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91' Legacy T - No Start - seems to be over fueling??

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:45 am
by mreese
Just finished a FMIC setup with a 60 trim T3 turbo.

After setup car ran well till I spun off the compressor wheel bolt on the turbo. (Due to blow off valve not "blowing off") I took the turbo off and fixed the problem. Later that day I blew an air hose during a high boost run just as I let off - seemed my blow off still wasn't working just right??. I limped the car home where I replaced the blown hose.

Next day I attempted to drive the car to work. At first car felt fine, boosted well and felt normal. About 10 min into the drive if I pulled up to a stop light the car would die on me, but, would start right back up and run ok - but a bit worse each time this scenario happened. Seemed like if I gave it too much gas it would stumble.

Just made it to work when the car died as I pulled into my parking spot. After work things just got worse, car would hardly run and I had to try and keep it at 3500 rpms or so or the car would die. Eventually it simply wouldn't run anymore.

I cleared the error codes and then checked them. The only one I get is the knock sensor as it is currently unplugged. Car will start if it has been sitting for a long time but seems to really over fuel or something when I try to start it. It will idle very roughly for a few seconds then die and won't start again.

Checked my plugs after trying to start and they were rather wet. Checked for spark and spark seems good.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:00 am
by WRXdan
How are your vacume hose connections? It could be running rich due to a ton of reasons. Why do you have the knock sensor unplugged? Are the plugs wet with gas or oil?

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:12 am
by mreese
All vacuum hoses check out good, knock sensor reconected, and plugs appear to only have fuel on them. They come out wet and black but evaporate quickly and the substance doesn't seem at all slick to the touch like oil... I am running out of ideas. What sensor could make the car over fuel so much?