Please help!! any advice welcome... engine managment light flashing!!
16 April 2010, 07:14 PM
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Please help!! any advice welcome... engine managment light flashing!!
please help me peeps, had my engine light has been on for a few days and now its started to flash 
the car still runs ok but seems to be very lumpy on tick over, the light comes on all the time mostly when the cars held at 80mph for some reason but normally goes out within a day. i know that the air filter needs cleaning and the petrol filter is probably over due. any other ideas or sudgestions that i could try to solve this annoying problem???????????? 
the car still runs ok but seems to be very lumpy on tick over, the light comes on all the time mostly when the cars held at 80mph for some reason but normally goes out within a day. i know that the air filter needs cleaning and the petrol filter is probably over due. any other ideas or sudgestions that i could try to solve this annoying problem????????????
16 April 2010, 07:50 PM
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Dealer for a service and diagnostic? 
Tony
PS, I wouldnt attempt to rag the car with the cel on, if you want to keep it out of the garage for any lengthy period of time and your bank balance healthy
Tony
PS, I wouldnt attempt to rag the car with the cel on, if you want to keep it out of the garage for any lengthy period of time and your bank balance healthy
17 April 2010, 05:19 PM
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Cheers tony, but really wanted to avoid the dealership as all the do is rip you off and to be honest they aint got a clue as they told me my gearbox has gone when in actual fact it was the engine making all the noise which lead to api for a rebuild not to long ago, but coventry is a long way to go for a service...... think i'm gonna put it up for sale now, motoring is suppost to be fun and the subaru has taken all the fun away! i'm sick of keep putting it into garages and being left with hefty bills at the end of it.
17 April 2010, 07:48 PM
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Dont sell it!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/043-OBDII-EOBD-Fault-Diagnostic-Scanner-Tool-CReader-V_W0QQitemZ200460016239QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagn ostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item2eac591a6f
Can anyone confirm the OBD-II will work on a 2001 impreza? If so buy one of these and you can read the code and delete if needed.
Costs £50 at dealers so just buy one of these and save ££
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/043-OBDII-EOBD-Fault-Diagnostic-Scanner-Tool-CReader-V_W0QQitemZ200460016239QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagn ostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item2eac591a6f
Can anyone confirm the OBD-II will work on a 2001 impreza? If so buy one of these and you can read the code and delete if needed.
Costs £50 at dealers so just buy one of these and save ££
17 April 2010, 08:19 PM
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Dont sell it!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/043-OBDII-EOBD-Fault-Diagnostic-Scanner-Tool-CReader-V_W0QQitemZ200460016239QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagn ostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item2eac591a6f
Can anyone confirm the OBD-II will work on a 2001 impreza? If so buy one of these and you can read the code and delete if needed.
Costs £50 at dealers so just buy one of these and save ££
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/043-OBDII-EOBD-Fault-Diagnostic-Scanner-Tool-CReader-V_W0QQitemZ200460016239QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Diagn ostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item2eac591a6f
Can anyone confirm the OBD-II will work on a 2001 impreza? If so buy one of these and you can read the code and delete if needed.
Costs £50 at dealers so just buy one of these and save ££
Yes buy one of these and waste your money
Its a reader, it doesnt reset the ecu
you need a dealer or a mapper with a laptop for that.OP, post in the essex section to see where your best options are (mocom etc) for your area, there are a few speciallists who can help you out so not that bad
Tony
17 April 2010, 09:13 PM
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Get a good Subaru, don't mess about with it, and you will have one of the most reliable, fastest, driving tools ever known to man 
Pi55 about with them and they will bite you hard .......
Pi55 about with them and they will bite you hard .......
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Well i'm going to put the thing into essex scooby so if anyone has used these before then please let me know what you think of them..... now i've had the engine re-built, new gearbox, new turbo and all the bits to go with it all in the last 18 months so i really cant understand what else could go wrong with it! but as i'm trying to get a mortgage at the min i really cant start throwing silly amounts of money at it...... and just so you know pslewis i'm the second owner on the car and it only had 65000 miles on the clock and its a rare colour so what excactly do you call a good car?????? Tony have you had much hassle with yours and how long you had it? and 2danesimo i fill your pain mate, i'm very close to setting fire to mine! but the book value is only 3600!!!!!! **** take.
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