Hi I bought a 1998 Legacy Outback about two months ago. It has the 2.5 with an automatic trans. When I start the car in the morning when it's cold (I live in California so it never gets freezing cold) the car surges at first like any other car upon start up, but then only goes down to about 1500 rpm and idles there. I'll then give the gas pedal the slightest touch, and when I do the RPMs nose dive for a split second before coming back up (Vacuum issue?) and then they drop down to about 1100 rpm. From there, the car has little surges/dips in the idle until the car has warmed up, by then the car is idling at a normal 750 RPM. Is this normal? Seems like every other car I've owned surges upon startup, but the rpms automatically drop off as soon as the initial surge of gas passes through.
Also, I took my subi into a "specialist" shop here in San Jose and they wanted to do my rear brakes, in the bid they printed off for me of all the things they wanted to fix, part of the brake job (on top of getting new pads and resurfaced rotors) included: "Disassemble, clean, and lubricate caliper slides. Clean and lubricate caliper hardware". What does this entail and how hard is it to do?
Also, I took my subi into a "specialist" shop here in San Jose and they wanted to do my rear brakes, in the bid they printed off for me of all the things they wanted to fix, part of the brake job (on top of getting new pads and resurfaced rotors) included: "Disassemble, clean, and lubricate caliper slides. Clean and lubricate caliper hardware". What does this entail and how hard is it to do?