Questions About 1993 Legacy 2.2 Engine for an Expert

[log1call]

Yeah, that's too bad Lava. I think there is a good lesson for us all here though... diagnose what the problem is before you start changing parts and doing a lot of unnessecary work. I can't help but think that if you had downloaded a free copy of subaru select monitor and got yourself a simple adaptor which can be built at home with thirty dollars worth of electronic bits, you could have identified exactly what was happening when the miss-fire was happening and from there isolated the problem to just a couple of components.

[tturnpaw]

Diagnostic is where the money is made. There's no telling the junkyard parts weren't also faulty as the coil pack issue is a common problem with these cars due to the heat cycles they take on. Simply put, he could have used a timing light to see where the misfire resided most likely leading to a coil pack. Had all the cylinders misfired simotaniously, it could be an ignitor or the caps in the ecu. The ecu being the least likely to fail. Proper diagnosis will save you a lot of time and money.

[evolutionmovement]

No, poor diagnostic skills are the car's fault.

[tturnpaw]

No, poor diagnostic skills are the car's fault.

Shhhh this is how I make money haha