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Arcteryx

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  • Birthday September 17

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    Victoria, B.C.
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    '06 Legacy GT wagon
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  1. Yes. I'd blown the BIU somehow. I tried to fix the old one, but it's tricky because not only is the BIU very difficult to get apart, it's also hard to unsolder and solder surface-mount components. It was a rather costly mistake (and a PITA, because the dealer has to setup the new BIU to match the transponder in your keys).
  2. Need to steal the adapter piece from your old transmission, if it's the part I'm thinking of.
  3. I've been thinking about buying those for awhile now (but in a different size, since I have the 4-pots). Where did you get them? And how much?
  4. Heads are getting dropped off at the machine shop today, so I can ask them to measure the clearances before they start pulling things apart.
  5. Pulled the engine today and got the heads off. Here's the burnt #3 exhaust valve: One of my mechanic friends says this looks like evidence of excessive blow-by. So is it time for new piston rings?
  6. No, unfortunately they didn't. I'm starting to think my choice of shop for the last job may have been suboptimal. :| Friend of a friend, and all that...
  7. Since it's on the opposite head, I wonder if they only did one side when they pulled them last time.
  8. Diagnosis is in and it's not good: burnt (or broken) valve on #3 cylinder. Now I have to decide what to do next - I think I'm going to pull the engine, replace the valves, and send the heads out to be machined. Besides all the other stuff I should do while I have the engine out, what parts do I need to get for the valve job besides new valves and new valve seals?
  9. Woo, 3rd time posting in this thread. Back in December, threw a single cylinder 3 misfire code. Cleared the code, never came back. Last week, threw a cyl #3 misfire code again. I moved the coil pack to cylinder #1. The code followed...but it still threw a #3 misfire code as well! I thought what the heck, replace the coil pack anyway and see what happens. While I was at it, I replaced the spark plug on #3. So now new coilpack and new plug on #3...and what happens? Misfires codes on #1, #3, *and* #4. WTF? I'm going to try cleaning the MAF next. After that, injectors. After that, time for leakdown and compression test. Keep in mind, it's now been a little over 2 years since my last adventure when I had my burnt valve on #4 and had the whole top end rebuilt. Symptoms: It's idling like crap (was stalling at nearly every stoplight). On the first half of the idle relearn procedure after clearing a code, it actually idles a bit better, but on the second half of the idle relearn it throws a code and starts idling poorly again. Also a lack of power on the highway and fuel consumption has gone to crap. Also found a crack in the plastic PCV crossover pipe that runs just in front of the intercooler. Doesn't really matter, since I had it capped off anyway when I installed the Grimmspeed AOS. I ended up breaking the pipe off at the crack and just putting the rubber cap over the new broken end instead of a little further downstream where it used to be. But that vacuum leak may have been at least partially responsible for some of the bad idle problems, at least.
  10. Keep me posted about your progress with the 5x114 conversion!
  11. Final (hopefully) update: pulled the diff and the side plate to put in the new o-ring. Well surprise surprise, there was no old o-ring in there! I'm assuming that means that someone disassembled the diff at some point, which is not very reassuring. Anyway, I haven't driven on it yet, so we'll see if that fixes the problem.
  12. That's the plan - I ordered a new O-ring and new bolts. I guess I could have ordered a new plate as well, but we'll see. Worst case (short of a new diff, anyway), it's either gonna be JB Weld or Permatex.
  13. No idea - I have no history on the diff itself.
  14. Nope, definitely not the axle seal. There's no trace of oil above the bolts, and it's visibly seeping from around the bolts themselves.
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