Q. How often should I rotate the tires on my Subaru? A. We used to suggest every other oil change, but with the oil change intervals being pushed further and further out by Subaru its become part of an oil change to rotate the tires on the current Subaru Models. The newer Subaru AWD vehicles […]

What To Do To Your Subaru Before Winter Arrives! With the Storms on the East coast having crippling effects I thought it important to take a moment and remind my readers how important and often overlooked a little planning can be when it comes to your car.  No one could have fully known the extent […]

  Below are a couple of pictures of a failed Timing belt idler we recently replaced, because it came out of a Subaru with a manual transmission there is a belt guide just above the crankshaft sprocket that prevented the belt from coming off, so this driver was very lucky, had it been an automatic model the belt would […]

  With some real snow forecasted  for the mountain passes and quite a bit of lower level rain and wind  coupled with this really being the first significant storm of this fall and winter I thought I would post a few tips that have helped me through the years get good service out of my […]

  I wanted to post some information about three relatively new recalls impacting Subaru Models right now. There is a recall that affects the wiper motor on the Subaru Legacy and Outback models produced from 2010 to 2011, there is a possibility that the wiper motor can overheat and yes catch fire. There is a […]

  Here is a Video showing some of the under dash Connectors on a 1990 to 1994 Subaru Legacy.. Some of these same connectors are also found on the earlier Loyals and later model EJ series as well.

  Subaru Power Steering We have a lot of calls about this, it appears my article wasn’t enough so here is a quick video about how to correct the belt shroud.

  We see all to often deal with the financial devastation incurred by a driver due  to an engine failure brought on by lack of oil changes and low oil levels. The average driver does not check their own oil anymore. The  advice of manufactures to stretch out oil change intervals is dangerous when not […]

This comes up a lot it seems, we are often directed to a forum link or told that a Subaru dealer is stating something different than what is in the owner’s manual. What I can tell you is that just like a software update after the software is produced as a result of something learned […]

  This is yet another Subaru that had a timing belt done at the Dealer, the only thing that was replaced was the belt and the tensioner, the rest were left to chance.  I cant stress enough that most shops will ignore these items.   At a Dealer the Tech will have to inspect these […]