HELP! 430 miles from home... - Page 5

stiguy · #61 03-06-2009, 01:29 PM

i was thinking if no spark then maybe the .. i can't remember the name of it but its right above the tranny on the firewall i belive that goes to the plugs..

SoCal LS-L · #62 03-06-2009, 01:32 PM

Ahh Ignitor..... yeah that looks way easy to get to..... hopefully if Sperry comes out the evening and the cam sensor swap doesnt work....he'll let me try his ignitor too

cozykat · #63 03-06-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal LS-L

Ahh Ignitor..... yeah that looks way easy to get to..... hopefully if Sperry comes out the evening and the cam sensor swap doesnt work....he'll let me try his ignitor too

you better hope its not the ignitor.. cause that's like $400 from subaru. I haven't heard of those gong bad though...

SoCal LS-L · #64 03-06-2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cozykat

you better hope its not the ignitor.. cause that's like $400 from subaru. I haven't heard of those gong bad though...

Ouch.... and I already hoped it wasnt

Stupid car almost started again today.... kicked over for about 2 seconds before dying again...... yay no-starts

stuartracing · #65 03-06-2009, 07:11 PM

It almost sounds like when a car jumps timing....I know you checked it, but........It couldn`t jump it at the crank or cam could it....I just hope the one I just got never has your problem, I think I would just give it away....lol...
Good luck with it....

SoCal LS-L · #66 03-06-2009, 08:15 PM

Thanks again to Scott (Sperry) for coming out and letting me try his cam sensor. Unfortunately that wasnt the problem....

Destination, Lithia Subaru and the $109 diag fee

Im sure its something simple but the solution has so far eluded me

SoCal LS-L · #67 03-06-2009, 09:06 PM

I just realized something that may help.... I went around the same left turn my car died on, in my moms RAV4, and noticed theres some pretty bad jarring from potholes at the exact spot my car stalled. I think now something got jarred loose! Forgive me for not knowing, but where is the ECU at? I thought it was behind the pass side kick panel for some reason.... I want to check all my grounds and power feeds before giving in and going to Lithia...who ive been reading arent all that swell.

SVXelerator · #68 03-06-2009, 09:30 PM

get on your back under the driver's side dash...look up and to your right (to the right of the steering column...two boxes caged together... one is the ECU, one is the TCU...they both have connectors on the edge closest to you

SoCal LS-L · #69 03-07-2009, 07:09 PM

Well its all connected ok....

Car was towed to the Subaru dealership....wont be able to look at until Monday

Hopefully it will be something easy and they will call and say " Hey we got it started no problem.... it was so easy were only charging you ten bucks for the diag......"

... and while im dreaming id like a billion dollars please!

Ill keep updating on what happens in case anyone else has this kind of fun...

Conn SVX · #70 03-10-2009, 11:51 AM

Biting my lip waiting for the car to start what up did yey fix it yet? DUDE don't leave us hanging <LOL>

sperry · #71 03-10-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Conn SVX

Biting my lip waiting for the car to start what up did yey fix it yet? DUDE don't leave us hanging <LOL>

SoCal picked up my spare pulleys last night. Said he was going to install them today when it was warmer out.

Hopefully it's running by now and he's on his way back to LA from Reno... it's a long drive and I know he's anxious to get back since he's been up here in the snow for a week longer than he was planning!

SoCal LS-L · #72 03-10-2009, 09:06 PM

Yes, thanks again to Scott (Sperry) for saving my ass up here!! I really owe you man.... I wont forget it! The car is back up and running great! Your pulley u sold me matched the one that had the outer seal jump off of and that one was rough....i got lucky there. The cool guys nearby at sears auto compressed my tensioner for me. Bam bam it was together and runs great now. Had to run around for insurance parts.... new jack, new seprentine belt in case the powersteering pump snaps, etc. and get the tire rebalanced. So much for Lithia Subauru and their $1081.33............. Off to Victorvile early AM tomorrow....wish me luck fellas

P.S. When it first started,,,,it was billowing white and blue smoke out in thick clouds for about a minutet, i almost loaded my shorts. After a few revvs it went away. Lots of unburn fuel in there. Wouldnt pass smog so back to socal to yank plugs and clean some stuff. But its running and driving. yAAAAAHHHHHOOOOOOOOA

kwren · #73 03-10-2009, 11:12 PM

Great!!!!!!!

Keith

pearlm30 · #74 03-11-2009, 01:13 AM

So what happened? Jumped timing belt? Glad to see your back on the road!

sperry · #75 03-11-2009, 01:34 AM

So glad to hear it's running! I've been thinking about the whole jumped timing thing and how we thought if it jumped at the cam you'd think only that half of the motor wouldn't run. But in retrospect, it's kinda obvious that if one cam were to skip, the belt would retension out the slack and effectively put both cams out by half a tooth. Something that wouldn't be totally noticeable from looking at the timing marks alone... You'd really have to count the teeth between both cams and the crank sprocket to be sure.

It's a shame no one thought of that before paying for the diag. But at least it's running!