Kol12

I know only a small amount of 99 Legacy B4's came with the Japanese Sat Nav. The display on my Sat Nav has gone black I need it to display the AC controls. Can anybody help me to find another unit?

Hello, Today the display on my fixed Sat Nav went black, can't see anything. 😟 I can hear it's getting power when I turn on the ignition just no display. I've checked all of the wiring work I did to get the Sat Nav working and everything still has strong connections. Does anyone know what could be wrong? Could the display have failed or could be something else separate to the Sat Nav? I get no AC visual controls without the screen functioning.

A 60km warning suits me fine, sure beats a 500m warning! lol. Know what you mean about the gauge non-linearity. Now I have the gauge working I am familiar again with the needle and how it goes up and down with the terrain. In some way's you can not rely on the gauge reading in steep varying terrain until you reach the flat again. Is this a side effect of Subaru having two senders in the saddle type fuel tank or is it quite common for a lot of fuel tank configurations?

I got all the work done on my car today. Rear diff bushes and seal/diff oil change, trailing arm bushes, front left axle boot and a full service. The possible culprit of the rough idle could have been the air filter, it was munted!! absolutely had it.. Scan tool went on with no error from the air flow meter... It's too soon to know if the idle is still an issue but will monitor it in the next few days. Will it take some time for the ECU to adjust to the new air filter and correct the fuel ratio?

I had my knock sensor replaced about a year ago. Was that the previous owners neglect I'm not sure. I can't remember what the symptoms were now that lead to the knock sensor being faulty.

I going into the mechanic tomorrow for some other work, I'll mention this and they should know what to do... Is it a relatively quick test?

How do you find the culprit usually? Plain visual inspection?

It's not that I'm not willing to pay it's that I completely forgot! Moved to smaller town a bit over a year ago and the BP only has 95. With so many things on my mind I just totally forgot. I'm putting more time into the car now trying to get it all spruced up. I was putting 98 in back in my home town as I remember being told to. It's probably the last year or so that I've been running 95. So is 95 ok as in won't cause major engine damage but just won't reach the full power potential?

Apparently the ECU can adjust to lower octane fuel, so am I in the clear?

S*** I've been running 95 for a while and I think that's what I filled up with today Is there some sort of additive I can put in?

About a week. Did a good 100km drive in that time and the battery indicator is back to green for OK...

There's been so many things going on with the car I can't think back that far for the idle issue. Is this best looked at by a mechanic?

That sounds like fun! I take it it's not as simple as just adjusting the idle?

I have some trouble with the idle on my 99 TT Legacy. When the car is sitting still idling it sometime drops very low to the point where it feels like it will stall. When the cars moving and I'm coming to a stop with the brakes the revs drop very low when the car has stopped also feeling like it might stall. Does anyone know what the cause of this could be?

Oh I actually meant 91 not 95... 95 is what I usually put in. It's something to do with the high compression engine that needs the higher octane fuel I recall.. I suppose 91 should be a last resort with these cars..

Put $90 BP 98 (40 litres) in today to see if that would fill it (already had some petrol) and ended up here (green line) This should indicate that the fuel gauge is now correctly functioning... Is it a definite no no to run the TT Legacy on BP 95?

Your right, I'm sure I've been told before but was told again the low half of the tank is dirty and strains the fuel pump more.. I've been running the last year on the lower half of the tank. Will have to bite the bullet and fill er right up and try to stay above half from then on wards... Regarding the low fuel light though I remember reading somewhere there was something official from Subaru about how many litres the tank had left when the low fuel light came on. It's probably easy enough to figure out. My low fuel light has come on at the second line from the E and I'm guessing about 12-13 litres? Could be handy to know if you did ever end up in that situation but I agree on keeping it full.

Does anyone know how many km's/litre's of fuel are left when the low fuel light comes on on these 99 third gen Legacy's? Because my fuel gauge hasn't worked in such a long time I'm not familiar with how they operate. The low fuel light came on today and I got worried that it was playing up again as the low fuel light constantly on was a main characteristic. I phoned Robinson's Instruments again and he explained that the low fuel comes on at around quarter of a tank and that sometimes you can continue driving and the light will come off. It is still a warning that the car needs more fuel though...

Would the diff bushes also result in a thunk when letting off the throttle and then re-engaging?

Today I noticed that the flickering is also associated with a loss of brightness, I wonder if it's a weak connection?

That makes sense. I can ignore the Japanese but does your screen flicker intermittently?

Fair enough. At least with a functioning fuel gauge now I might be able to get some idea of what my long distance journey's are using/need and fill accordingly. Fuel prices are freakin high right now!

Yes I noticed this activated the fog lights today, but why would turning the spotlights on need to dim the dash?

Ah that's a relief, I've spent so much time with this fuel gauge I just want it to be done and dusted. I remember there being a fuel to mileage calculator for the TT Legacy, is that still around?

I got my cluster back from Robinson's Instruments. The fuel gauge has been confirmed repaired and some other parts replaced and re-soldered. The gauge seems to be working but how accurate I'm not sure. I've marked on this picture where my needle sits with between $50-60 petrol. Does this look like it's sitting right for the amount of petrol? If something is still wrong I bet it is the sender units the mechanics played around with who didn't know what they were doing...