2004 Subaru Forester AWD vs Mud. Test 

Yeah! Had to change the short block in it! Thank you for watching! interesting Channel you got there @V10PDTDI, I will check it out!

Not quite a knock at that point. We call that a rattle. Still a good idea to pull that old girl out.

Indeed. The shortblock needed to be changed…

This is standard on manual Subaru in europe i think...

@@olebjrntjelta7337 I have this model Forester and it comes as standard with the low range. Really useful for parking trailers & going downhill in heavy snow - engine braking does it all for you. Subaru don't offer the low range anymore which is a pity. Sadly the weather in Scotland has got to the subframes but i want a Forester again cos the AWD is unbeatable..

@@shredjoe1 salty conditions makes the rear subframe rust pretty easily.

I had an Impreza RC in the UK. It had a 5 speed manual gearbox with a high and low range selector. Real weird car, no idea why Subaru even thought of that but was useful to get off the badly sloping staff car park in winter.

Ej201 2.0 liter non-turbo.

@@olebjrntjelta7337 did you swap the motor? i have the same car (year, model, submodel) and its the NA 2.5

@@adrianf5665 No, this is the original engine.

@@adrianf5665 2.0 on japan an europe cars. 2.5 - usa/canada.

@@mrregik oh really? Didn’t know that sorry. Just assumed the second gens all had the same 2.5 update. We have 2.5 here in Australia.

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