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Old 27-05-2006, 01:03 PM   #226
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Well the new second hand box went in last week.Apparently if the rear auto seal goes the tailshaft may thrash around causing bad wearing inside the main gearbox housing.

Today while driving around my brakes totally dissapeared.Yes no brakes.It seems the brake booster died and was hissing inside the car.I was lucky not to smash.The dam brake boosters are made of plastic!!! If your car is on 180,000 kms ,do yourself a favour and get another booster.If there was a lady or youngster on the car they could have been killed.
plastic what happend to steel ?

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Old 28-05-2006, 01:38 AM   #227
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Another Common Problem with the AU is they need petrol.
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Old 29-05-2006, 09:00 PM   #228
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My boss traded up to a AU2 stationwagon about 3 months ago. About 130,000k's on the clock. Anyway lately he has been having trouble with overheating and losing water (lots of it).............Yes today it was confirmed....head gasket!
Lets hope the car dealer will honour their 90 day warranty as it is just out of it...
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Old 30-05-2006, 10:05 PM   #229
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Yes the car dealer covered it under warranty.....as they should. They also gave him a nice AU sedan while they fixed it.
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Old 06-06-2006, 06:54 PM   #230
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Problems with my 2002 AU-III Wagon:

1) Stereo is crap, can't even play my burnt CD's when even a 15y.o OEM Subaru unit works. Not sure if it's able to play CD's at all, it keep spitting them out.

2) LPG sender guage goes awol sometimes, before returning to an accurate reading.

3) Slow power windows.

4) The fans are noisey when activated, e.g with heather or aircon on. It makes a clicking sound like the big wheel at the casino.

But when I think of the cheap running cost of LPG, I feel happy again.
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Old 06-06-2006, 06:58 PM   #231
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I know about AWOL fuel gauge for EGAS models ... my senders are working well ... but the gauge on the cluster looks like to be in a permanent sleep ... then again it could be a cabling/earthing issues between the connections on the tanks back to the dash (and I really don't like the idea of tracing all that wiring either).

I had issues where it'd take a little while for gauge to go back to normal but it got progressively worse where it'd got from Empty to Full .. and back again ... all the time. Now it just dhows dead empty ... all of the time ... thank god for the gaues on the side of both of my tanks. That's all i can say.
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Is your's a factory LPG model?
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Old 06-06-2006, 07:11 PM   #233
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Yes the car dealer covered it under warranty.....as they should. They also gave him a nice AU sedan while they fixed it.
Nice to hear of a good dealer, mine was a shocker, weaseled his way out of everything he could, dared me to take him to court.

It'll come back upon him one day, that sort of ill will towards others and dishonesty always does, in the end!

Glad it was all covered! I guess among the shockers, there are still some people with integrity!

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Old 06-06-2006, 07:23 PM   #234
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Is your's a factory LPG model?
Yep it is .... I have already replaced my tank senders ($130 each for a plastic little gauge) ... they read true now on the tanks ... but cluster is dead ... am going to try another cluster and see if this is the problem ... but at the moment .... getting the time to test with one is limited ... I'll get to it one day.

For now I fill up after 500km of driving and I am safe ... I probably still have another 100-200km still left in it ... but i don't risk it.
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Old 06-06-2006, 07:25 PM   #235
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My dash guage currently sits a bit over half way and so far I've done 350km. I think 650km - 700km is attainable. It'd probably be 750km or 800km on the freeway I reckon.
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Old 06-06-2006, 07:40 PM   #236
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On my trip back from Melbourne I kept checking the gauges on my ute ... and I kept an eye on the levels ... and managed 750km from 84L ... that's the furthest I have pushed it.

But around Sydney it uses it a bit ... and then under heavy load ... it chews through it.
My average outer metro driving gets me 15L/100km ... and that's not driving like a grandpa ... doing courier work it can be around the 18L/100km ... and towing and heavy loads get it around the 20L/100km mark.
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Old 06-06-2006, 09:32 PM   #237
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Nice to hear of a good dealer, mine was a shocker, weaseled his way out of everything he could, dared me to take him to court.

It'll come back upon him one day, that sort of ill will towards others and dishonesty always does, in the end!

Glad it was all covered! I guess among the shockers, there are still some people with integrity!

