1988 Subaru RX Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 1988 Subaru RX spans two body styles, a 3-door coupe and a 4-door sedan, under a single trim name: Turbo. The engine listed is a 1.8L flat-four with a single overhead camshaft, turbocharged and fed gasoline. Procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics are provided for the engine, fuel system, ignition, cooling, transmission and drivetrain, brakes, suspension and steering, along with the electrical system and body of the coupe and the sedan.

Engines covered

• 1.8L flat-four — SOHC, turbocharged, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 3-door coupe
• 4-door sedan

Trims covered

• Turbo

Known issues on the 1988 RX. Two bodies share one turbocharged gasoline flat-four in the 1988 RX. Fuel delivery, ignition and cooling work around the SOHC engine and its forced induction, while the transmission, drivetrain, brakes, suspension and steering sit beneath the coupe and the sedan alike. The manual gives procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics for those systems and for the electrical system and body of the Turbo.