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I found somebody who towed the car away and crushed it and gave me $100.

All problems with that car are now cured.

Worst piece of junk I've ever seen. This brand should be banned from the USA.

You seem to specialize in transmissions, so maybe you could answer my question. I have a 1993 Subaru Legacy wagon with auto transmission, no turbo, FWD (not AWD). It suddenly stopped shifting into reverse. When I move the shifter to reverse, the transmission acts as if I shifted to neutral. There is...

30 miles northwest of Boston, MA. I will ship items if not too much of a problem for me.

These parts have rust: front fenders, rear quarters along wheel wells. Rest of body is in good condition. Has 2.2 engine, no turbo, automatic transmission. Interior and exterior are Grey. Has air conditioning, power steering, power door locks, power brakes, power windows. Does not have cruise contro...

I just today lost reverse gear. Putting shift lever into reverse now acts same as putting it into neutral.The previous time I shifted into reverse, everything was fine without even a hint of a problem. And reverse has worked fine for the 2 months or so I've had this car. Earlier today, I started hea...

I re-measured the vacuum (the previous time I did it was the first time I've ever used a vacuum gauge). I'm inexperienced in interpreting all the nuances of the readings. This time, I connected the vacuum gauge to the larger outlet on the intake manifold used for the brake booster. This time I also ...

I hope this isn't a dumb question, but is it possible to mix up the electrical connectors between the 2 fuel injectors on each side of the 2.2 engine?

I edited my post above. One of the things I fixed was that I originally incorrectly had listed the compression I measured as 75 to 76 psi. What I should have typed was 175 to 176 psi. I had already done the electrical troubleshooting and there is very little chance now, due to the testing and swappi...

I'm trying to diagnose a problem where my 2.2 engine starts intermittently missing after it has run for 20 to 40 minutes. I did a compression test and all 4 cylinders measured between 175 and 176 PSI (this almost seems too good for an engine with 220K miles on it?). I put a vacuum gauge on the intak...

Josh, I just edited this post to bring it up to date. My car is a 1993 Legacy "L" wagon with auto transmission, no turbo, no AWD, and with the 2.2 engine. The problem my engine has is that if I run the it for somewhere between 20 to 40 minutes, it starts intermittently missing. The missing...

Why is the crankshaft position sensor used? Isn't the camshaft position sensor enough all by itself? Since the crankshaft and the camshafts are locked together by the timing belt, if you know the camshaft position, then you also automatically know the crankshaft position. I don't see how the cranksh...

Update: I did disconnect the electrical connector from the temperature sensor that feeds the ecm (not the one that feeds the instrument panel temp gauge). Unfortunately, the erratic idle rpm problem has remained. Because this problem only starts up after the engine has run quite a while, I'm really ...

I swapped salvage yard tps, but it seemed to be same as my tps, so I put my tps back. I simply rotated my tps all the way over so that its idle switch is activated the easiest (looking at tps from pax side of car, I rotated it as far counterclockwise as it would go). I thought my idle problems were ...

Josh,

Thanks very much! I must have missed that info in the introduction in the clutter of all the other info there.

I've been pulling some all nighters trying to get my friend's Subaru running right.

Bob

I've been trying to diagnose an intermittent poor engine running problem that seems to occur only after the engine has warmed up. Can the ecm be made to run in open loop mode (ignoring oxygen sensor) by taking the connector off the temp sensor or if that doesn't work then by putting a resistor acros...

I'm wondering how to adjust the throttle plate stop screw on my 1993 Legacy with AT and no turbo. I'm positive that someone who didn't know what he was doing has already fooled with it. I may have missed it, but I didn't see anything about how to do that adjustment in the closest service manual for ...

My Legacy has a build date of June 1992. I can't yet figure out how to read the parts book, so I hope someone can help me out with a question or two. What are the correct set (or sets if more than one) of numbers that should appear on the ecm that is the correct one for my car's build date? In the d...

I've done more diagnosing on my 1993 Legacy Wagon with AT and no turbo. The problem I've been having is that the idle speed takes "hits" where the rpms drop intermittently, sometimes by enough to stall out the car. The problem seems restricted to idling and doesn't show up when driving on ...

I did finally find the ecm up where you said it would be. I can see there is one nut on the bottom that holds it in. Where are any other bolts/nuts that hold it in or is the one on the bottom, which is the only one I can see, the only one? Should I get the item out just be reaching it from under the...

Is the ecm module located near the steering column under the dash panel?

It is an automatic transmission and is not turbocharged. Has the 2.2 engine.

Also, does my car have an atmospheric pressure sensor and if it does, where is it located?

Thanks again very much,
Audioresearch

If you are an expert on the 1993 Subaru Legacy 2.2 engine, please help me. I have a bunch of questions. There is a module located under the dash panel close to the steering column and it has 3 connectors on it: the connector on one end has 16 pins, the connector on the other end has 20 pins, and the...