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oil battery and engine check light all come on with the ignition then go off when the car turns over but she wont fire up any ideas???

buzzard

immobiliser?
fuel?
fuel pump?
crank sensor?
cam sensor?
coolant sensor?
etc...

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i was just about to add its getting fuel so its not the fuel/fuel pump

and i am thinking its going to prob be imobiliser problem !!!!!!

GavinR96

Does this happen when the car is cold or hot ? I had this problem when the car was hot and turned out to be the crankposition sensor. You can carry out an ECU check to ensure you do not have any fault codes ?

Cheers

GavinR96

scooby-tc

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Sounds to me like either a faulty crank sensor or that dodgy welsh fuel
You know i mean it Gareth

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lol @daz well the fuel is of the english type lol

heres the full story of the engine.

right guys the new loom has been fitted < out of the same year wrx as the engine> and the car turns over but wont fire up

any ideas??????? the engine was left standing from july-october then i drove it 5 mins at low <under 5mph> speed then it was transplanted into my car and not been started since,,,,,,,

i have fitted a wrx loom after giving up on trying to combine the sport/wrx looms into one. so it shouldnt be a problem with wrong wires etc so any ideas????????

VAL113R

mine was doing this and it turned out to be the plugs

the car was over fueling quite a bit and the plugs just got too fouled

might be that ?

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oh and it has been fitted into a MY00 sport body.

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cheers val i,ll get a new set anyway as it will need doing

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right just spent an hour and its not getting a spark, the engines flying over and its getting fuel, any idea,s ????????

timmyajmy93wrx

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are your coil packs all connected and working?
any boost/air pipes split or loose?

have you tried doing the ecu engine check?

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have you tried doing the ecu engine check?

yeah but its just flashing at a steady pase
and conecting the other <green> wire it doesnt check the fans etc as ive been told its supoosed to do .....???

boost/air pipes split or loose?

would that stop the car fireing ??

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up

buzzard

above are the usual causes for a non-starting engine unless you have a wiring loom fault or a faulty ecu.
..and yes your fans and boost solenoid should be powering up in test mode as your friend advised.
good luck.

Mark A

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ECU earth on the inlet manifold near fuel fliter ?

It's only very small and does not look important.

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couldnt find that one fella where does it come out of? ie what part of the bulkhead does it come through.

scooby-tc

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It still sounds to me like a crank sensor problem is there any chance you can get hold of a known working one to try? Failing that plug it in

Just thought of something else..........try checking the ecu fuse in the engine bay.If it the same set up as my MY98 it will be a tall pink fuse that sits in the fusebox under the bonnet.I remember blowing my fuse and the car just spun over and over with no spark,maybe worth a look

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cheers guys will take a look as soon as i can !!!!!!!!!!!

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shes running now guys im not saying what it was though lol, feel stupid enough as it is,,,,,,

scooby-tc

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ECU not plugged in???

buzzard

no need to feel stupid....we've all done some stuff that we thought was inexcuseable but its by letting people know what the cause of problems are that it can help others from struggling with a non starting car like you did for a couple of days.

willsy369

Hey come on let us know then we can all learn from your mistake to not do the same and keep our babys running! what was it an earth or fuse? or the immob not disabled etc...