Doing cambelt etc on my 99 impreza turbo uk, no aircon mod.
Ordered a rad from carparts4less eis £57
Its arrived and its got two extra copper pipes on the side?! Any idea what they are for and if i can just loop them woth some 3/8" pipe and jubilees

 

Its probably a gearbox cooler fill the radiator with water and see if anything comes out it probably won't.

 

As above they are designed for an auto gearbox as an additional cooler. you can leave them un covered nothing will harm it or leak

 

Cheers so will be fine really just obviously use it as if its a regular manual version

 

 

Someone's been to Euro Car parts

Its a generic radiator...i.e to fit all models/varients of the Impreza

So as above, likely to be a gearbox/oil cooler. I've fitted quite a few EIS rads to various cars, but not Subarus, and almost always this has been the case.

If in doubt, run some water through the unknown connections and see which holes it comes out.

 

I'd link then together any way stop any crap getting in there

 

I have a collection of threaded bungs from recon power-steering racks/pumps, I usually put some of them in the unused holes.

 

Cool thanks guys waiting for my oil cooler to waterpump hose to arrive tomorrow then i can put the new rad in and new coolant and off to go....
Something alarming discovered though.... Dipstick for gearbox shows nil oil but she is parked on generic type diy ramps at the mo. Any idea how much the gearbox holds? Doesnt look like its been leaking ..... Hope its not been running too dry there is a wheel bearing type noise at the back end....

 

4l maybe a wee touch more

 

I think you'll find its 3.5 litres......

 

Ive read both maybe its 4l to max on the dipstick?

 

I did a gearbox oil change and put 3.5 litres in it,if you have a dual range gearbox it's 4 litres.....that's straight out the handbook..


I run a 98 turbo 2000 by the way.

 

Cool beans! Just got her off the ramp cambelt and water system literally all renewed and good! Gearbox oil looks immaculate and is on the max mark👍

Happy days

 

Erm, because the dipstick shows nothing it doesn't mean its empty. The dipstick shows the last 1litre of oil. So there is probably another 2 litres still in there. The same applies to the engine oil dipstick too.

Needs pointing out before you dump in 3 litres and end up overfilling it