Paul_JJ

Mate, trust me! Go to Toyota dealership and ask for Antifreeze RED 5L, this is one of the best coolants in the world, already pre-mixed and I bet that Subaru will sell exactly the same antifreeze but with higher price tag. They last for over 5 years and you can add just distilled water if you need to top up, or get extra 2 litres (it's around 7 litres for a full flush), but you won't get everything out of the system anyway, unless you do it multiple times. If the antifreeze hasn't been changed for years, I would advise to dump the old one and just fill the distilled water, drive for a week (make sure you always use the Heater at full blast and maximum possible temperature) when driving - thus to get rid of all the crap in the heater matrix. And then fill new coolant from Toyota! I'm using it for my own Forester and it runs just fine.

Hey. Ordered quite a few sensors, some suspensions and steering related parts, hopefully next week my mechanic will have a free day for me -) Does anyone know the correct torque settings for the following sensors: Knock sensor Coolant Temperature for ECU sensor Camshaft sensor Crankshaft sensor I hope that one of these sensors will fix my error 25 code for the gearbox... And the Coolant Sensors just too slow, to react, so I figured it would save me some cash on petrol if I replace these sensors as well.

I don't like phone calls -) email is the best, got a history this way! Did he ask you for a bank transfer as well??? I offered him Paypal as they trade on Ebay surely they have Paypal account!

I see! Ok then, Luke is slow to reply sometimes, but has been very helpful -)

Have you tested the ICP track rod ends by any chance? Can anyone give a feedback please? I want to replace mine as well as the other related parts at the same time, so I don't have to pay for the tracking twice -) http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/parts-info.asp?id=1869 http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/parts-info.asp?id=1871 http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/parts-info.asp?id=1872

Good advise here as usual! Thank you. The budget is around £200, I'm only interested in 16 inch, preferably light weight -) No need to drop the car, I like 200 mm clearance, so it's best to keep it that way and improve comfort. I passed the stage of coilovers, not it's time to have some comfort and safety. I think overtime these temp sensors get's wont out somehow therefore they take too long to show the readings. My alternator is started to screaming again, only on the cold start....... also I have replaced the alternator in November and this is a new belt as well, I wonder if that has something to do with the battery as I was washing the car the other day and had my stereo on for a few hours and it drained all the battery...

It's good to hear from you -) I want to replace all the bushes, which I have ordered already. Finding all the part numbers for the bushes wasn't easy -) Also the following: PCV VALVE £10.50 THERMOSTAT £13.50 FRONT ARB LINKS (ICP HEAVY DUTY TYPE) £16.95 REAR ARB LINKS (ICP HEAVY DUTY) £25.99 IN CAR TEMP GAUGE SENSOR £7.99 ICP ENGINE MOUNT RUBBER SET £39.95 Subaru Forester 2.0T EJ20G Import ECU Coolant Temperature Sensor- £14.50 Knock sensor - Genuine Subaru Parts: 22060AA061 - £58.50 K&N air filter - was unable to get a quote from ICP, probably they don't sell it. The coolant sensors work for me, but too slow to react, takes like 5 min before it shows that engine is warm also you can feel that it's proper hot, even if it's +20c outside... There is warm air blowing though, so thermostat is most likely working OK. The engine mounts I want to replace because on my old toyota the manifold was leaking because of the engine mounts -) I replaced 3 manifold including brand new and they were all leaking, so I replaced the mounts with TRD and then the problem was solved! And now it looks like my gasket is leaking on the up pipe, still didn't get the time to sort it out. I'm looking for a second set of alloys as well, if you know of any for sale that would be interesting.

I've got the RCM pump now, fantastic pump really made the difference! Thank you Stants for pointing to it!

What other parts have you got for sale?

Replacing the headlights is your best bet. What kind of bulb have you got on your forester's headlights?

Has anyone tried ICP fuel pumps? the ICP claims that it's the exact copy of RCM, but with different label. Anyone had any experience with them? ICP/RL 340LPH INTANK FUEL PUMP £91.50 ICP - ImportCarParts.co.uk I'm about to get quite a few bits from them, but still can't decide about the pump. Also I'm shopping around and trying to get a good deal, can anyone recommend any other shops who sell parts for our cars?

These are exactly the same wheels on Japanese advert -) so I bet they were JDM ones

That's no worries mate. I know exactly how you feel as I have a year and a month boy -)

Thank you made a good info. Did you mean turn the steering wheel may be? not the wheels -) I wasn't sure if such method would work but if you say so I would definitely give it a try!

Has anyone managed to changed the PowerSteering fluid without a special pump? If so can anyone advise on how to do it? thank you!