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Well he actually still has issues with it......
Before the head gasket went on it he had it back with the dealer to fix a problem with the steering...
It handles really badly - more so at higher speeds but the dealer said they could see nothing wrong with it.......
anyway he definitely knew something was wrong because the AU sedan he had on loan while they were fixing his wagon was so much better...
He took it in to Pedders for their $14 check over....well apart from a few other things they told him the front shockers were done....WELL THAT COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM.....now lets just wait and see if they cover that?
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Old 06-06-2006, 09:35 PM   #238
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Shock absorbers are a wear and tear item ... and really aren't covered under warranty ... well it depends on age of the shock I guess. If it's brand new and it fails ... then fine it should be covered ... but if it has been in the car for a while ... then it's not a warrantable item.
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Old 06-06-2006, 09:42 PM   #239
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but surely it would be covered under the 3 month warranty he had - considering ti was like that in the warranty period?
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Old 06-06-2006, 09:43 PM   #240
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but then again maybe not....
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Not "everything" is covered under a 2nd hand dealer warranty.

If it was a New car warranty ... yeah it should be warrantable ... but not to the end of the new car warranty ... it usually is a small period like 3 months.
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Old 06-06-2006, 09:50 PM   #242
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what if it was like that at the start - when he bought it secondhand? Would they just say that that is how he bought it - with bad shockers.?
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Old 08-06-2006, 10:28 AM   #243
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speaking of which. My car came with a roadworthy certificate which doesn't expire for another three weeks. Can the road worthy certificate issuer be accountable for any of these faults?

I also found a fault with the LPG tank, when parked on a slope (upwards) the fuel guage will read completely empty and it takes alot of cranking for the engine to start.
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Old 08-06-2006, 10:35 AM   #244
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Problems with my 2002 AU-III Wagon:

1) Stereo is crap, can't even play my burnt CD's when even a 15y.o OEM Subaru unit works. Not sure if it's able to play CD's at all, it keep spitting them out.

2) LPG sender guage goes awol sometimes, before returning to an accurate reading.

3) Slow power windows.

4) The fans are noisey when activated, e.g with heather or aircon on. It makes a clicking sound like the big wheel at the casino.

But when I think of the cheap running cost of LPG, I feel happy again.
Acouple are easy fixed,ditch the stereo for a new one,most of the guys here have had probs with the ford deck spitting out burnt discs,there was a thread a while back.
And Take off your door trims and spray the rubbers where the windows slide with Mr Sheen.
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Old 08-06-2006, 10:49 AM   #245
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Acouple are easy fixed,ditch the stereo for a new one,most of the guys here have had probs with the ford deck spitting out burnt discs,there was a thread a while back.
And Take off your door trims and spray the rubbers where the windows slide with Mr Sheen.
I'll source a new stereo soon, but I don't like double din - why the heck did the OEM headunit have to be double-din!

However, I fixed the slow window problem yesterday, took the trims off, cleaned the rubber seals with some Methylated spirits to rid of all the dirt/dust that built up over the years. Then I sprayed a generous amount of Nulon ezi glide clear silicon on every part which makes contact with the window - that stuff is so slippery is invisible when dry. I recomend it to anyone. Also took the opportunity to spray all the hinges, struts, touching metal pieces around the car. http://www.nulon.com.au/products.php?productId=ezi330

The window goes up and down much easier now. It's like new again :


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Old 08-06-2006, 11:05 AM   #246
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Cool i might get some of that stuff sounds good.
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Old 08-06-2006, 11:15 AM   #247
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The Nulon silicon spray is $12 at Supacheap Auto, but their 20% storewide stocktake sale is happening soon, so might as well wait so you can purchase other items like oil, filter ect to make it a worthwhile trip.

On another topic, my Au3 front grill had alot of chips and weather wear. I bought a can of gun metal spraypaint and gave it a few layers - comes out just like new again. Very effective and cheap fix to improve the aesthetic of the car.

Those with a badly weathered front grill will know what I mean.
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Old 27-06-2006, 04:58 PM   #248
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Well the new second hand box went in last week.Apparently if the rear auto seal goes the tailshaft may thrash around causing bad wearing inside the main gearbox housing.
Yes and at 111,000 k's the rear seal on mine decides it's time to pull up stumps. Slight oil leak is noted in garage, and slightly louder than normal driveline noise noted whilst motoring.

New seal, filter and gasket for a service, BTR box is examined to be in pretty good nick and we're away _Oo===oO_.
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Old 25-07-2006, 09:51 PM   #249
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I had a ripper one day! the left window wouldn't work it was stuck down, so I rang FTe service and the guy said, "get this" press the window switch up & down 31 yes 31 times, that will fix it!!! yeah right :tosser1: anyway I did this, and bugger me on the 31st time the bloody thing worked!! : Beats the hell outta me. I dont know if anyone else has had this..
LMFAO, you just had me out there in the dark freezing my balls off trying that lol.. didnt work by the way lol..
the passenger side down switch is working when it wants on mine.
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Old 25-07-2006, 09:55 PM   #250
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If it's a case of working sometimes and not others .. clean the contacts on the underside of the switch ... this will most likely fix the problem.

And yes the 31 presses apparently resets the window motor/regulator and it will work again ... but that's in some strange cases.
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