The Subaru SVX World Network   SVX Network Forums
Live Chat!
SVX or Subaru Links
Old Lockers
Photo Post
How-To Documents
Message Archive
SVX Shop Search
IRC users:

Go Back   The Subaru SVX World Network > SVX Main Forums > Technical Q & A

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 09-15-2008, 01:25 PM
Francis Francis is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Montreal
Posts: 267
Registered SVX
another stalling thread...

3 weeks ago my car kept stalling when at a stop sign or red light, i have read many post about it and finally got to the conclusion that the maf was fault ...."i could temporarly fix the problem by beating the crap out of it with my punch" it was stopping stalling they coming back 2 or 3 days later, finally i changed the maf "took it from my old wrecked svx" it fixed the problem.

but the last week i have noticed that when i was starting the car the rpm would go near 1700-2000 then slowly get to 900-1000 which would take about 2-5 minutes "giving me the time to smoke a cigarette"...in park position.putting it in drive would put her down around 500-700.

NOW
today i started her the rpm got to 2000km and stalled right after "2 seconds" i've restarted her about 5 times , then i had a big smell of gas. finally i started her and kept pressing the gas pedal to keep her alive, if i was releasing the pedal it was dying so i waited 5 minutes with the gas pressed around 1500-2000rpm .after that it was fine, i drove her 1 hour then i shut it off and it started well without any problem

p.s i have no c.e.l.,flashing power light no nothing it just shut off,240 000 km's . oil is 5w-30 gold clean....and i always full it with 94 octane

considering that the spark plug is right by the cam cover and i got leaks that begins to be MAJOR leaks from both of them , could it be the spark plugs that begin to be drowned with oil ? plugged gas filter ? i have no clue where to begin....i didn't find anything on this forum that has the same problem as i do

any help would be very gratefull....thank you
__________________
Claret 92 Ls-l R.I.P - 24XXXX - kms "april 2008"
rest in pieces
Ebony black 92 Ls-l Alive - 25XXXX - Quick change, Powermod , Alternator Mod , audiobahn 1300 watt ach ,exile 800 watt peak, jackhammer 12" 300 watt rms, polkaudio 6 1/2 compoment. kenwood dvd\nav . radar detector.small car lens and grill
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 09-15-2008, 04:16 PM
2.5InchTrueDual's Avatar
2.5InchTrueDual 2.5InchTrueDual is offline
Will
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: New London IA
Posts: 62
Re: another stalling thread...

Maybe try a new MAF. How many miles did the other one (off the wrecked SVX) have on it? It might be junk from just from sitting.
My 2 cents
Will
__________________
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
My2.5 Inch True Dual Exhaust System
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 09-15-2008, 05:58 PM
Francis Francis is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Montreal
Posts: 267
Registered SVX
Re: another stalling thread...

well its not doing the same stalling issue than the first one....this time i couldn't even put it in drive without having it stalling again.
__________________
Claret 92 Ls-l R.I.P - 24XXXX - kms "april 2008"
rest in pieces
Ebony black 92 Ls-l Alive - 25XXXX - Quick change, Powermod , Alternator Mod , audiobahn 1300 watt ach ,exile 800 watt peak, jackhammer 12" 300 watt rms, polkaudio 6 1/2 compoment. kenwood dvd\nav . radar detector.small car lens and grill
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 09-15-2008, 06:07 PM
iizbeastie's Avatar
iizbeastie iizbeastie is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Menasha, WI
Posts: 122
Re: another stalling thread...

Try cleaning the MAF... The same thing happened to my jetta about a month ago.... there was a dead spider stuck to the plate on the sensor.... Got a can of CRC MAF sensor cleaner at autozone $6, use the whole thing and give it a day to dry out.... could save you the cost of a whole sensor which from what I've found is at least $75.... plus you'd still have to clean it....

On that note.... did you clean the one you put in from the other car?? How long has it been sitting?

Last edited by iizbeastie; 09-15-2008 at 06:10 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 09-15-2008, 06:35 PM
Francis Francis is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Montreal
Posts: 267
Registered SVX
Re: another stalling thread...

no i didn't clean it , i'll maybe give it a try...i'm still sure it isn't the maf , i have the feeling that i had to leave the car run a little bit to warm it up..i'll do this tomorrow
__________________
Claret 92 Ls-l R.I.P - 24XXXX - kms "april 2008"
rest in pieces
Ebony black 92 Ls-l Alive - 25XXXX - Quick change, Powermod , Alternator Mod , audiobahn 1300 watt ach ,exile 800 watt peak, jackhammer 12" 300 watt rms, polkaudio 6 1/2 compoment. kenwood dvd\nav . radar detector.small car lens and grill
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 09-16-2008, 06:47 PM
msvx95's Avatar
msvx95 msvx95 is offline
It's just a phase
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Mentor, Ohio
Posts: 1,786
Send a message via Yahoo to msvx95
Registered SVX
Re: another stalling thread...

