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Hi Patrick, Well bad news :( According to the scan tool, we have 170% soot level (really amazed at how we can get over 100% of anything these days???) and 30% blockage. Which won't allow us to do a force regen, so we are going to remove the DPF and have it sent away for cleaning. Bummer, that! Here...

Hi Paul, Oh.. ok, well I'll need to remove and have cleaned then. Cheers for that. Just connect up your scanner and see if you can initiate a forced regen of some sort first. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qIh5PqeVqM - MRT Video about a forced regen on an overfull Forester DPF (sorry only way ...

Hi Patrick, sorry mate but I know how you feel (but please don't sigh.. TOONGA does this all the time and I want to slap him every time he does it ;) ) but I'm sure you've read these sort of issues too many times and sick of typing. I was going to get my head around this Diesel diagnostics stuff wh...

(sigh...) 0) I would suggest don't drive the car any further...yet. YOU NEED TO READ THE OBD-II ERROR CODES BEFORE GOING FURTHER. 1) Good on you for catching the split in the pipe. Check all of 'em, elbows, hoses, pipes, joints for looseness etc. and replace where possible/necessary with silicone on...

After a long while thinking it over, I've decided it's time I bought a different car to use as my daily (don't worry still Subaru! :o ) Something more modern, comfortable, faster etc etc. So I am excited for that, I've never actually owned a "nice" car to date. Something I wouldn't be embarrassed t...

Hi Guys I have a 2015 forester running the tyres that come with it . I have had 2 punctures and 3 heavy side wall gouges just exposing the steel belt in the worst .(this being scraped in third flat.). The vehicle has done 25,000 kms I drive about 15% on dirt the rest bitumen all tyre damage bar 1 f...

And of course it's the simple things...Another great result! Love how it's moving forward (literally) .

If it's the same unit perhaps try this thread (from another site):

Oh no my clock doesn't work

HI Donkeytits, great work again. Perhaps some monitoring- have you got FreeSSM or ROMRaider or an OBDII reader hooked up? That way you could monitor exactly what it's doing (or trying to do). Not sure if OBDII will work with 2001 as it's pre Aussie-OBD mandate. You could possibly remap with ROMRaide...

some thoughts.... 1) I thought snapping the throttle shut usually results in a momentarily rich mixture (or at least did with carbys) as the air is removed but he fuel remains or keeps coming through for a short period...although the reduced flow can lead to higher temps. Two ways to reduce this: EG...

Hi Bennie, Just my 2c worth (which of course rounds to $0 nowadays ;-) ) on the 2 issues I think are the most important, even though I know you've gotten the roadworthy elsewhere: Especially as it is your sister's vehicle. I don't know a lot about this area but I have just been through fitting some ...

Just quickly I can confirm that the reset procedure in Toonga's post at the top works on my 2010 Forester Diesel.

Bennie, almost exactly the same for me -marriage, job, kid, "inheriting"! What you've got to realise is all those "parental donations" (and from others) are really just them getting rid of their junk. So politely refuse. Note you may carry out the same donation in oh, say, 20 yrs time ;-) Another or...

Congrats on both the move and the new job. Been there, done that so know how it feels and certainly had similar learnings. To that I would add: 1) Start packing at least two weeks beforehand. That means you have the boxes before that. 2) Moving lots of stuff? Have a skip out the front (on move day, ...

Oh and the power steering pump is noisy. Sounds like the levels low and there's is air in it. No idea why, it wasn't bad in the donor car. It was drained, and the new powersteering fluid I put in turned to foam as soon as it went in. So hopefully it just defoams and is right tomorrow. Noisy+foamy p...

Should be driving tonight once I stick my hacked up rad system in. Exhaust will be ending at the headers, so won't have to tell the neighbours, they'll know whats happening. ...It won't look modded enough bro, I'll get no cred! :P If you are in Canberra esp Northside with Summernats on can I sugges...

Great work again and happy it's going well for you with minimal delays/detours/decoys/diversions.

Just remember to remove the shifter before you close the bonnet (did something like that myself...once..!

Will the battery space be big enough to hold a 6-cyl battery?

Toonga's Nannadan brought back the following memory for me... Back at school in the late 80's there was a period where I did golf for sport with a young, likeable teacher that was a competent player (I think his handicap was 4, at least until he took up teaching full time ;-) ) on golf-minding dutie...

I more or less lurk here now, but the same though has occurred to me for some considerable time. In my opinion prolific, enthusiastic contributors don't usually suddenly vanish without either some warning or sign-off unless something compelling has intervened. I really hope it's something as simple ...

2am?? 3am??? You're as bad as I am

Awesome work, by the way.

Frankensubaru will live!