Need help: Noise/ Smell/ Service /Tein Settings

I get this wierd smell inside the car. I am not sure where it comes from, but i think it stinks more when i rev up the engine. It seems like its comming from the vents but i am not sure. The smell is hard to describe and it is there not all the time. My friedn said it smells like an organic decay but to me it smells like wet socks or wet cloath. I am suspecting the rubber mats. But i am not sure. Anyone have an idea of wher the smell migh be coming from?

 

wash your mats, cabin filter????

 

hahaha (it's not really funny) but that might be why it was for sale... You can never get the smell of dead body out.

 

yeap, i will change cabin filter that is a good call. And i am probably going to get the car professionaly cleaned. I mean i can do it myself, but i want to get the seats
steamed and the engine hand cleand. And i am totaly taking the rubber matts out atleast for the summer.

LOL, thats funny. I doubt that tho. I think something is just wet somewhere. I just noticed that i myself kinda smell like that. I think its because i am wearing same cloath i got wet in riding my ninja on friday. I know it sound groce.

 

I just thought about Shane's bird accident and remembered the Pulp Fiction pictures...

http://mnsubaru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17215&page=2

 

ewww:ugh: , I actully did hit a bird today but could not find it anywhere. It might be stuck under the car or something.


well i am going to bed. got to get up early and install a sub in my new baby. not a huge one just a little 12". So wish me luck, i have never done that before.

And btw, i got over 1k posts in like 2 month. I really should get that stuff reset, i dont think i deserve to be a Master yet. :roll:

 

I ran my power cable through the fender and down the drivers side of the car. It took a bit extra, but worked out perfectly. All the remote power and RCA cables went down the center and met up under the rear seat. Worked out prety well. Make sure to have a fuse next to the battery for the power cable.

 

ur y pipe?

 

Generally, in my experience, used coolant smells like a cross between rubber hose and a dirty sweetness. Could your heater core be leaking?

 

You're probably just smelling the stench of WMC that is still on you

 

:laugh: Only way to get that off is to get your money back

 

I was thinking about that, but i dont think the car is leaking coolant. On monday i will go to get 60k service done. Does anyone know what is the best tranny fluid to make the shifts smooth and prolong the life of the tranny. Where can i get it? Thanks.

 

^^^
Look up the Uncle Scotty Cocktail Mix for your tranny.

 

And the smell ... does NOT come off Fry Man ... I gotta wait for the skin on this hand to DIE!

It could be a dead mouse or something caught somewhere ... or just needs a cleaning.

 

Where would i get that?

 

Need to find out what noise i have!

Ok, so the car needs all four brakes replaced badly, and it is making a somewhat loud noise. The noise is not like the sensor for breakes but more like road noise. I cant hear it when i am going under 20mph, but when i get up to speed i can really start hearing it. It is more notisable when deselerating. It seems like its comming from the back as well as the front of the car. I am really worried it might be the diffs. So my question is how does a bad diff sound and how much will it cost to get it fixed/rebuild/replace?

Thanks a lot, Taras

 

Instead of guessing what the problem is,
just have it looked at when you get you 60k service done.

 

Could be urathane bushings. My car makes quite a bit of noise when letting off of the gas from the group-N tranny mount and all of my rear diff bushings. Ask the previous owner if he put any upgraded bushings in.

 

I am not sure, i will ask him on monday. I will bring my car to White Bear Subaru on monday. Do you think i would be able to get a discount there for being a member of MNSubaru?

 

and it could be tires...... check how choppy they are.... could be bearings... could be your ears.... could be the man flying above you in the sky... ha haa

 

I will bring the car in and see what they say at the dealership.

 

what the dead mouse?!?!?!?! ah ha ha

 

would you be willing to look at the car today or tomorrow? I could stop by your house today.

I only really need the pads, so i would just get all oem. Ebay ftl.

 

ummmm... if you do pads at least bare minimum resurface the rotors if they are above spec... or youwill be starting YET ANOTHER thread titled


JUST REPLACED PADS NOW THERE IS A PULSATION... WHY!?!?!?

 

Get stoptech stage two kit for brakes. promise u will love it.

 

the noise is probably wheel bearings. Diffs arent going to be bad. If your diffs ARE the culprit, you may need to add/change fluid.

Very doubltful that its a serious problem.

 

they could be.. my rear one went bad after sitting 3 days.. yep.. I knwo what you are thinking me too.. the servide guy at the Minnetonka DS said it was cause I turned into a parking spot to sharp ????? WTF isnt a differential design to allow one wheel to turn faster then the other side.. yep... pulled the rear diff.. chipped teeth... weird... anyhows... my vote is still your tires...

 

if you want to take a little drive you can swing by my shop tomorrow... i am there all day and would be willing to take a looksy for ya..

 

I'm not one to believe that bad luck like that can happen after a sale so soon, but the car was solid with it left my hands. As confirmed by WB Subaru the Brakes are in need of replacing and I subtracted replacement cost from the dealer.

The tires are noisy, we talked about it, if you have hard feelings about them we can talk. Also I gave you the stock wheels with tires, swap them out.

Shane

 

Shane, i am not worried about you riping me off. You seem like a trustworthy person. I am preatty sure its tires and the thing is that i totaly dont care if they are noisy, just want to be sure that its the tires. So no worries.
Thanks for a chance to have a beautiful car.

 

i'd vote tires...when i bought mine i thought something was wrong but theres just no noise insulation and i guess you have really f'n loud tires...either that or a bearing

 

nate-thats crazy that you chipped gears... I've never heard of that just happening under a regular load. Now high HP apps or serious torque against some sort of obstacle (like offroading) I can see...

 

yep, i figured that imprezas do not have good insulation. I put a sub in the car today and it is only a little 12" that barely puts out 200w is making the entire car rattle like a rattle snake :eek3: :ugh: . But i still love the sound. I have never had a sub in my car, because i really mostly listen to MPR. But now with a nice car like that i had to get a small sub, i actually wish i got a smaller one. But this one i got for free from my friend.

 

I would love to get some nice slotted rotors and nice pads. I think they told Shane that i t will cost 280 for the brakes. How much will it cost for slotted rotors and nice pads from frozen rotors?

 

ok, so now i know how to replicate the this smell. I just had a little spirited driving with a an M3 on cliff, and after i got to my GF house on burnsville parkway i right away smelled the that stench it is more like a smell of burning rubber. I oppend the hood and the smell was there but not too strong. What could that be.

 

smoked clutch? you said your brakes were bad, perhaps its them

 

Yeah, i slipped the clutch a lot. And braked a lot too. I am still learning about all of this. Sorry for so many stupid questions.

 

maybe you need to take a shower?

 

the smell is probably clutch

 

Yeah. The Subaru clutch discs stink like no other I've ever expereinced.