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I have an AWD Legacy Outback Wagon (1997). (5 speed stick-shift).
i'm worried about it because it seems like my clutch is "slipping".
( I'm seriously under-employed and just as soon avoid a $800 - $1,000 clutch job, if at all possible.
I had another Subaru, an older model (4 WD - 5 speed- stick shift) which required "clutch oil--it wasn't the dot-3 "brake fluid" which all require. It had the reddish colored appearance of transmission fluid. The place where I put this fluid was back near the firewall.
I looked in my owner's manual to see if there was something similar in my current car. It didn't tell me too much, in that this manual also includes other similar models, and the engine diagram was unclear to me. Can you tell me is there is something similar in my current vehicle?
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run the fault but all you describe is operated from the VSS sensor ( vehicle speed sensor)
it tells the cruise control the vehicle speed , tells the TCM the vehicle speed so that ratios can be changed, activates the speedo,and will report with a check engine light to report a transmission problem
run the fault codes first
have you tried to pull the fuse from the alarm. is the alarm a factory or after market. if it is a after market alarm look under the dash on the drivers side there will be the wires to the alarm just pull the fuse. the other thing to do is disconnect the battery every nite
Yea i would check the fusible link. Check all the wires at the alternator and to the starter. Take them loose and clean all connections. Check all body to chassis and engine to chassis/ body grounds. If they look weathered make some and replace or just add some. With the age of it you could have highly corroded wires.
does it click while reversing straight or while turning? Sounds like a stick shift. Lunging probably due to e-brake needing adjustment(if stick shift). If your car only clicks while turning in reverse you need new front axles and can probably drive that way for a while
too much fluid is like not enough however it would have to be over filled by a lot to have the slipping effect, i suggest a fluid and filter change transmission problems can be diagnosed by what materials appear in your panlots of clutch material would point to burnt clutches in my many years of rebuilding transmissions slipping symtoms usually indicate an overhaul is iminent. good luck
Limited slip axles require in many cases the additive. It is ***** whale oil that is added to the required gear oil. Ck with Subaru is best. They sell it in the parts department and if capable you can add it yourself. or, have the dealer service your differential fluids. fluids
i guessed the rod that shifts the gear snapped. you said you can move the stick shift through all the gears without the use of the clutch. that is supposed to be impossible unless you are just holding the other end of the stick and the other end at the gear is not moving.
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