Hello!
I have a 93 Subaru Loyale Station Wagon which is having some ?lurching? problems. It?s rather odd; when I first start the engine, it drives relatively fine (minor hesitations), but after I drive for a bit, (20 min or so)it lurches terribly in 1st and 2nd gear, and will smooth out a bit in the higher gears, (unless I accelerate heavily, then the lurching begins again, but not as pronounced in the lower gears). Anywho, it seems odd that it will be fine for a bit, then after is warms up, it acts up.
During the lurching, it backfires majorly; I don?t know if the problem is the exhaust system or if the problem lies elsewhere and this is just a symptom. I recently had the muffler exchanged (but it was doing this before) and had the mechanic look into this problem. His only solution was to use ?sea foam? in the gas for a few times and see if that improves the situation. It hasn?t.
Also, forget about using the A/C - there is no power at all - if the ac is on, I can barely get up enough speed entering the freeway system. I don?t know if that?s a symptom of the same problem or a different one!
FYI, it?s a 5-speed, about 130,000 miles. Any ideas? Or is it just time for a new vehicle??? I?d really love to be able to get this problem fixed. I like the wagon and don?t want to look for a new, good used vehicle right now. Thanks for any suggestions,
sue.