Hi,

Topped my car up with some more oil today..

Had a drive out but didnt seem to boost properly .. car wouldnt go over 80mph !! five minuites later i put my foot down again and it seemed alot better, although not quite as quick as i am used to it...

Anyway another 10 mins down the road the " Check engine " light came on, the car hasnt been hardly modified at all apart from a dump valve ( turbosmart ) and a backbox. ( Just to rule out the ECU, as some aftermarket ECU's will make this light display )

Could anyone give me any suggestions on this please !! the car is a WRX Wagon MY94 ( JDM )

cheers

Matt

 

hi mate im haveing problems with my waggon to. try conecting the wires under the drivers dash black to black and green to green this will tell you whats wrong on the cel light by how many times it flashs..
hope this helps. chris.

 

could be you've over filled it and the boost solenoid is filled with oil and is now throwing a CEL

 

You may find this site useful it tells you how to diagnose the codes from flashes and then which code relates to problem area
eg. would be cel45 if solenoid...?
http://www.troublecodes.net/Subaru/

 

Thanks for your advice guys.. will check the light diagnostics out !!

Chris, what problems are you expeirencing with your Wagon ?

Matt

 

i have cel light 45 on and carnt get it off.

 

Hi , went down to Carnteiks today.. who are VERY helpfull, ran a check on error code, it was apparently down to the Power steering and idle, i.e the revs were'nt altering when you turn the steering wheel, so pretty minor.

It seems that the Boosting problem, could be down to the Boost solenoid ? will get this checked out when Downpipes fitted. And also the Catted downpipe, seems too restrictive ? maybe a blockage or something.. getting it decatted anyway.. just thaught ild metion it incase any one else was expeirencing the same problems ( bad solenoid can also cause jerking ) as it is tempremental with adjusting the boost correctly.

My car is a 94 wrx Wagon JDM ( TD04 ) as mentioned before, its totally stock.. acheiving 0.7 ( Max ) Bar Boost, does this seem OK ?


Matt

 

glad ya got things sorted....
0.7bar is around 10.2 psi...thinking it could probs go up a BIT...??? HEY BUT DON'T QUOTE ME... As i run a td05 on a 96 jdm wouldn't like to tempt fate..?
Try a search for boost and td04...?