I'm having an intermittent problem myself, but no smoke...I cleaned my MAF and since then it only stalled once after sitting most of the day at work.

I have a good question if someone can look at the plug itself on the wire harness...is it supposed to have all metal prongs on the plastic little terminals? Mine is missing one on the end and I want to know if that is normal.

Thanks
__________________
Matt
1995 Subaru Svx L / AWD
My Locker
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 09-16-2008, 07:09 PM
poweredx2 poweredx2 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: greenville,nc
Posts: 656
Re: another stalling thread...

Sounds like the harness has a broken wire they do become brittle.Have someone start the car while you wiggle the harness.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 09-17-2008, 06:23 PM
msvx95's Avatar
msvx95 msvx95 is offline
It's just a phase
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Mentor, Ohio
Posts: 1,786
Send a message via Yahoo to msvx95
Registered SVX
Re: another stalling thread...

Car drove fine today with no issues...I'm really curious if all 5 terminal ends on the female harness are supposed to have metal connectors on it. I'm thinking they don't or else my vehicle would throw a code and act all funky.
__________________
Matt
1995 Subaru Svx L / AWD
My Locker
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 09-18-2008, 10:07 AM
msvx95's Avatar
msvx95 msvx95 is offline
It's just a phase
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Mentor, Ohio
Posts: 1,786
Send a message via Yahoo to msvx95
Registered SVX
Re: another stalling thread...

Just had a picture taken from another member for me and the female end only has 4 gold pins out of the 5 terminals present. That's what I needed to know.
__________________
Matt
1995 Subaru Svx L / AWD
My Locker
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 02-11-2009, 12:14 PM
Motorsport-SVX's Avatar
Motorsport-SVX Motorsport-SVX is offline
check out www.planetsvx.com
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Tucson Az
Posts: 5,206
Re: another stalling thread...

Ive had 4 SVX in my shop in the last two months.
All have had the same problem. That being works fine
when its cold and after driving it for a while or it gets
warm, it would stall and die.
Wait about 10 -15 min and the car would start again and
drive fine for a while.
Every car had over 100k on it plus being in Az its still
pretty warm here which made things worse.
All 4 cars had a faulty ignition switch.
First pic is of the NEW part from the dealer $50
Attached Images
File Type: jpg switch4.jpg (53.2 KB, 144 views)
__________________
My mom will forever live in me and
never be forgotten, one day Ill see her again

CLICK the LINK below to Visit the SVX Store:

http://www.planetsvx.com

http://www.motorsportwarehouse.com/svx/sig2.jpg

Cars in the garage:
92 Toyota Soarer Single Turbo JDM RHD
70 Boss 302 Mustang 39k original miles
97 SVX Lsi
92 Liquid Silver Murano-ized (1st of its kind)
71 Cougar Xr7 Conv 351c 4v 4spd
69 SS Camaro 350
71 Nissan RHD Fairlady Z
70 Stang Fastback
70 Amc AMX 390
71 240z
89 Conquest TSi w/ 5.0 v8 swap
84 Mustang GT Turbo conv

"good, if it bleeds, we can kill it ....."
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 02-11-2009, 12:16 PM
Motorsport-SVX's Avatar
Motorsport-SVX Motorsport-SVX is offline
check out www.planetsvx.com
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Tucson Az
Posts: 5,206
Re: another stalling thread...

the switch location basically
pretty easy to get to.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg switch1.jpg (82.5 KB, 129 views)
__________________
My mom will forever live in me and
never be forgotten, one day Ill see her again

CLICK the LINK below to Visit the SVX Store:

http://www.planetsvx.com

http://www.motorsportwarehouse.com/svx/sig2.jpg

Cars in the garage:
92 Toyota Soarer Single Turbo JDM RHD
70 Boss 302 Mustang 39k original miles
97 SVX Lsi
92 Liquid Silver Murano-ized (1st of its kind)
71 Cougar Xr7 Conv 351c 4v 4spd
69 SS Camaro 350
71 Nissan RHD Fairlady Z
70 Stang Fastback
70 Amc AMX 390
71 240z
89 Conquest TSi w/ 5.0 v8 swap
84 Mustang GT Turbo conv

"good, if it bleeds, we can kill it ....."
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 02-11-2009, 12:19 PM
Motorsport-SVX's Avatar
Motorsport-SVX Motorsport-SVX is offline
check out www.planetsvx.com
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Tucson Az
Posts: 5,206
Re: another stalling thread...

chance are you ll find the one way on bolts loose
already or have fallen out..

