Occasional difficulty starting 95 Legacy wagon 2.2???

n2vdubz

n2vdubz

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So my '95 Legacy wagon has been giving me a little trouble lately. Occasionally I will attempt to start my car, but it will just turn over and won't fire. If I give it some gas, it will start after a couple minutes of trying, and will run flawlessly.

Now this doesn't happen all the time, and once I have started it, she'll usually run and start up fine for the rest of the day, with some random deviations where it will give me a hard time and won't want to start.

Sometimes it will go a couple days without giving me trouble, but it has it's days where it like to screw with me..... kinda embarassing in a crowded parking lot.....

I recently changed the plugs, and installed a new air filter. I ran fuel treatment through, changed my fuel filter, and replaced the fuel pump today.

I thought all was well after a couple flawless starts, but it gave me some trouble twice again this evening.
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I'm officially stumped.
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I'm thinking maybe I need to change my spark plug wires, cap, and/or rotor.

What could it be?
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I really appreciate the help fellow Subaru friends.

 
guess:

Might not be getting a good crank signal all the time.

What kind of fuel pump did you put in it?

 
Coolant Temp Sensor? My bro's 94 was doing this ... after I replaced it he says it starts right up now! Do you know how to check the OBDI codes?

 
Coolant Temp Sensor? My bro's 94 was doing this ... after I replaced it he says it starts right up now! Do you know how to check the OBDI codes?
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A friend of mine has a code tester (or whatever the heck you call it.....), I can have him check it out. What would I be looking for?

Would the coolant temp sensor effect my cars staring though even if I haven't driven it in a few hours? Then again, I think it happens more regularly once I've been driving for a while......I'll have to pay better attention when this occurs now.

You may be onto something!!

 
Once it's warm, it should start a lot easier. You don't need a code reader ... look under your dash, drivers side, a bit to the left of the steering wheel. You should find two single pin black connectors (one male, one female). If you hook these together, when you turn your key to the ON position (don't start car), the check engine light will flash. Each long flash represents a 10's place, each fast flash represents a 1's place. So if it goes:

flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash, flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash, flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash, flash flash flash flash <pause> it means code 34.

This is all assuming your CEL is actually on.

 
Once it's warm, it should start a lot easier. You don't need a code reader ... look under your dash, drivers side, a bit to the left of the steering wheel. You should find two single pin black connectors (one male, one female). If you hook these together, when you turn your key to the ON position (don't start car), the check engine light will flash. Each long flash represents a 10's place, each fast flash represents a 1's place. So if it goes:
flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash, flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash, flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash, flash flash flash flash <pause> it means code 34.

This is all assuming your CEL is actually on.
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Cool, I'll have to give this a try tomorrow. My CEL has been on ever since I bought the Legacy, but this issue has only been happening recently.

I really appreciate the help. Thank you very much.

 
No problem! If you can't find the meanings of the codes online, just give Evergreen a call ... they should be able to help!

 
No problem! If you can't find the meanings of the codes online, just give Evergreen a call ... they should be able to help!
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Sounds good. If they was a way of giving props/respect/credit on here, you my man have earned it.

 
Thanks
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Oh and the codes go kinda quickly, but they will just keep cycling through until you turn the car off. Make sure you remember to unplug the connectors after
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The green connector thing only work with OBD1 cars, the 95 legacy was OBD2

 
Subaru switched all legacys and some imprezas in 95
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Sneaky little bastards, getting all ahead of the times on us like that. How dare they!

Okay, so you may need your friends code reader ... or take a trip to autozone! It's easier that way
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i have had good luck soliving this problem with a few of my older subys and i have found to be the coil packs leaking spark until the car warms and the plastic on the coil pack swells and lets less spark jump by a good test for this is runing the car cold in the dark and simply looking for stray spark and i sometime use i light spray/mist of water to aid in seeing the jumping sparks

good luck

 
Thanks for the help everyone. I looked in my Haynes manual and I found that Subarus newer than '94 had the OBDII system, so I guess I'll have to use my friends OBDII scan tool.

I also read that the Temp. Sensor will cause my car to act like this, but I want to scan it first before I start buying parts I don't need. Already dropped money on the fuel pump which wasn't part of my problem after all.....
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keep US updated ... sorry for the misinformation! the sensor isn't too expensive, so you know ... or it wasn't on my bro's ... could be wrong again
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