a couple per month.
>The drum brake backing plate is a close tolerance fit to the bearing assembly's pilot. This turns into a rust interference fit. So, after you beat the hell out of the bearing trying to >jar it free from the knuckle (don't forget to remove the ABS sensor first!) then you get to fight trying to heat the backing plate so you can beat the bearing assembly out of it >while everything is dangling by the handbrake cable.
>I could not imagine doing one without a hub striker tool and a 20lb sledge to get the bearing out, and then oxyacetylene and an air hammer to get the bearing out of the >backing plate.
Would it be a crackpipe idea to slightly loosen the four bolts that secure the hub to the knuckle and then go for a drive? Seems like you could use the physics of driving to get things unstuck. I'm going to be tackling this job this weekend...no hub striker tool. Not looking forward to it!
[edit to clumsily quote Pete]
I have some vague recollection that the fuel smell on Subarus of that era was related to one of the fuel hoses or evap hoses going to the motor was a little too short so that when the motor moved around on it's mounts that it would pull loose enough to leak, with the fix being a longer hose.
In reply to flat4_5spd :
That won't unstick the backing plate, though.
As far as fuel smell, there are a lot of hose clamped rubber hoses in the fuel system, a lot of them under the intake manifold. They sometimes get leaky when cold since Subaru did not use spring clamps. (Not sure if there are any fuel injection rated spring clamps, anyway) It's a good habit to go over all of them occasionally.
The short hose theory makes me wonder if there is possibility a worn engine mount that aids in the tugging of the hose.
Gas smell is limited to rear of vehicle, never noticed underhood. I suspect return line from regulator or filler neck.
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
There are vapor lines running across the top of the tank. Access is poor.
Just because I am doing three today.
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
How does that tool work? Secure with lugs and then sledge the berkeley out of it?
Also, today it set CEL for P0457, evap system fuel cap loose or missing. So I gave the cap a few more clicks and cleared the code. it came back 2 drive cycles later. Gonna put a new cap on it this weekend, but I think it's probably something else. Gas smell is much less today, but ambient temp was lower and gas tank is less full as well.
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
A good idea with Subaru's is to not overfill the fuel tank or you can run into codes like that with the evap system. When the pump clicks off just leave it when you are filling, don't round up the $ amount. I don't think you would getting codes from doing that once though so you can probably thank the PO if that is the cause of the issues.
on any other POS i would have bought the Stant gas cap for $4 from RockAuto. But because I'm chasing a gas smell and a CEL specific to the gas cap, i'm picking up an OEM cap from Hodges Subaru tomorrow morning for $26. For science. Dealer parts guy said "I just sold my last one yesterday, we keep 'em on the shelf so i'll have more here tomorrow." I told him i was chasing P0457 and he said the new cap usually fixes it.
and to get all this great info into one place, i'm going to take screen shots of the above posts and put them in the AK1's Forester thread.
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