injulen
New member
Oh man that duracell is great.
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Maxxguy25RS
New member
Her vw is a 18t. It's not all bad. The 18ts seem to do better by my eye. But mine is a bias opinion. The only vr6s I've worked on have had issues and the 18s it seems don't have as many issues. But they both could have the same amount of issues. This time it was valve cover gaskets due to oil in the spark plug tubes >
and spark plugs. Not enough for coils, but those will go in soon. She's happy it runs better.
MAINIAC XV
The Eco Man
If you are going to get a cut I hope you were working on your car.
drvsdwz
DRiVe SiDeWayZ
Jesus, Matt. Wear some gloves lol.
Maxxguy25RS
New member
No more air bags for you.
i-wagon
Well-known member
Will this thread ever end? I think people lost interest. Or don't have a Subaru to talk about anymore
CoupedUpSubie
FWD-FTW
I love when idiots complain about the BRZ/FRS high pressure fuel pump noise and the incorrect information people spurt out about it.
Maxxguy25RS
New member
Ooo. Tell us more about this!
CoupedUpSubie
FWD-FTW
For some reason the pump for the DI system supplied by Toyota sounds like crickets chirping. Some people have it come and go with fuel from different stations and with non-ethanol fuel. There are no trends showing what to use. Some people even add 2oz of low ash 2-stroke oil to each tank of fuel.
I have theories as to why it makes the noise, but they are just theories.
I have theories as to why it makes the noise, but they are just theories.
injulen
New member
Speaking of fuel, what do you run? I recently switched to exclusively shell vpower and I'm really digging the quality.
CoupedUpSubie
FWD-FTW
I buy either shell 91(93 when out of state) or sonoco 93. All that is needed in your car is 87. Shell was the best in my 1.8L
injulen
New member
Yeah I know I only need 87, the owner's manual specifically says "at least 87" and doesn't warn against higher. Shell's v-power 91 has more detergents than the 87 so I've been running that. It jumped my fuel efficiency from 23-24 MPG to 26-28 MPG. My guess is that the injectors were a bit dirty and the detergents helped break it up a bit so now its operating where it should be. I could probably switch back to 87 now that its cleaned out for awhile.
CoupedUpSubie
FWD-FTW
I just ran Lucas or a product call K100 every couple of months. Kept me at 30+ all the time. If your fuel filter hasn't been done in the past 5 years I'd do that also. They are damn easy, and pretty cheap.
injulen
New member
Did the fuel filter last weekend
IBratmanI
Subaru Ambassador- AdidaSubarus
Just finished day 5 of working 16 hour days in New Brunswick, Canada. It's a disaster up here. That hurricane demolished the area. Probably be here another week. It's a cool place, very different than Maine. But still lots of Subarus!
CoupedUpSubie
FWD-FTW
How did the intake passages, pistons and valves look at that point? I know 900 miles is a short time but if things are getting dirty quick it will tell me how to proceed in the future.
i-wagon
Well-known member
That's a very short amount of time to be losing a brandy New engine