So I took the time to de-pin the male connector to do some testing. I grabbed a very good wiring diagram for the 98, and a not so good one for 2000. I was able to get the front cigarette lighter and both heated seats working. Based on my diagrams and testing, the wire colors do match between 98 and ...

Since the V70 is still out of commission pending a settlement from NTB... :evil: Been working on my "free" Subaru forester. I've already spent way more keeping this car on the road in the past 6 months than probably what I spent on the lifetime of my S70 (not counting oil and tires). I've ...

abscate wrote: ↑24 Jun 2023, 14:07 Be careful and scour Fora before resetting v70 ECC control units. It is not hard to brick them.

Actually, unless I misunderstood xiaotec's changelog, the app can now unbrick ECC units. Need to try this on my bricked one.

Since the V70 is still out of commission pending a settlement from NTB... :evil: Been working on my "free" Subaru forester. I've already spent way more keeping this car on the road in the past 6 months than probably what I spent on the lifetime of my S70 (not counting oil and tires). I've...

Sad day today. I was hoping to go tomorrow to help my buddy salvage a steering rack for his 850 from one of the 00 V70R's in a local junkyard. He tested me tonight to say one of the cars has been pulled from the yard for crushing! Naturally the red one with the steering rack we were hoping for. For...

The flex pipe probably cracked through at one of the webs. The braided outer sleeve makes finding the crack nearly impossible. You could cut off the flex pipe and weld in a replacement as long as the rest of the manifold isn't super rusty and you pay attention to the indexing. Though if the ProParts...

why do folk rate those oetiker clamps? just seems daft to me that you have to use a special tool to fit or remove them when a good old fashioned jubilee clip does an excellent job and can be reused countless times should the need arise?we been using them since 1921 and still popular and even in sta...

Try smoking the intake. A common mistake is when refitting the intake is to trap the hose clamp for the PCV hose between the RH end (when viewed from the front of the car) between the intake and gasket. You may not have done that but worth a check. Based on the general area of the issue, have you c...

I've phoned 2 friends, had another friend look at it, and paid a mechanic to find the leak. Nothing a foul has turned up. I've taken the snorkel out and replumbed it several times now. Smoked the car dozens of times, even isolating individual hoses. I've tried running with the MAF and/or O2 sensors ...

scot850 wrote: ↑26 Jun 2025, 14:13 Another question, sorry! Is the replacement engine the same type and year? Just wondering as there were differences in 1999 from 1998 that may leave a hole on the LHS of the engine block/head is a 99 engine was fitted to a 98.

Neil.

The donor engine is from a 1994 850 T5. Coded B5234T.