2001 Outback Check Engine Light

[Tom Schwartzmier]

Our 2001 Outback, 2.5 liter, 48,000 miles on it, has been to the dealer 3
times in the past month for the check engine light. The problem, according
to the dealer seems to be a mis-fire in one of the cylinders, but not always
the same one, so a tune up was performed during the second visit. A few
days later the light was on again -- it was reset on the third trip and sure
enough three days later it is on again.

BTW -- the tune up included new plugs, wires, fuel filter and air filter.

Any help / direction would be appreciated.

 

[Edward Hayes]

Also check that the gas cap seal is OK and tightened properly with 3-4
clicks. If it is the gas cap it takes about 10 trips to reset it. eddie

 

[TG]

What are you talking about? (or smoking) TG

<Maybe the distrubtor's hosed>

 

[Todd H.]

What are you talking about? (or smoking) TG

<Maybe the distrubtor's hosed>

Kindy replace any mention of distributor with "other links in the
ignition system."

Obviously, it's hard to debug a distributor in a distributorless
engine.

I'm still recovering from owning '93 Mazda 626 that ate plug wires
everday for breakfast, and distributors for Friday dinner.

Best Regards,

 

[ct]

Our 2001 Outback, 2.5 liter, 48,000 miles on it, has been to the dealer 3

times in the past month for the check engine light. The problem, according
to the dealer seems to be a mis-fire in one of the cylinders, but not always
the same one, so a tune up was performed during the second visit.

My '98 w/113k miles is starting to do the same thing. Got a CEL, plugged in
the laptop, 1+2 misfired. Dealer replaced wires for 1+2 and coilpack. Got
another CEL on the beginning of a 1k trip, kept going. The light was on
intermittently, plugged in the laptop when I got home and 3+4 misfired.

Now, I'll probably replace the wires for 3+4, but I've also got a cracked
y-pipe, so I'm wondering if that's doing something.

C

 

[mobob75]

Is this car a manual, if so, there is a glitch in the ECM. What needs to
happen is the ECM needs to be sent to SOA and the reprogram it. I'v run into
this problem before. After reprogramming the ECM the car never came back for
the misfire code.

What are you talking about? (or smoking) TG

<Maybe the distrubtor's hosed>





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