Hi All,
As some of you may know, recently I picked up Andrew's 03 Forester X that he was selling. I did say that if I made any changes, I'd post an update, so that's what I'm going to do. It's only a very minor aesthetic change, but worth noting anyhow.
Here is what the car looked like once it came into my possession.
There was something about the look of the car I wasn't 100% on and I think I narrowed it down to the wheels. For such a nice looking car, the black steels just looked a little... cheap. No offence to Andrew and each to their own, but I think there was a bit too much black down there.
I used some contacts to find a local Subaru enthusiast and managed to pick up a set of alloys off a 99 Impreza and once fitted, it looks like an entirely different vehicle.
So, that's the only update so far.
Well, one other thing really. Andrew knows my history of bad luck with vehicles, everything I touch seems to just fall apart in my hands. Only a week after getting the vehicle, it threw a check engine light at me and my heart sank.
I haven't told Andrew this yet, as I didn't want to concern him before finding out what it is, and I had the code pulled just this afternoon using another connection, and there were two. The first was a low battery warning code for the ignition key (which is a easy fix, just change the battery!) and the other is "51 - ABS RELAY VALVE FAULT".
That one sounded a bit more serious, but after some research it looks like there are two relays inside the ABS Control Module, and one could have a bad connection, or some water in the main plug, or just a faulty relay. The options are to repair/clean, or get a new main ABS pump and from what I can see online, they only seem to go for $100-$150 for a used unit, so that's not too bad.
I had the codes cleared, and will see if anything re-appears.
That's all for now, if any more updates occur, I'll pop them in here too.
Cheers
As some of you may know, recently I picked up Andrew's 03 Forester X that he was selling. I did say that if I made any changes, I'd post an update, so that's what I'm going to do. It's only a very minor aesthetic change, but worth noting anyhow.
Here is what the car looked like once it came into my possession.
There was something about the look of the car I wasn't 100% on and I think I narrowed it down to the wheels. For such a nice looking car, the black steels just looked a little... cheap. No offence to Andrew and each to their own, but I think there was a bit too much black down there.
I used some contacts to find a local Subaru enthusiast and managed to pick up a set of alloys off a 99 Impreza and once fitted, it looks like an entirely different vehicle.
So, that's the only update so far.
Well, one other thing really. Andrew knows my history of bad luck with vehicles, everything I touch seems to just fall apart in my hands. Only a week after getting the vehicle, it threw a check engine light at me and my heart sank.
I haven't told Andrew this yet, as I didn't want to concern him before finding out what it is, and I had the code pulled just this afternoon using another connection, and there were two. The first was a low battery warning code for the ignition key (which is a easy fix, just change the battery!) and the other is "51 - ABS RELAY VALVE FAULT".
That one sounded a bit more serious, but after some research it looks like there are two relays inside the ABS Control Module, and one could have a bad connection, or some water in the main plug, or just a faulty relay. The options are to repair/clean, or get a new main ABS pump and from what I can see online, they only seem to go for $100-$150 for a used unit, so that's not too bad.
I had the codes cleared, and will see if anything re-appears.
That's all for now, if any more updates occur, I'll pop them in here too.
Cheers
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