At my works, this guy has a red impreza,so we were chatting and he mentioned his key can be pulled out of the barrel when his engine is running, what would cause that ?

he said his steering lock works fine etc and you have to push the key in to turn it off etc so all seems well but wondered for him what caused this ?

 

Knackered barrel ...... probably been stolen at some point and the inards ruined!

Pete

 

ah, bit presumptuous tho, surely it could just be a defect with the little nipple bit that locks the key, he said the steering locks fine, usually these are fooked as well if nicked etc.

he`ll be chuffed LOL !

 

It could probably be a worn key, as i had the same probs with a Type R that i had....

 

Mine does the same, handy when you need to pop back in the house for something but worries me that any scooby key will work to start it up?

 

my mother had a lil ford fiesta that you could start with a coin out of your wallet

 

so he`s not alone, worn key, hmm, i`ll tell him

cheers......

 

I've tried that, I have two keys and both do the same so it's definitely the barrel! Bugger

 

worn barrel then,maybe some lube in there, wd40 or lithium stuff ??

chain wax etc....

 

Has it not got a turbo timer fitted ?

 

i got two keys
one does it an the ova doesnt

 

Mine hasn't?

 

i think he does have a timer, has it set too long for my liking 1!

 

As above barrel is worn out. Happens with most cars as they get old.

You'll probably find the key to your impreza will start it too (or anyone elses at that)

 

that's what worries me!

 

How old is the car? The keys can wear out, but I would be surprised if that was the case.

 

his car is an earlier one, not sure exactly, wrx wagon.

 

I paid a fortune for a clifford alarm that would allow me to do that

 

Like most imports it happened when it was stolen in Japan and imported here.

The steering lock pin was replaced, but the barrel wasn't due to cost and the fact that a new ignition barrel would alert the wary!!

IMHO

Pete

 

/\ How is stupid is this man? /\

At least have a clue of what your on about before trolling for bites, Pete.



Hey Rig: Tell him it's a UK car. The barrels are only brass. Brass vs. Chromium plated key. Chrome wins hand down. Thus worn barrel pegs.

A new ignition barrel would fix this, so if it was actually stolen and fitted with a new barrel, it wouldn't do it!


2nd things that rule it out as stolen. Nearly ALL cars that have been stolen without the key have the barrel intact, undamaged and left in perfect order...why? Because they remove the elctrical switch off the back. and start it using that.

What gets damaged is the peg that engages the steering lock gets sheered off when it is forced. This is a seperate mechanism to the barrel. Seeing that Rig says the steering lock works perfectly fine would suggest that the locking peg is undamaged.

 

That doesn't even make sense????????????

Get your English sorted out before you go calling others stupid!!

Pete

 

Just thinkning about it, If it's a post MY97 UK car it won't start as the chip in the key won't disable the immobilser

 

Stupid through ignorance and typographical errors are two different things

 

Whats THINKNING???

Thats why your reasoning is flawed ... you should be THINKING .... do too much THINKNING and you will go blind young man!!

Pete

 

I paid 20 notes for this facility a quick re-alighnment of the exixting clifford alarm and inbuilt turbotimer at the ready - maximunm of 1 minute tho


Or dear Pete falls down again...

 

Oh diddums, can't poor little Peter read it porperly???

Surely as a nuclear engineer you have the ability to extrapolate the correct letter that needs to be removed in order for it to read correctly.

Or do you still need me to edit it for you

 

I'd of thought that being able to remove a key while the engine is running is pretty dam dangerous and I'm surprised his first stop wasn't his local garage for a new barrel/key?

But what do I know, he probably showed all his Chavy mates, went down Halfrauds and bought some Chavy stick on ****e and then went down Maccy D's........ probably still not fixed

 

You just aren't trying

 

PORPERLY?????

You are doing yourself NO favours whatsoever - STOP NOW while you're losing!!

Pete

 

No I'm not, as I'm not Bovverred


Innit

Maybe if I was writing a letter to my local MP of teh greatness of Labour I w ould proof read what I type.

But this only Pete, after all


And the "teh" is NOT intentional