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  1. Greenmamba
    Find another garage.
  2. Greenmamba
    Loud-ish whining noise is likely to be wheel bearings. Trying to jump sideways could be many things including torque bind although I'm not sure this impacts manuals like it does autos. Are all the tyres the same make and wear? What do the ball joints look like?
  3. Greenmamba
    As they say, howdy neighbour! Always ready to lend a hand if needed.
  4. Greenmamba
    Welcome, ask away, plenty of wise folk here!
  5. Greenmamba
    You only need to disconnect battery for 30 minutes or so. Press the brake pedal a couple of times during that time, then reconnect battery. All relevant codes should be cleared.
  6. Greenmamba
    Nice!!
  7. Greenmamba
    6k miles daily - you are going places!! Good luck finding the right car.
  8. Greenmamba
    I'm looking for advice. I want to get a stainless steel cat back exhaust made up for my 3.0 and Flowtech exhausts in Dagenham being near me is on my radar. Anyone used them? Thoughts appreciated.
  9. Greenmamba
    You should have no problem at that price.
  10. Greenmamba
    Speedo will be off. Cruising, engine revs wil be lower so may benefit fuel consumption. Not sure about tyre rubbing.
  11. Greenmamba
    Seriously odd. No clue how that would happen.
  12. Greenmamba
    Yep, both register speed.
  13. Greenmamba
    Not far from me!
  14. Greenmamba
    Reason I asked about the K&N filter is if the previous owner had fitted one, and oiled it/never cleaned it etc it could have messed with the MAF. Sort the MAF, check the air filter and your idle/running could well improve.
  15. Greenmamba
    Your MAF sensor error - 500 seems rich! Have you tried cleaning it (contact spray cleaner)? Is it running a K&N filter?
  16. Greenmamba
    Looks way too good for the scrapyard. Should realise a few thou.
  17. Greenmamba
    Pictures?
  18. Greenmamba
    The ABS light comes on with the check engine light purely as additional warning - does not mean the problem is with the ABS/brakes. Simply emphasize that a sensor is out of spec. Needs the codes to be read.
  19. Greenmamba
    Curious. Got any photos?
  20. Greenmamba
    Shift changes issue might be influenced by either low/or overfilled tranny fluid or the condition of it. Good fresh fluid might sort it. It also may be affected by the fault codes - the engine ecu talks to the tcu.
  21. Greenmamba
    @MrD You need to know the Legacy and the Outback are different cars. The OB has greater ground clearance and additional plastic body plastic panels underneath as well as the visible bits along door panels etc. while the Leggy is better suited for normal road work. Similar platform overall though. The v belt pulleys should be changed at 100k. Tensioner on this and the timing chain when a) the former is losing tension, and b) when the chain starts getting noisy (actually there are two timing chains) would need changing if symptoms emerge. Wheel bearings sometimes give problems around 100k and above. Otherwise, the motors generally don't give problems, the gap in service you mention wouldn't worry me unduly.
  22. Greenmamba
    Reasonably so except for it's thirst. Round town, don't get above 20mpg. The motors strong, chain drive so no timing belt to worry about. 5 speed auto box is very good. They are known for wheel bearings getting noisy and hard to diagnose, and the 2 pulleys on the v belts need changing before 100k. Very good long distance hauler.
  23. Greenmamba
    Registrations after March 2006 suffer higher road tax, circa £500pa. I cannot comment on the flappy paddles as mine doesn't have them but does have the sport-shift which I seldom use manually. The facelift ones get a single cd v the earlier 6cd changer with tape player, so not as good IMHO. Rn means navigation (satnav) - that's the only discernible difference I know of between the R and the Rn.
  24. Greenmamba
    Got a photo of the item? Checked tightness of the hose clamps?
  25. Greenmamba
    I'll be watching
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