Did a little work on the Rot Wagon this week. Was getting a little tired of how raspy the cheap "Cherry Bomb" muffler was
(can't expect all that much for ~$30 after all) and decided to drop the rear section of my custom exhaust to quick buzz on a new Walker "Quiet Flow" muffler. Still keeps the Subaru rumble with my unequal-length header I built, but happily loses the irritating snappy sounds that tend to plague a freed up 4-cylinder exhaust. So glad I used v-bands instead of standard 2/3 bolt flanges when I built this setup... what a breeze to work on!
I've been fighting an odd idle & some random misfires lately that seem to come & go with no explanation. Started out with the usual suspects like bad fuel, wet air filter, burnt plugs etc. But everything was checking out. With the help of a good friend & our resident Subaru expert, we were able to chase the issue down to fueling related. I'm glad I checked the fuel filter first... looks like it was on there a while
(I clearly missed it on the initial going over of the car when I picked it up, oops!) and had some not great looking fuel pouring out of it when I drained it out. Still had the same issue though! Next up was having a look in the tank, since Subaru is kind enough to provide us with an entry point from up top it isn't a huge deal, just had to move my mountain of tools & spares from in back. We were both a bit shocked by how clean the inside of the tank was & how good the whole sending unit looked, but why not swap the pump while we were there. That did it! Back to full rip, well as much as a 2.2L can rip haha!
