basically a have a 93 wrx ra which was none running when i bought it, when i did get it going it then read 6 faults on the ecu along with slipping clutch, battery has been out the car for a week or so and i've now replaced the clutch but car will not start anymore just turns over and floods the engine, and now there is only 2 faults on the ecu.

so i'm guessing when i've changed the clutch summit has happened but dunno what, i dont know if i'm gettin a spark so how can i check that i'm gettin spark? or does anyone know what i might of done?

next problem, doubt much ppl will know the answer to this but the cradle/subframe that holds the gearbox in place is held in by 4 14mm bolts that go into the chassis, 2 14mm bolts into the gearbox rubber mount and there is 2 17mm bolts that bolt into the chassis too. the 17mm on the passenger side of the car had snapped. when i say snapped the bolt was tight and has snapped the threaded part in the chassis, so i ripped up the passenge side carpet to see if the mounting plate was there somewhere but its not (some cars like my old pug 205 has plates under the carpet which the chassis bolts into) so basically my bolt is stuck in the nut which has snapped from the chassis and keeps spinning in the chassis. surely there must be access to it or is it sealed into the chassis?

 

man......look like you need to take its to a Subaru speciallist

 

Do you know what the six codes were,and what the two are that remain? Did you disturb any wiring under the intercooler,on top of the gearbox?

 

i cant afford to mate, my other scooby bonnet flew open and smashed the windscreen and roof, then its engine blew up all in a week.

so i really need to get this other scooby running on a budget! all i need to do it get the car started and the rest of the engine faults is a easy fix, then i'll get a garage to look at the chassis bolt problem!

must be a way to check the coils are gettin a spark?

i unplugged the coil and spark plug and cranked the engine but no spark from the spark plug so was needing to know if i'm doing it right?

 

2 codes that remain are 24 & 44. hmmmmm its possible i might have disturbed those wires what are they for? the engine rocked a fair bit so is it possible i've snagged a few wires? if so where is likely to have been disturbed?

 

24's the idle control valve,44's wastegate control solenoid. The connector under the intercooler might well power the idle valve,which might stop the starting. You can pull a spark plug and place it on the engine to check for a spark.I'd give the wiring a good going over to make sure it's all good,then reset the ecu by disconnecting the battery for an hour,try again.

 

Crank sensor?

 

Also,has the ecu been chiped? Some of the early chips made the ecu think there were faults,bringing the check engine light on.

 

Crank sensor is code 11,would come up straight away after turning the engine over.

 

the two faults was 2 of the original six if i remember right but car still started! hmmmm i did try touching the spark plugs off the engine but no spark??? but there was power in the coil pack wiring?

 

Do you hear the fuel pump prime the engine when you turn the ignition on befor starting?

 

yeah its pumping fuel fine but it seems to be building up in the engine at high pressure, when i disconect any fuel hoses the fuel flows out with a crazy amount of pressure? i'm not sure if its been chipped but there has been summit written on it with black marker but cant read it worth a **** lol.

i need to test for a spark and check the fuel is returning to the fuel tank as now thinking about it the fuel shouldn't be at that great a pressure.

 

Fuel pressure will be high,3 bar(45psi),and is held in the system when the engines off.Disconnecting a fuel line will spray fuel about quite badly!

 

Did you touch the spark plugs off your inlet manifold? you may have a bad earth,which could cause your problems. Try touching it on one of the earth leads from the battery.

 

when i changed fuel filter in my other scooby it wasn't under pressure like this is? i really think its down the the spark plugs not sparking!

whats the likely hood of this problem? it cant be all four coil packs lol

 

OH LOL erm well lol if i remember right my battery terminals aint on tight.......that might be my problem

 

 

in all honesty things are never that simple when my cars go wrong lol so any other ideas for me to try in the morning?

 

First thing i'd do is pull the intercooler off and check the wiring all around the places you may have knocked it. Good luck!

 

cheers will let u know how i get on

 

i had this same bolt but on the drivers side, the captive nut strted spinning on mine, i took a few measure ments and drilled through on the inside and luckily i was bang on with aim so i could then put a nut on, ill dig out the pics when i get a minute

 

<Cue Darth Vader>... "Impressiiive. Most impressiiive."

 

you are a legend lol least i now know what is needed to be done, was it a big hole you had to drill?

 

well i got the car going again so all i need to do know is sort the two fault codes and the snapped bolt.

its reading fault codes 24 and 44 what do i need to replace to fix that? i know what the faults are but dunno what the part looks like under the bonnet thats faulty. so anyone help me with this plz?

you able to find that pics asap for me mate? plz

 

same thing happened on my 94wrx when having a clutch done they dut a little square out of my floor but they had to measure that they were in the ryt place first then dun what they had to then neatly wealded the little bit back on that they cut out jobs a goodun now

 

sounds easy to fix apart from i cant weld lol so think i might fix it then get it to my local garage to weld her up. cheers bud

 

what side did your bolt do this mate? if its passenger side whats the chances of you lifting the carpet and taking a pic of where it was cut so i get it right?