About 6month ago while driving home on the m6 my engine management light came on. After another couple short trips the light went out. I then managed to get hold of a mates laptop to see if anything was stored and it showed up this when plugged in (see pic)
After googling this it mentions variable valve timing solenoid, i rang my nearest dealer and explained and his reply was "what is one of them"!! Also tried a couple local garages but got nowhere. With no EML on anymore an no change in preformance what so ever i have carried on driving as normal, when today while on the m6 the light has come back on. Made 3/4 short trips since being home and the light has gone out again.
Has anyone experienced anything like this, or no anywhere i could take it where someone will no what they are looking at? I am located in cumbria so will probably have to travel a fair way but i cant find anyone who can help me locally. Thanks in advance i know its not a lot of info to go off but want to get it sorted an put the worry to bed 👍

 

TEG sport aren't far from you about 40 miles.

 

do they deal with road cars? I thought they just dealt with rally cars but not really looked into it, thanks for the reply thou i may give them a call

 

give them a ring if they can,t help you, maybe they can suggest someone else who can.

good luck with getting it sorted.

Ray

 

Is it a 2.5 if so hows your oil level

 

thank you i will give them a call today

 

no its a 2.0 and oil seems fine, i am doing an oil a filter change this week though so will check again and make sure level is correct

 

What model and year ? as none of those codes seem to relate to a UK Subaru.

 

Wrx sti type uk 2.0L (blob eye)
maybe the laptop i used wasnt great, thats why i think i need to see someone with some good knowledge of these cars and see what they think. It strange as everything ive read about these codes say symptoms will include rough idle, power loss, decreased fuel econmy etc etc and there is absolutely none of that car is driving fine. I was thinking maybe it was a dodgy electrical connection but im not clued up at all. Thanks for all the replies ��

 

wrx sti type uk (blob eye).
Maybe the laptop i used wasnt great. Its strange as reading up on them codes they all suggest symptoms of rough idle, power loss, decreased fuel economy etc etc, but there is none of that the car drives completely fine. I thought maybe it could be a loose electrical connection on the solenoid but im not clued up at all

 

Why not give it some, decent oil, oil filter, inline fuel filter, may-be air filter if looks dirty, fill with v-power and go for blast.

remember if it ain,t broke, don,t fix it.

lets know how you get on

 

its booked in for oil, filter and plug change this week, fuel filter was done 6 month ago and i only ever run it on v power. Spoke to a guy at teg they said to ring back on weds an speak to Andy Carr, so will see how i get on with that.

 

Going in the right direction......