please help

recently ive noticed when i boot my 2001my wrx i can smell a strong eggy cat smell and today i pulled away at a roundabout not too aggresive and the cel light came on and has now stayed on tried a search but most advice for ecu codes etc is for pre bugeye

ive tried the ignition on/off five times to see if the cel will go out but its still on is?

the car is high miles but full subaru history etc (motorway miles)

is there a flash sequence to give me the fault code?
im thinking its either cat (was gonna replace with pipe anyway ) or o2 sensor thats faulty maybe something else? would a faulty maf sensor bring on the cel?

if it is the o2 sensor or maf will i need to reset the ecu or will it clear once new part is fitted etc?

regards

nick

 

Take it to the dealers and they will give you the fault code, Sort the problem and then they must re set the ECU

 

Nick

The bugeye (and the MY01 in particular) seem to throw up a lot of CEL's for some reason........ask Chris Singleton !!

get the car to a dealer with a a "select monitor" to see what codes are stored. P0420 is the "cat below efficiency" code which used to plague me. The Camshaft position error is also a good one !!

It Depends on how well you get on with your dealer !! Stan Palmers here in Carlisle never charged me to stick a "select monitor" on and see what the codes were....some dealers do make a charge.

best of luck!

Midlife..

PS you didn't mention any mods to the car

 

mate if it doesn't go off after 5 restarts I would get it looked at sooner rather than later probably a sensors gone, but best to make sure

 

ok thanks guys
gonna take it to the dealer see what code comes up and take it from there

midlife- its totally standard mate!!

 

Midlife,
I had a CEL a couple of months ago and it turned out to be camshaft sensor, cleaned the sensor and reset the ECU and it was ok for while but it has started to happen again only at high RPM, the CEL flickers on and off. Do you have experience of how to fix this? Also how serious is this problem? The car is a standard MY01 JDM STI.

Thanks,
Paul.

 

Nick..

Totally standard...... CEL top ten has to be the camshaft position sensor !! Let me know what it was

Shaun

 

Hi Paul

I'm way from being an expert at anything it's just that my MY02 tends to throw a Camshaft error whilst overtaking....

biggest killer in Cumbria of young males, apart from mental health problems, is road deaths ....... so High RPM guaranteed !!


I'd think About Prospoprt in Stockport if worried.. especially if the Knocklink is active !

Midlife.....

 

grrr wish i had the time to sort this cel out its very annoying i cant get to the main stealer till sat

luckily tho the light has now gone out!!!! lol
still taking it easy untill i know whats wrong

does anyone have any gizmo's they could plug in and tell me what fault code it is in the nottm/derby area?? theres a pint in it for you

regards

nick

 

the cel was out lol
back on now and it flashed at me at least 8 times before staying on is that some sort of clue???

just a silly question does this mean my car is in limp home mode with cel on?

 

Evo

There is no "flash code" for the CEL... current and old codes are stored on the ECU and need a "select monitor" or something like a SECS to read.


Limp home mode is pretty Obvious AFAIK as the ECU cuts in at 3000 RPM and 0,8 bar boost making the car completely undrivable at anything less than "limp home" speeds

Flashing CEL's usually mean that some limit on one of the sensors has been breached, maybe a boost spike or the MAF (in Error) has read a large airflow which the ECU can't handle.

Dealer should be able to help (as no mods under warranty).. but loads of scooby specialists about . Just wondered where you are

Midlife.....

 

Crank sensor position eehhhh!!! Thats gotta be one of my cars favs
The others semm to be air inlet temp sensor to high or out of range thingy

Oh well, its in for service soon

 

managed to get to subaru derby on my dinner and get the cel sorted it turns out to be a misfire no 1 and 3 reset and lamp is out for now (fingers crossed)it may come back on and if so its prob gonna need new coil packs on 1 and 3
ouch

 

PMSL

Hopefully no more problems with mine - had the TEK3 yesterday

Cheers

Chris..........(desperately searching around for some wood to touch)

 

evo-n

AFAIK Bugeye's do not have coil packs!!

Hey Chris... You have kissed P0420 CEL well and truly goodbye !! I have posted on your query about STi intercoolers. I hope it made sense

Shaun

 

midlife,

im sure they do mate or at least thats what i would describe them as when i replaced the sparkplugs, one on the end of each pluglead assembly square ish thing.

 

AFAIK Bugeye's do not have coil packs!!

Hey Chris... You have kissed P0420 CEL well and truly goodbye !! I have posted on your query about STi intercoolers. I hope it made sense

Shaun

Damn I wonder why I had 16 coil packs on the shelf & they hadn't shifted.......all for bugeyes too.

If you go to change the spark plugs, the black "*****" looking object on top of them is indeed a coil pack.......

 

OOOPS !!

Sorry about the coil pack info ...............

I'll get my coat .............

Midlife.....

 

TAXI for midlife .....LOL

no probs mate