180k miles in the Suby!

"PowderHound" (PowderHound) 06/09/2015 at 12:04 • Filed to: None

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Hit this little bit of a milestone on my way to work this morning. Of course, the check engine light is on from the other week, most likely either from my gas cap not being tightened all the way or my purge control solenoid valve is going. Haven’t had a chance to reset the code and look furhter in to it. Hopefully I get many, many more miles out of this car.

HammerheadFistpunch > PowderHound 06/09/2015 at 12:21

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congrats, sounds like you are getting close to your 3rd timing belt

PowderHound > HammerheadFistpunch 06/09/2015 at 12:27

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Argh! It needs to be done very very soon. I got this car around 135k miles and don’t exactly know when the last time it was changed was. It’s slightly terrifying.

The Dummy Gummy > HammerheadFistpunch 06/09/2015 at 12:29

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This comment got me panicked haha. But models before 2000 it definitely would be near 3rd, but after it would be 2.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > PowderHound 06/09/2015 at 12:31

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My impreza kept throwing a CEL at about 105k then I changed the cat’s and it went away until I was able to sell it. It was a bolt on aftermarket catlitic converter for about $350 fit was kinda lousy but it worked and didn’t leak.

Captain of the Enterprise > PowderHound 06/09/2015 at 12:33

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What kind is it?

PowderHound > Captain of the Enterprise 06/09/2015 at 12:54

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03 WRX wagon

PowderHound > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/09/2015 at 12:56

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I actually have no Catalytic converters in this car. I think it might be something with the purge solenoid since there have been a few times that it doesn’t purge when it should

Captain of the Enterprise > PowderHound 06/09/2015 at 13:10

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Nice!, has is been reliable? I’m thinking about buying a 2.5rs of around the same year.

PowderHound > Captain of the Enterprise 06/09/2015 at 13:20

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Insanely reliable, I don’t drive it around like a grandmother but I’m not launching all over the place. Biggest thing on it is just checking fluids and changing them when needed. I’ve seen so much about headgaskets and turbos and transmissions going but I have had no issues. Most of the things that fail are vacuum lines coming loose. It’s getting up there in miles so some of the bushings are getting bad and other things like tie rod ends will need a closer look soon. Almost everything has been something I can fix within a day. Only thing that took a while to diagnose and change, due to waiting on shipping, was the steering u-joint seized up a little bit ago.

Captain of the Enterprise > PowderHound 06/09/2015 at 13:28

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cool that’s good to hear

Confused Miata > PowderHound 06/09/2015 at 14:22

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Congrats, I have an 03 WRX sedan with 150k they're great.

FlimFlamMan > PowderHound 06/09/2015 at 21:35

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Very nice! I’m at 126k on my ‘07 WRX sedan (had since brand new).

Have you checked to see what code is throwing the CEL?

PowderHound > FlimFlamMan 06/09/2015 at 23:53

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Evap emission. Can't remember the number but I'm checking it out this weekend.

FlimFlamMan > PowderHound 06/10/2015 at 06:01

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Without doing any digging (and my memory could be failing me), I’ve had an evap code before that ended up being one of the O2 sensors. Either way, at least it isn’t anything serious.