We went to ACE and got two new ones
had to grind the heads off a little and grind a little off
the tip to make them fit correctly...
You can use blue locktite if you want on the new ones.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg switch2.jpg (55.8 KB, 117 views)
__________________
My mom will forever live in me and
never be forgotten, one day Ill see her again

CLICK the LINK below to Visit the SVX Store:

http://www.planetsvx.com

http://www.motorsportwarehouse.com/svx/sig2.jpg

Cars in the garage:
92 Toyota Soarer Single Turbo JDM RHD
70 Boss 302 Mustang 39k original miles
97 SVX Lsi
92 Liquid Silver Murano-ized (1st of its kind)
71 Cougar Xr7 Conv 351c 4v 4spd
69 SS Camaro 350
71 Nissan RHD Fairlady Z
70 Stang Fastback
70 Amc AMX 390
71 240z
89 Conquest TSi w/ 5.0 v8 swap
84 Mustang GT Turbo conv

"good, if it bleeds, we can kill it ....."
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 02-11-2009, 12:20 PM
Motorsport-SVX's Avatar
Motorsport-SVX Motorsport-SVX is offline
check out www.planetsvx.com
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Tucson Az
Posts: 5,206
Re: another stalling thread...

the bolts after I modded them on a grinder
bolt back in , zip tie out of the way, and put plastic
back on and you should be good for another 100k miles
Attached Images
File Type: jpg swich3.jpg (31.5 KB, 130 views)
__________________
My mom will forever live in me and
never be forgotten, one day Ill see her again

CLICK the LINK below to Visit the SVX Store:

http://www.planetsvx.com

http://www.motorsportwarehouse.com/svx/sig2.jpg

Cars in the garage:
92 Toyota Soarer Single Turbo JDM RHD
70 Boss 302 Mustang 39k original miles
97 SVX Lsi
92 Liquid Silver Murano-ized (1st of its kind)
71 Cougar Xr7 Conv 351c 4v 4spd
69 SS Camaro 350
71 Nissan RHD Fairlady Z
70 Stang Fastback
70 Amc AMX 390
71 240z
89 Conquest TSi w/ 5.0 v8 swap
84 Mustang GT Turbo conv

"good, if it bleeds, we can kill it ....."
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 02-12-2009, 12:39 AM
Francis Francis is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Montreal
Posts: 267
Registered SVX
Re: another stalling thread...

hey just read your replies. thanks for the help. but i solved my problem , i took my older maf on my scrap car and now it works fine.
__________________
Claret 92 Ls-l R.I.P - 24XXXX - kms "april 2008"
rest in pieces
Ebony black 92 Ls-l Alive - 25XXXX - Quick change, Powermod , Alternator Mod , audiobahn 1300 watt ach ,exile 800 watt peak, jackhammer 12" 300 watt rms, polkaudio 6 1/2 compoment. kenwood dvd\nav . radar detector.small car lens and grill
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 03-21-2009, 02:35 PM
SVX10's Avatar
SVX10 SVX10 is offline
Fighting with electricity
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Tempe, AZ
Posts: 1,204
Send a message via AIM to SVX10 Send a message via Yahoo to SVX10
Re: another stalling thread...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Motorsport-SVX View Post
Ive had 4 SVX in my shop in the last two months.
All have had the same problem. That being works fine
when its cold and after driving it for a while or it gets
warm, it would stall and die.
Wait about 10 -15 min and the car would start again and
drive fine for a while.
Every car had over 100k on it plus being in Az its still
pretty warm here which made things worse.
All 4 cars had a faulty ignition switch.
First pic is of the NEW part from the dealer $50
I'm experiencing the same issue now, but it's got 1 more symptom...

Car will only start with a jump, even though the battery is new and voltage is good. When I turn to "on" everything goes dead immediately (interior lights, radio, etc). As soon as I move back to "acc" the lights begin to flicker back to life. If I hook up to another car and jump it, starts right up.

So, could the same part be at fault?
__________________
Time for my very own long list of mods:
92 SVX LS-L - Ebony Pearl - 2002 WRX 5MT trans w/STi gearset (rebuilt & installed myself ) - BMW E46 HID retrofit - Kenwood Headunit - Phoenix Gold 75x4 RMS amp - Alpine Type R 6.5" front components - Alpine Type R 6x9 3way rear speakers - 18"x9" Rota G-Force wheels w/225/40ZR18 Toyo T1R's - Mychailo's custom springs - Urethane front & rear sway bar bushings - KC exhaust (2.5" dual magnaflow) - Escaine seat swap - Removed Spoiler

I don't care if Subaru says it's STI...it will always be STi to me
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 07:19 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
© 2001-2015 SVX World Network
(208)-906-1122