SeriousSubaru
11-09-2012, 01:05 AM
Ok this is a complicated one because I don't have easy problems.
I did a little google searching but the problems i found all were a little different then mine in the important ways.
1998 legacy L 2.2e manual w/195xxx miles.
I was coming up the highway tonight (not)racing an RSX. When the car coughed and went into limp mode when I was running about 4200rpm in 5th. Typical limp senerio where there is not much power but the engine was still running. Costed in gear off to my exit out of the way. Oil pressure light came on but not when it coughed but as it was coasting, the CEL also started flashing.
I read the OBDII when I got to the side of the road and it was reporting #1 and #2 missfire, that's it.
When I tried to start it on the side of the road it will not start. The starter cranks but the engine wont turn over. My first gut feeling was oil starvation and spun bearing because it keeps happening to my friends with their inferior motors. However oil level is good and I just changed it last Wednesday.
Oh yeah about last week... this might be important... I hydro-locked my engine in a huge ass puddle.
However we pushed it into a lot and got all of the water out of the engine after much work and then I changed the "oil" the next morning. It has been fine all week. I did the air filter, the oil filter and the oil. Ran oil through the engine to clean out was left and filled her up. Everything has been ducky.
Earlier this week I replaced the Idle air control solenoid because it had gotten a lot of water in it and was acting a little funky and the idle wasn't great. The new(used) one is doing ok, just needs to be adjusted a little bit to let some more air in.
So tonight I checked the main engine ground, the spark plug wires to make sure they were tight. Didn't see any corrosion on any of the grounds, I just added some extra ground wires a few weeks ago so everything was cleaned up. Checked the battery connection it is fine, everything electrically other then the motor works.
We can smell lots of unburned fuel in the exhaust when we go to start it so the engine is getting fuel.
So I think I narrowed it down to something ignition. Just don't know what. The two spare coilpacks I had at my disposal were not the right genders so i will have to try my buddies tomorrow morning (same car)
Also we just cleaned the maf when I put the stock air intake back together.
So any ideas for those willing to read that? Its in the low 30's outside right now so I wont dick with it until the morning but I figured I would start at the computer.
I did a little google searching but the problems i found all were a little different then mine in the important ways.
1998 legacy L 2.2e manual w/195xxx miles.
I was coming up the highway tonight (not)racing an RSX. When the car coughed and went into limp mode when I was running about 4200rpm in 5th. Typical limp senerio where there is not much power but the engine was still running. Costed in gear off to my exit out of the way. Oil pressure light came on but not when it coughed but as it was coasting, the CEL also started flashing.
I read the OBDII when I got to the side of the road and it was reporting #1 and #2 missfire, that's it.
When I tried to start it on the side of the road it will not start. The starter cranks but the engine wont turn over. My first gut feeling was oil starvation and spun bearing because it keeps happening to my friends with their inferior motors. However oil level is good and I just changed it last Wednesday.
Oh yeah about last week... this might be important... I hydro-locked my engine in a huge ass puddle.
However we pushed it into a lot and got all of the water out of the engine after much work and then I changed the "oil" the next morning. It has been fine all week. I did the air filter, the oil filter and the oil. Ran oil through the engine to clean out was left and filled her up. Everything has been ducky.
Earlier this week I replaced the Idle air control solenoid because it had gotten a lot of water in it and was acting a little funky and the idle wasn't great. The new(used) one is doing ok, just needs to be adjusted a little bit to let some more air in.
So tonight I checked the main engine ground, the spark plug wires to make sure they were tight. Didn't see any corrosion on any of the grounds, I just added some extra ground wires a few weeks ago so everything was cleaned up. Checked the battery connection it is fine, everything electrically other then the motor works.
We can smell lots of unburned fuel in the exhaust when we go to start it so the engine is getting fuel.
So I think I narrowed it down to something ignition. Just don't know what. The two spare coilpacks I had at my disposal were not the right genders so i will have to try my buddies tomorrow morning (same car)
Also we just cleaned the maf when I put the stock air intake back together.
So any ideas for those willing to read that? Its in the low 30's outside right now so I wont dick with it until the morning but I figured I would start at the computer.