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May 17, 2004 | 08:15 PM

mexicanpizza

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With a dying gasp...she expired...

My warranty did that is...

I ticked over 36,000 on the way home from work. A little frightening, and a little liberating at the same time. woohoo!

May 17, 2004 | 08:25 PM

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sounds like it is time to put in new parts

May 17, 2004 | 08:27 PM

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if it breaks ill fix it <3

May 17, 2004 | 08:32 PM

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36000 miles warranties. wish it was 50K

May 17, 2004 | 08:36 PM

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I just turned 40k on my odometer today! Here's to us with no warranty!!!!

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May 17, 2004 | 08:41 PM

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but it's 50 or 60k? for powertrain. I'm at 54k, I've long forgotten the flipping 36k feeling.

May 17, 2004 | 08:52 PM

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At 65,000 miles I'm free and clear of all those stuffy warranties. 60K was perfect time to install an AcessPort.

May 17, 2004 | 08:59 PM

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but it's 50 or 60k? for powertrain. I'm at 54k, I've long forgotten the flipping 36k feeling.

50,000

May 17, 2004 | 10:37 PM

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subarus have a warranty?

May 17, 2004 | 10:55 PM

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Going to do a compression check this weekend, if the results are bad, here comes the pizza STi or EVO.

May 18, 2004 | 12:46 AM

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50,000

Its 5 yr 60,000 powertrain. Like BlackWrx said, subaru's have warranties?

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May 18, 2004 | 06:10 AM

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Going to do a compression check this weekend, if the results are bad, here comes the pizza STi or EVO.

Um, Quick question, whats a compression test? what is it used for? what does it check? and why should a person do a compression test?

Asking because I never heard of this....

Thanks!

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May 18, 2004 | 07:22 AM

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Um, Quick question, whats a compression test? what is it used for? what does it check? and why should a person do a compression test?

Asking because I never heard of this....

Thanks!

- Ulysses

Mostly to test the 'health' of the rings on the pistons. You hook this little measuring device to where the spark plug would go and it measures in units of pressure (psi for example). I've seen a couple of different compression tests. The one I typically see is after you hook this deal up, you move the piston so that the air compresses inside the cylinder. If the reading is low, the rings may be bad because air is getting by a damage area of the ring. This is bad and usually means there are other problems as well. This is just a basic definition. I hate typing for long.

May 18, 2004 | 07:37 AM

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Going to do a compression check this weekend, if the results are bad, here comes the pizza STi or EVO.

Thanks for the reminder. I am going to put new copper plugs in this weekend, I completely forgot about doing a compression check. Where can I buy a good compression check tool? And what does it look like?

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May 18, 2004 | 09:01 AM

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I've never done it before...the tool is a gauge looking thing with a hose that leads to a spark plug adapter. I know Sears has some cheap ones (~$40).

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