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Found my own problem.

Voltage drop down the signal wire to the starter.

Could'nt be bothered to find the problem in the loom so I wired in a relay and all is well.

However.....I have the long nose starter in a manual.....and it works

Help

Just swapped a auto engine into a manual, and I wonder if I have managed to get the starters confused.

Which way round is it?

Short nose starter= Auto/MT
Long nose starter=Auto/MT

Thanks

Problem is that the starter just clicks but only sometimes spins the engine. Have had the starter re ...

I dont know for sure, but I would guess that the code was for the lamda sensor, when the exhause was changed.

But that is only a guess, as it would come and go. But when it then stayed on prior to the engine change, all the time....No I did not pull the codes/code.

Saying that it was still on full ...

Has anybody had a bad earth cause CEL errors like the above?

Sorry prob not making myself clear.

MT engine out

Auto engine in

Couldnt connect the auto engine to the car cos of the different connectors.

MT inlet manifold off & harness removed

Auto inlet manifold off & harness removed

MT harness attached to auto inlet manifold & re fitted into car.

As an ...

Absolutely... thats the daddy, the two off white plugs behind the battery. Maybe I should have suspected that it may be an import when the two connectors would not fit.

As in my mega post the only difference between the auto harness and my harness apart from the plug ends is the connector for the ...

I swapped the engine harness of the auto over to my 5 speed, so that it would connect with the car loom.

I have also tried the autos ECU, but I am still getting CEL errors. Have just found out that the auto was a grey import. Ie it was a jap spec car.

Great site, been on the side for some while, but now I need help!

Have a UK spec 1991 Legacy 2.0 Turbo 5 speed, Superchipped and with a 3 inch full turbo back exhaust.

The original engine blew a head gasket, but as a friend had a scrapper, so it was gonna be easier to just swap the engine over ...