How do you know if timing is 180 off?
You can determine if it is 180 out by removing #1 plug and placing your finger/thumb over the hole. (Temporarily remove the wire from the coil first) Have someone “tap” the starter and you will feel pressure trying to to blow your finger away. This is the compression stroke. Note the direction of engine rotation.
What happens if your timing is 180 out?
Premium Member. If you are exactly 180 degrees out when the plug fires you will have open valves, which could get a bit messy as well as noisey since any unburnt fuel in the cylinder would get ignited.
What kind of transmission does a Subaru Outback use?
TheSubaruGuruBoston- that’s interesting. A few years ago a mechanical engineer told me that the new CVT transmission were simpler, better designed, and more efficient and durable than conventional automatic transmissions. And, Subaru has decided to change all of their old 5EAT transmissions to the new Lineartonic CVT.
How many miles does a Subaru Outback have?
7 people found this helpful. yakster- just curious, I have a 2010 Subaru Outback with CVT transmission and over 73,000 miles on my car. I haven’t had any issues, just how many miles are on your car and can you please describe in what situations this occurs, does it happen at all stops or just sudden stops.
What causes a Subaru Outback engine to shut down?
(You may have to both drive a clone to compare AND have others experience your phenomena to rule out naivety wrt to CVT sound correlation weirdness. YET, Subie’s modern CVT is especially smooth and almost intuitive, so you might indeed have an out-of-box failure (bad torque converter or its brain) that will get swapped out.
Why is my 2006 Outback Outback stalling?
My 2006 Outback was stalling randomly while driving anywhere from 20-40 miles per hour. I took it in 5 times, put mechanics couldn’t diagnose it. The car wasn’t exhibiting the problem and the codes weren’t specific enough until…… The code for the “cam shaft position sensor” failing started to appear.