humph67 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Hi, had my Forester Diesel for a couple of week's now and I'am getting used to it. driving around town I find that I only use 1,2,and 3rd gear.Don't think its designed to be driven at 30mph in 4th. Would like to know if a simple repair /service manual is available, looks like changing the fuel filter could be a bit tricky, oil filter on top of engine easy accessible.Like the car very much, sat nav a bit noisy .no one as made any comments on my previous post. Thank's for any comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitman Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 it's the RMP's what's important not really the gear you are in, diesels do have high torque at low rpm fuel filter might have a tap to realise water at the bottom of the filter but i'm not familiar with the Subaru diesel engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humph67 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thank's for your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majik_thighs Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 In what way is the sat-nav noisy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humph67 Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 Hi sounds like a noisy fan like on a computer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majik_thighs Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Hi sounds like a noisy fan like on a computer . Possibly what it is if its definitely coming from the nav unit. Not sure about the Forester but in the Outback its very easy to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humph67 Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 Sorry for the delay in reply, I'm a bit cautious but intend to try and lubricate the fan by lifting the back label and oil with the very slightest drop of machine oil . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th4neuk Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 My outback diesel is the same. It could do with being a six speed really (think they went that way on the later ones) Cheers Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogconker Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 We've got a new forester diesel while wife's XV is in shop, it's a very good engine/gearbox combination to be fair. Cruises nice on motorways and is pretty easy around town. XV is the same as it's the same configuration. Not sure about the outback diesel but I imagine its a similar configuration as the forester and XV on the new ones. Sent from my iphone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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