Www.opposedforces.com doesn't work for me either. The website provided actually has English/Japanese printouts and is the JDM one. Just at the beginning you'll see some Russian, but once VIN entered and select something in the middle you'll see the rest in English. At the top left when you click on the part there will be the actual part numbe wirtten starting with OEM. If anyone need any help with the website just let me know as I've learned how to use it by now and understand that writings -) Saying that I was unable to find the original fuel pump with that, also the database is so massive I probably didn't look well enough... My local Subaru dealership is rubbish and a waste of time. After a Toyota one is like day and night -)

Do you know what month (in 1997) is your car stants? That should be yours I suppose? http://www.subaru-forester.info/specs/1997.2/28145/ Also you can try to use this website which I was recommended, it has Japanese database of spare parts - you will just have to input your vin code - totally free. Use google chrome for translation http://subaru.epcdata.ru/forester/ Type in your vin code and press the only gray button starts with Ha - in the middle - that will show quite a lot of info about your car -)

Full boost by 3.5 K is very nice! I used to have full boost at 3K on my old Toyota and that was superb! On my T/Tb I only said 4k because it says by the description, I've no boost gauge as of yet, so can't really comment first hand. I also have EJ20G As far as I know EJ20G is a pretty good engine and is actually an Impreza Engine - please correct me if I'm mistaken? Bucket-style HLA EJ20G usage[edit] Impreza WRX 92~96. Impreza WRX Wagon 92~96 Impreza WRX STI 93~96 EUDM Subaru Impreza Turbo 94~96 Power output ranges from 220 PS @ 6000 rpm and 260 Nm for the WRX Wagons to 275 PS @ 6500 rpm and 319 Nm for the WRX STI Version II. Engines can be identified by coil on plug with 1 M8 bolt per coil and valve covers with 4CAM 16VALVE and horizontal lines above the plug holes. Generally these engines all have the slanted intercooler. Some engines may not have HLA buckets but solid buckets with shims underneath. These engines also feature lighter valves, the intake valves are marked INKO and the exhaust valves are marked EXKO. The standard HLA valves are I252 and E283 respectively. All WRX Wagon engines and automatic sedan engines came with a TD04 with 90 deg elbow, all manual WRX sedans including STI versions had a TD05 with 90 deg elbow The list is certainly missing our Foresters but being JDM I won't be surprised -) I've just had a read here and a lot of people say good words about EJ20G http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1729862&page=3

240 PS is the STI forester also -) Mine however is listed 250 PS and I have full boost by 4k RPM! What is your full engine code by the way? This info is taken from the website below. Here is where you can find your model. Mine is an Auto by the way! http://www.subaru-forester.info/specs/1997.2/28147/

Right, 220bhp??? I though these are 250 bhp from the factory? At least my model, not sure about S/tb? What's the part number for RCM fuel pump? Is it better than Walbro? How about noise? What was wrong with the stock one, or it just in case for the future increase?

Thank you very much! That's appreciated. Have you heard of speedo sensor on the forester's by any chance? Is your car in MPH or KM by the way? If your mapped at 1.2 what turbo have you got and what other mods do you have? what's the total bhp? and WHP? better to see the dyno graph if you have one! Would be really interesting to see your setup!

Did you get a chance to have a look for the Gasket(s) part number? What is one increase the boost on the actuator say to .85 would the fuel cut kick in? On my old starlet the standard boost on CT9 was .65 but could've been increased to .79 safely only at .8 the fuel cut would kick in -) And as far as I know for the TD04 running 1 bar is possible (at least some people were doing that on starlets, yes with TD04 -)))

I don't plan to go for more power, I want to keep the car original and most reliable, I doubt I've managed to experienced even the factory setup as of yet. My gearbox is still playing up with the error code 25 - Еngine torque control signal And there is some hesitation from the gearbox, one day it's fine, the other it's hesitating with the HOLD flashing and this Engine torque control signal is there a sensor for that or something? Can someone advise, with so many impreza's around I don't believe that I'm the only one experiencing such problem... It could be something to do with the scoop (hole) and that the water gets in and goes through the intercooler and then on to the wires which are on top of the gearbox. I've noticed that on a good warm day there is no problem and often on a rainy day it's a lot worse... What is the standard boost by the way? And is that TD04L turbo by default on these models? I've noticed that I have an adjustable actuator by the way -) not sure if they were adjustable from the factory!

A friend of mine watched this video and said that there was never 330 bhp Forester Factory Made, can anyone confirm that? He is asking for a link to prove that 330bhp factory made Forester was created, I'm unable to find one -) A lady clearly said 330 bhp, but was it modified??? As of the up pipe do you think it's the gasket or Do I have to replace the pipe as well? any idea of the part numbers for the gasket/nuts and whatever I would need for such job? Is it a common problem with the EJ20 engines???