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Going through some paperwork that came with my recent purchase,there is invoices for owners who were in Peterculter and Dumfries so has anyone from either of these twa places owned a '99 mica blue uk turbo. Nothing sinister just interested to hear anything that was done to it or went wrong with it. Col

Replying to my own post,never mind....no further cels. Today is the first chance I've had to give her a good look over,all the foibles coming back to me ...the fookin boot is drenced,o/s rear light was holding water in the bulb holder,and the jack dookit is wet too. The nearside light cluster is fine so I'm not sure where the water in the jack dookit is coming from ??? The bug has bitten bad though,I can see me selling one of my bikes for an RA(classic obviously )come the summer!

Good start ...literally...check engine light,went off after a 1/2 mile but the car sounded rough,turned her off then she started up fine. Remind me,I aint got time to poke about the noo,obd2 compliant or p1ssing about with wee silly connectors '99 uk turbo ??? cheers,Col

Yeehaa,no long hame fi Dumfries...its had a good work oot let me tel ye.Nice and tight feeling,goes well makes all the right noises,feels like someone has given me my right arm back Shit loads of p/work,timing belt done 17k ago,an odd noise or two,probably a heat shield,but one sounds like the windscreen is blowing !! right behind the dash binicle,starts at about 80...one of the wipers has a big feck off wind deflector thing don't know if its that,or maybe a missing gromit or the like. I'll see in daylight how bad the rusty rear arches are,new about them before I bought it,luckily they aren't rotted through. Still on its original clutch I think,its a pretty damn high biting point,wheels need a tidy up,but for what i paid I'm happy enough.

Ive had Subarus for 13 years,6 in total the last one I sold a couple of months ago...forester ukturbo all the rest have been import imprezas.When the Fozzie rolled out my drive I thought that would be the last Subaru I'd have 2 freakin months on and I hadni replaced said forester with anything,looked at plenty but just couldni commit to anything, until the night when I bought a bog standard classic uk turbo'99 vintage Seen it advertised the other day,nice and un modified(45 year old ye ken apparently i now huv to be sensible).I've been in denial for a few days but tonight I bought the damn thing,should pick her up tomorrow night.......canni feckin wait to sink my ar$e into that bucket again Not many ponies I know but its probably just the start....all over again. Colin I know a few on here from years ago probably,I see G the B is aw high and mighty noo

It's the facelift 2001 I have.

Ta for sorting Mod .

AGHHH !!!! dont ye just luv predictive smart phones Which Impreza as a donor for front cat ?

I have 2001 facelift forester S turbo with a gubbed front cat, do the new age wrx's of the same year share the same cat ?, as in straight swap? I'm half heartidly trying to punt the forester ( quite a hard thing to do), it's MOT is up in Feb so id better start thinking about getting her sorted,the std cat that's on her is virtually straight through now Colin

Yeah Mate connecting the green plugs doesn't do jack to the boost solenoid on the newage...I fecked about for changing solenoids etc thinking the first one was gubbed

stuck this in general teci http://forums.sidc.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=135181

feck me,my old preza still going

Na Gus,its still a quick ish motor comparing to n/a cars,obviously its not running how it should with a duff oxy/lambda sensor.How does yours feel coming on boost...is it a defo shove in the kidneys or what?

£290 and thats fi the local motor factors ! keep my eye on ebay i think for a few weeks at least. Are the front and rear sensors the same ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=130313191338 basic but does as it says on the tin

my reader picked up the 1131 code(obd11) Front oxygen sensor circuit malfunction (short circuit) is it just(wallet twitches) a replacement needed or is there a possibility of a wiring fault....with the mention of short circuit ta,Colin

are these any good? http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/part...htext%3ECAR.htm

Having only had impreza's before I'm too sure how much of a kick in the kidneys you can expect from the turbo'd forester....only had mine a week (2001,104 k on it full history),I can hear the turbo whistle between 2600-3000 rpm then not much after,it is reasonably quick for a lardy thing but doesn't feel like a turbo charged motor. I connected the two green plugs under the steering column to run the test cycle for boost solenoid check(cel blinks quickly),the cooling fans switch on and off various other clicks around the engine bay but the boost solenoid does nothing,I'm sure when I've done it on previous impreza's it used to pulse ?.There is 12v going to it,any other ways to check it's ok. Back to the under dash connectors,i have 2 greens,1 black and one clear....the black and clear are totally different,they are all on the same wee loom....can't see another black which they're should be eh? I have a cel showing,Gus gave me a few tips to try and clear it but no worki,previous owner says its been on for over a year(yikes) and has been read by non subaru reader,says it shows no faults but needs to be subaru equipment to clear it. Posted this on main forum to...sorry mods... but free today so looking for quick answers/advice Colin

you buy that from a localish dealer ????????????? If so..............ya barsteward if not,let you off

don't know if this has been posted before,had a quick look but don't see it http://video.kenblockracing.com/flash/smal...&autoplay=0

private reg back of midday today stupendous bit of driving on the M9 onto forth bridge link road,you were obviously horsing up the outside lane of the M9 trying to make the Bridge split road,cut across the chevrons down onto the FRB road in front of me(in a LGV)hope you picked up some tyre damage cutting across all that s**** at that speed. C0cks like you driving like that have ruined the cars name.

looking for a rough idea on prices of the main bits of my car ,classic WRX(nothing wrong with it but it aint selling and i want rid),closed deck engine/box/diffs/suspension/interior/calipers...... etc etc Obviously rather it went complete as I reckon its too good to break,hardly use it,just taking up space in my garage(motorbike space ) cheers,Colin

Cool,Yep it has a closed deck block,thanks the pair of ye

will go have a look Paul(mind i've still got your downpipe Mate)

When i bought my classic from Jamie(hisoob),the one I'm now trying to sell,I'm sure he said it had a closed deck block.....how is it you tell,someone please remind me ta much