I've heard tune ups on boxer engines are much more difficult to do. I'd attempt it myself but I dont want to get in over my head. I'm thinking about having it done somewhere first and me hangout and watch how its done so that I can do it myself next time. What do you think.

I just did the 30k tuneup myself and working with my subaru is faster and easier than any of the cars I have had other than a 1979 pickup. You can change the plugs and wires in about 15 minutes, probaly five if you were in a hurry. The fuel filter and air filter are a walk in the park and all the fluids fairly easy to get to. I also have a 1997 Blazer and a 1992 tercel, by far my Subaru is the easiest to work on.

Fiction! Tune ups on boxer engines are relatively easy to do. Just try it and see. Everything is accessible. The only thing you might have problem with is valve lash adjustment.

Hey, I just did my 30k service this weekend too! Easy compared to my old Buick Ttype. :) Hardet part was waiting for the coolant to drain out. :lol:

Originally posted by Richard L.
Fiction! Tune ups on boxer engines are relatively easy to do. Just try it and see. Everything is accessible. The only thing you might have problem with is valve lash adjustment.

valve lash adjustment... how do you do that anyway?

I can do my oil change in less time than it takes me to brew a pot of coffee. Its about 5 minutes from start to finish. if that.

I flushed and filled my radiator...
- Uncap radiator
-Unscrew drain plug thingy.
-Wait.
-Screw back in drain plug thingy
-fill (slowly)
-drive for a couple minutes
-top off.

Thats it. Needed no tools.

Boxer = easy like Keith's momz.

-IggDawg

That boxer is a BREEZE to work on. Everything is laid out in a way that is easy to understand...and everything is very easy to get to.

Changing the oil? I could do that with my eyes closed.

I am a big proponent of DIY...and that Subaru is the best DIY car I've worked on...and I've played around with a lot of cars.

Iggdawg is cool.

NC

try changing the plugs on an H6 then tell me its cake :D hehe

or a DOHC 2.5 for that matter...easy but not cake...

sohc...super easy :D

Jay

Originally posted by Dolphin Overton


valve lash adjustment... how do you do that anyway? i rec leaving stuff like this to the pro's, but you are welcome to try, get a good set of feeler gauges, and offset 10mm wrench and a stuff flathead screw driver and you're on your way.

jeremy

Valve lash isn't really hard to do. I would not have done it if I hadn't seen someone do it before though. If you are doing it for the first time, be prepared to do it more than once.:rolleyes: I did it once, and still have one that is a little loose and ticks a tiny bit. I know which cylinder it is on ( 4 ), and I am pretty damn sure that it happened because I didn't rotate the engine twice to recheck it! :lol: I was tired at that point and was sick of it. So I will pay for it. You may not have to do it twice, but just be prepared to. It was alot easier for me to do the exhaust valves with someone turning the wrench from above while I was on the floor under the car. The was especially helpful on the exhaust valves on the rearward cylinders. Pros can do this by themselves above the car. :monkey: :lol: Intake valves are easily done by yourself.

I don't know what a stuff flathead screw driver is that Jeremy said, but I used one of those little finger screwdrivers that sears always has by their cash registers. Its basically a knurled disk about an inch in diameter and 3/8" thick with a bit stuck in the middle on one side.

Its not like changing your oil thats for sure, if you arn't comfortable taking your engine apart I wouldn't try it.

If you take the valve covers off, on the cover bolt that is on the bottom back by the drivers seat, DO NOT take the socket off of the ratchet to put it on the bolt. I did this twice, once taking it off and once putting it on, and lost the damn socket under the engine on the cross member in a hole under there. :lol: I should really invest in a magnet again.

cheeRS,

Greg

Oh yea,

Here are the directions that I used-

Are located here. (http://www.nothingserious.net/valves.html)