Questions for Baja Vets:
- I just removed the plastic factory rock guard thing to change the oil. If I never plan on going off-road, does the car need this? Does it help keep the engine cleaner or direct cooling air or anything?
- The car has the cute factory radio/CD player. I see Amazon has a Bluetooth adapter but it will only work with Subaru radios with Aux input. Would it be easy to find a used Subaru upgraded aux-input radio on eBay that would pretty much just plugin to my existing wire harness?
- Is the idle speed adjustable or is it computer controlled? Once the engine is good and warmed up, it seems to idle just a hair on the low side
- The car has obviously done a lot of sitting. From what I see on CarFax, it looks like 12,000 miles in the past 10 years. The owner, now deceased, had years of health issues. Would it be prudent to change auto transmission and transfer case fluids? I figured I'd flush the radiator and change brake fluid. My mechanic is going to put on a new timing belt even though the mileage is well below 100,000 miles. At 16 years old, it would probably be wise. Anything else?