hi i'm new to this forum. i just bought myself a 2001 impreza wrx n the engine light has suddenly come on today. any ideas?

 

This could mean a host of things, I am sure you will have to plug and play to see what the root cause is (engine diagnostic check)

 

Welcome so we have absolutely no idea why it has come on, do you have any information on the car like is it standard, modified etc, has anything been done in the last day or 2 etc as the more information we have, the better chance we have of figuring something out, but a dealer/speciallist is still your best bet for a cel

Tony

 

hi stot ! welcome to forum , as i know who you are and where u live !!!! ill say this, try to contact fiestaboy in maidenhead who hopefully might be able to shed some light on the problem

hope its all sorted before i come round for a test pilot !

Dave.

 

hi thanks, bought the car yesterday off a guy that was 70yrs old and it has probably never been over 3000rpm until i got it. just drove it briskly up a winding hill and when i got to the top i had light come on. Oh and yes the car is completely standard. cheers

 

hi tony,i dont live too far from you mate. (maidenhead) but i'm far from in heaven at the mo, What do you think of SGT in taplow any good?

 

As Ginola say's, give fiestaboy a shout first, he will be cheaper than SGT but get some pics up not very often you get to find a nice unmodified example of a scoob

Tony

 

as stot is busy managing his 2 kids atm ill ablige him tony and post some pics for him :P , its done 50k from new 1 prev owner..






lol he has just phoned me up and told me he has gone outside to start it and the light has gone out again ?? so intermitant fault of some sort

 

Not long after I got my 2002 WRX Bugeye, I had to see what it was made of and after canning it for a while, the engine managment light came on. It came on and off for a day or two and has not been on since, this was a good few months now, everythings still fine.....I suppose it got used to the way i drive lol

So i'd say try not to worry, unless it stays on for some timme

 

Sounds like a camshaft position sensor error.......the Denso ECU gets a bit confused when the revs get near the limiter. The CEL usually goes out after 5 starts of the engine.

The Bugeye 2001 phase 1 (radio mast in the a-pillar) was a bit of a random CEL generator LOL

There will be a historic code stored on the ECU, I'd find someone who can read the codes to check.

Shaun

 

bugeyes have tempermental sensors i had a cam sensor fault come up on mine if i gave it a raggin unplugged the plug cleaned sensor put back on no faults shown since then a year ago mines a standard 2001 bug

 

You were bang on mate,cam piston sensor thanx alot.Went in too a cold sweat when it happened lol. Cheers to ginola for recommending Fiestaboy this man is a scooby genius. He came round diagnosed cam sensor, reset ecu and now the car runs really sweet and pulls much better. i think maybe the old boy i bought it from was running it on regular unleaded. but a tank n a half of V-power and an ecu reset has worked wonders. Cheers again to all its like a new car. Happy Scoobin