If I do a really short journy in my MY95 Turbo, say half a mile, stop the engine for a couple of minutes then try to resart sometimes the engine turns over but does not start. This has happened about six times in the past few months.

The car always starts first time from cold and when fully up to temperature.

I read a post a while back about a sensor problem, crank position? However there was no mention of the engines not being up to temperature in that thread.

I wondered if it was a spark plug related. Has anyone else had a similar problem and how did you solve it?

 

Andrew,
I posted that thread about the car not starting, and though I'm still waiting for the Subaru dealer to bring the crank position sensor, I've become quite an expert as to when the car will start or not. Basically it will always start when cold. After that if the engine reaches running temps and I have to restart the engine within the hour the chances are that it won't. And the weather here in Cyprus (35C already)doesn't help one bit for the engine to cool down quickly.

 

BTW, I changed the plugs and it didn't help.