Whats the easiest way to turn the engine over without starting,its a 2003 sti so no ht leads.
Anyone know a simple way.

Cheers
Wayne

 

A socket and ratchet on the crank?

Put it in 4th and push the car forward,will also turn the engine over but you may drop a ball as it'll be heavy
Or possibly removing fuel pump relay and cranking should stop it from trying to fire.

 

Pull off the connector to the crank sensor, then turn it over on the starter?

 

Cheers guys i should have been clearer.I'm just priming the oil feed to my new turbo after new oil so i meant using the starter.
Pull of the crank sensor cheers tanya, what does it look like and where is it exactly.

 

crank it till the oil light goes out once you have unplugged the sensor the one next to the lamda probe its the bigger one under the plastic cover drivers side in the engine bay.

 

no ht's is it a diesel??????
all petrols have ht leads !!!!!!
or am i missing a new setup?!
and its best to prime the turbo while off the car..
old way was fill top of oil feed on turbo and spin the blades??
just want to know how these cars work with no ht's......

 

coil per cylinder

 

The CEL will come on when the crank sensor is pulled but the car will be perfectly drivable with it back in.
I can't remember if the CEL will go after a number of subsequent starts with it back in, or only by an ECU reset?

Nick

 

Fixed. And "new" system GC8-R? The phase 1 Imprezas worked the same way - only ph1.5 and 2 that went to a single coilpack with HT leads.

 

ahhhh the classic setup......
thought they had done away with that ***t setup...
are they going backwards or what?!

 

Coil on plug is better, theoretically. The newage version is different to the way it was done on the early classics.

 

theoretically....(yes)
but price wise is it better??
problem with these is if one goes down (its best to replace all four,well recommended)
or if you replace one its not that long untill the rest are not perfoming as the new one is....
they know how to make there money,dont they...
barrel,and over,come to mind.........haha
chris

 

To answer that question you'd need some sort of comparative data on the reliability of the two solutions. If the newage CoP packs are significantly more reliable than the classic double coilpacks then your point's moot anyway.

Recommended by whom? If one goes, replace one, simple. Dumping the other three on the offchance is a pointless waste of money, especially given that if you don't know they're deteriorating, chances are they're 100%.

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It goes away after five or six starts - well, on a 2003 it does at least.

 

Cheers guys ,still not sure where the sensor is. under which plastic cover Cam belt cover?
I havent been out for a look yet I'm sure i suss it out.

 

It's not under the cambelt cover Wayne, it's above it, directly underneath the alternator.