Can anyone help?????? I hope so

I am sick of driving down the road and finding the checki engine light coming on.

I have a 93 WRX import which is in excellent condition..(touch wood!!)
After having the car for nearly two years the only problem I have come across is this light keep displaying and a very small power steering leak.
I have read about possibilities why this light will display but so far none seem to match up.
The light doesnt flash it comes on and if the clutch is depressed for maybe a second it goes straight back off again????? Could this be to do with the power steering leak??? Pressures etc?
The annoying thing is it seems to come on at the same bit of road!!! lol ie driving back from work comes on a same piece of road slight corner going down little bank - could this have anything to do with it? or is it me just getting paranoid!!lol
Anyway any advice would be appreciated


Thanx in advance

 

If you wrote "I am sick of the car telling me that a critical sensor is begining to fail and the car will, very shortly, leave me stranded, miles from anywhere, in an area with no mobile signal, on a cold wet night..." would you think about it a different way?

Do a flash test on the ECU, or take it to someone with a Select Monitor and find out exactly what is causing the CEL to come on. Although the car seems OK to you, something is not right.

 

http://www.shell.linux.se/wkc/subaru/wrxindex.htm

 

Mine came on on saturday at the chesterfield rolling road day!!!!

Still ran fine....managed to get it checked on a diagnostic plug in thing (at a main dealer even though its an STI import!!!) and it came up with a fault code. appears the oxy sensor had failed. new one to be fitted tomorrow(friday)

Dont know who can check yours if its an import in your area....which is?????

Tim

 

Hello..

My area is North East England..
How much was oxy sensor by the way..

 

@ pete

Hi Pete matey cheers for info... Where or who will have select monitor??
Also i am pretty worried about the light but it has been doing this for a while evertime I go to garage where i got it the damn light will not come on!!! catch 22
I was wondering if it could be a connection as it only started doing this when speedo head was changed??

 

main dealer supplied...£102.00

not bad i thought.

Where in north east??

I'm from Hull, but this was not where i had mine checked!!

let me know roughly where you are and i may be able to help you with a garage who will look at your problem!

Tim

 

Try Gilesgate in Hexham, or Petch in Richmond, both are main dealers, but i know Petch has done work on imports before so may be worth a try, failing that try John Pye in Bishop Auckland, he builds rally scoobs for use in the British championships and relly knows his stuff

Good luck....manny

 

Cheers for the reply lads

The bishop auckland one is nearest... anyone had experience with this one???

ALso thanks to Gav for info

Cheers mate

Any other info would be appreciated

kk

 

By the way anyone know John Pye's number???

 

John Pye's number is 01388 661107 and his is at Tindale crescent just along from kwiksave on the roundabout, i have used him when my dealer didn't have a clue what was up with my car, he diagnosed bent valves and replaced the lot for reasonable money, give him a bell.

manny

 

Nice one mate might give him a bell...

Is it a Garage like?

Are you near Bishop way yourself?