darkar26

Firstly hi to you all,
i have just purchased a scooby wrx estate.
the car will only start if i put the pedal to the floor.Also the car ticks over lumpy.the car is the same hot or cold?????any ideas will be great as this is my first scooby and dont know anything about them.the car is in standard trim.thankyou

Glowplug

iTrader: (8)

Welcome to SNet.

What year is your new money pit, and does it run ok once running?

darkar26

Hi it is a 1997 when running it idles a bit lumpy.but pulls ok when under load.just a bugger to start especially in the mornings.have to press throttle down to floor and then it will slowly fireup and start

TonyBurns

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Welcome
Now why did you buy a car that has issues? and why did you not get it inspected
This may now cost you alot more cash than you were prepared to pay in the first place for a decent one....
Dont worry too much, your not the first to do this and probably not the last either, but when buying a car that has expensive parts (and trust me they really can end up costing you a packet), its good to get advice and take your time and not jump into it!

Tony

ian7675

Having come from a Saab I think parts are quite reasonable on Subaru's.

I have a newage WRX and it was a pain to start until I realised you have to let the fuel pump prime itself before starting up, almost like waiting for a Diesel and then it starts perfectly so maybe try that.

I too have this lumpy idle and was advised it could be a Neutral Position Switch if that's relevant to your car. I have one but am yet to fit it so I hope that could solve it.

Like you I'm new to these and still learning.

darkar26

With a years mot and costing me only 375.00 I don't think I have done to bad.

darkar26

Hi ian,glad I'm not the only virgin here lol.I will look into that and let u know.thanx

TonyBurns

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Ive not seen a NPS give a lumpy idle, that will be something else completely, the NPS is only on AVCS cars to start with (new age STI's and much later wrx's afaik) and my car idled perfectly with it gone, though you lose power in the higher rev range as its like hitting a brick wall

Tony

TonyBurns

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Unless its a serious fault (engine) then you have scrap metal though you can make more breaking it and get your 375 quid back

Tony

quicker

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Have you done a compression test on the engine?

musso2010

First thing would be to check the ECU for fault codes.

dabow

iTrader: (19)

most commen sensor i can think of is the coolent temp sensor
on the 97, it sits just behind the alternator.
have a look and see if its all green ect, done a couple and they course hard starting

darkar26

Just found the problem.the coil is strong on the front 2 leads weak on the rear right and 1 spark everynow and then on the other.f**ked coil.

darkar26

As a matter of interest how do I get and read fault codes?

joz8968

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Check out the "ECU" section on Scoobypedia. It tells you in detail the reading ECU fault codes and reset procedures...

subarUZI

im interested to know if is it possible to reset ecu without driving it?? mines in a yard with no insurance or tax or mot!!