20 Most Recent 1999 Subaru Forester - Page 7 Questions & Answers

Bad battery (have the battery tested) Bad connection, corrosion on the terminal and in the cable, replace the cable, recharge the battery to full charge.

Does it click when it stops cranking? If it does it's the battery. does it actually fire up for a second or does it just crank..............click, click, click? if it actually fires, you need to check the fuel pressure release in your engine compartment. it will look like an aluminum pipe with a little valve that looks like the one on your tire. press the center pin (***make sure to be ready for gas to shoot out at high pressure....cover eyes, mouth, ect****) if it does not shoot out, then it is either your fuel filter, or your fuel pump. On most newer models like yours the fuel filter is part of the pump and they are in the gas tank.

• 1Open the hood and place a drain pan under the radiator drain valve.

• 2Remove the radiator cap.
• 3Open the radiator valve and let the coolant from the radiator drain.
• 4Close the radiator valve once the coolant has finished draining.
• 5Raise the front of the vehicle using a floor jack and safely support it on two jack stands.
• 6Remove the engine under cover using a wrench or ratchet and socket.
• 7Disconnect the lower radiator hose from the thermostat housing on the engine side using a pair of rib joint pliers, Phillips screwdriver or ratchet and socket, depending on type of clamp used on your particular model.
• 8Unscrew the two thermostat housing mounting bolts using a ratchet and socket.
• 9Remove the thermostat housing and thermostat unit from the vehicle.

Installing the Thermostat

• 1Clean the thermostat housing and engine mating surfaces using a soft brush to avoid damaging the surfaces.
• 2Set the new thermostat in place along with a new rubber ring. Make sure the thermostat spring points towards the engine and the jiggle pin faces upward.
• 3Install the thermostat housing and start the two mounting bolts by hand to avoid damage to the threads.
• 4Tighten the bolts using a ratchet and socket.
• 5Install the lower radiator hose on the thermostat housing and tighten the clamp using a pair of rib joint pliers, Phillips screwdriver or ratchet and socket, depending on type of clamp used on your particular model.
• 6Replace the engine under cover using a ratchet and socket.
• 7Lower the vehicle.
• 8Refill the cooling system with 50 percent water and 50 percent new anti-freeze. Pour the coolant through the radiator neck using a funnel if necessary.
• 9Replace the radiator cap.
• 10Refill the coolant reservoir with coolant, bringing the level between the Low and Full marks.
• 11Start the engine and let it idle for about three minutes to bring the engine to operating temperature.
• 12Check the coolant reservoir level and add if necessary to bring the level between the Low and Full marks.

  13Turn off the engine.

Take out the oil drain plug and drain the oil from the engine(let it drain for about an hour), use a small flat head screwdriver to break the seal between the oil pan and the engine, take it off, make sure you get all of the seal and gunk off of the engine and the pan where the seal goes, replace the seal and add any sealant if required and replace the pan, tighten the bolts from one side to the other and then one side to the other until you tighten them all(like you would the lug nuts on a car's tire). add 4.5 quarts of oil, let it sit for a while and then run the car at idle for around 10 minutes. Done.

The teeth on the arm might be stripped or the window motor might be dying. You will have to take off the door panel to see.

Did you check the underhood fuse #30, 15amp which controls illumination and the clock? It appears as though there are 2 fuses which control the clock, one under hood and one in the cabin (#9).

They shove these anti siphon tubes down in the fuel hose and they get crimped some times. It's made of plastic and is flexible. You can try to grab the fuel hose and squeeze it to find the crimp. Then take a pair of pliers and try to open the crimped part back up. Some times this works, some times you have to pull the hose and cut the crimp out. Also the is a tip over valve at the tank where the hose attaches. It could be lodged. On this try smacking the tank at the opening/hose. A rubber mallet works great for this as you don't want to break the tank.

go to subaru forester.org and click on oh no my clock doesnt work. i have fix 2 clocks in just a few mins. hope this helps.

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hi could be a few things but id check the fuel pump/ filter and if they check out alright then move on to the cam or crank sensors

try the owners manuel if you have it. but the dash can be a tough job so take pictures and get baggies and mark and seperate the bolts or screws you pull out. (and dont be tempted to run the speed o back, thats against the law.) Once you get the panel off it should be a simple intergrated circuit and self explanitary from there.

hi yes it is a good idea to replace the oils sooner as it doesnt take much for them to get dirty in subarus, so the sooner you replace the oils the longer the diffs,trans and motors are going to last we usually recomment to customers to do the oils as following, turbo engines around 10,000km, trans and diff oils around 50,000km