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Hi All, I will be selling my 1996 subaru liberty gx awd sedan. A brief summary of the car: - approx 165,000km - manual transmission - Car is in good running order - Air conditioning - It has had all tyres and brake pads replaced recently (performance BF Goodrich tyres). - Car has an aftermarket soun...

Thanks for the advice all
hopefully i find myself a new liberty soon

Hi guys I am looking at the liberty 3.0r which did come in manual (6 speed from the wrx sti).

Any help or feedback is appreciated.
or if anyone knows any forums that would be suitable that would be good as well

Hi All, I am thinking of upgrading from my Gen 2 liberty to a early 2000's model 3.0R in manual. I just wanted to know if anyone had any good information on these cars such as common problems and what to be weary of. THe cars I am looking at are all around the 100k mark so most will likely need a ma...

Thanks for the suggestion Alex.
How can I check /test the relays?
am looking in my service manual and cant find it (maybe i am missing the section but i cant find anything on them in electrical section unless it is somewhere else obscure).

More progress on this now. I recently took the car to an auto-elec who ran it under an engine analyser. There were no fault codes and he mentioned that he was looking at the sensor output in real time and everything appeared "reasonable". It was misfiring on two cyclinders and upon taking the spark ...

Thanks guys, i did locate the knock sensor when looking around the engine bay (kinda difficult unless you know where to look, its quite well hidden). I did not know they were that cheap off ebay. I am skeptical of the quality of a $15 knock sensor off ebay, has anyone had any experience with them an...

Thanks All, AR, I have checked and cleaned the MAF sensor with MAF sensor cleaner spray, which made no difference and It looked clean anyways. Thanks for the offer, I am in melbourne and if i need one I will be in contact :) scriptchip, have checked oils etc, and the tranny is manual. I am convinced...

Well, still no luck by the end of the weekend.
I shall be taking it to my mechanic and will let everyone know what the problem was.

There was pressure (alot), i pulled the plug to the fuel pump, cranked the engine a few times and let it conc out, and when i removed the fuel hose it went everywhere. stumped..

Well, checked the spark plugs and they looked fine. Just replaced the fuel filter, made no difference at all. Tried another can of intake cleaner for good measure, no difference. I will try flushing the cooling system and refilling (i can hear it sloshing away after using the stop leak, maybe it has...

Well just checked the stored codes and nothing (just the constant blinking - no pattern).
Seems to be getting more difficult to start and getting worse. I am starting to lean towards the clogged filter now.
I will definetely be grabbin one and replacing it on the weekend.

Typical fuel filter signs. Try changing out the cheap small things first, then step up to the bigger things. Fuel filter, spark plugs, leads etc etc. Sent from my HTC Velocity 4G using Tapatalk 2 Thanks Alex, I might give the fuel filter a go. I did replace the spark plugs about 15-20k ago. Will pu...

Thanks for the speedy reply guys. There is just under 150k on the clock and it was running fine until recently. Looking at the thread i am not entirely sure if thats what my problem is as this bloke has issues at idle where as in my case it idles fine and is fine for a minimal throttle input (say le...

Hi All, I am trying to diagnose a surging problem i am having with my gen2 liberty (EJ22 awd). The surging is quite pronounced when the engine is under load, in particular when more throttle is given (estimate it would be above 50%). It has bouts of hesitation/surging. I am thinking a few things and...

Thanks RSR555 I might just pick one up from the wreckers. How much do they usually go for? And what kind of success rate did you have? (i.e. did you need to purchase 3 of them before you got one that worked?) I have read on other forums of problems using aftermarket cam sensors so I am abit reluctan...

hrmmm i will look into that GTlegs although my error codes showed a log for the cam position sensor. I am thinking of cleaning it first and then if that doesnt work maybe replacing it. - The sensor looks like its just held in with 1 bolt, is it simply a case of unbolt it, clean with solvent then reb...

Although this problem went away for some time it seems to have returned (my car just randomly died at the lights while idling). I am assuming the sensor is on its way out. I am thinking of replacing the cam angle sensor and have noted that an "ACA" branded one from supercheap auto goes for around $1...

hmmm, i never thought that maybe it is hear related, most of the times have been after turining it off for afew mintues, but i have also had it happen after its been sitting there for hours so im not too sure. I found this on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1996-96-SUBARU-LEGACY-BRIGHTON-Camsha...

Hi all, Recently i have been having quite afew problems starting my car. Battery is fine and car was running fine until now, with spark plug changed recently. Its strange as it always seems to be related to a sensor somehow. The past few times by simply disconnecting and reconnecting a sensor connec...