Let me pull out my list here... lol
1) First is that there is a pinhole leak on top of the plastic radiator cover. Previous owner covered it with some black plaster but even that is starting to come off. It was having engine temp issues too when I am idling or at a red light where the engine temperature goes up and no heat comes from the heater vents:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=13F34EcoWVZPetaSYD8Ch5RnmQ0dgpZlg It goes back down when I start running. It seemed to be fixed now that I topped up the radiator and the overflow container and burped the system. I think it still needs more burping since I can still hear a liquid sloshing sound everytime I hit the accelerator from beyond the dash.
2) The belts squeal during a cold start in the morning. Loose belts?
3) Just recently it started running roughly on cold starts too. Like some of the cylinders are not firing, causing the engine and consequently the car to shake. It resolves itself when I rev it up to higher rpms, and at least do not persist when the car finally reaches running temps.
4) My tires went flat on my 3rd day of owning this baby. Called CAA and the guy seemed to know about Subarus and how you turn it to FWD when you have a donut on. However we tried doing it with my fuse box but the FWD light wont come on. We noticed the fuse receptacle for the FWD fuse was very loose and seemed to be missing the electrical contacts.
Other than the above issues, everything else is just par for the course on a grade 3.5C jdm car. Other than the cigarette smell in the cabin and during recirculation mode, nothing else bothers me too much.
I was weary on pushing it because of the issues mentioned above, but did so anyways earlier today lol I think I'm hitting the VOD between 3.5k to 4.5k or early 5k, then the 2nd turbo hits. Is this normal?
