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I posted this on the Ultimate Subaru Message Board as well, sorry to
repeat myself to anyone.
I Have a 91 Subaru Lagacy wagon w/ AWD, ABS, automatic transmission,
2.2 litre engine sitting in my driveway waiting for me to fix it.
It died 2 years ago the morning after a long trip. My wife said it was
running
rough towards the end of the trip in local traffic. The next morning,
it
started for a second, then stalled and has not started since. it has
180k of
mostly Highway miles and was running well. The timing chain was
replaced a
few months before it's demise. I checked compression which seemed
good.
Turned out that the Ignition transistor was not firing one side of
the spark coil. For $50. I got a good used xistor, popped it in and
cranked it.
No start.
The new trasistor got immediately toasted. I have been staring at this
Subaru for the last 9 months wondering if it is worth trying to
replace the coil and the Xistor (perhaps the computer too?) The Coil
reads about an ohm from the center tap to each of the lead ends and
infinity to the spark plug leads. I am GUESSING that HV spark is
leaking back to the xistor somehow.
Any thoughts on this?
I live on long Island and would consider selling this vehicle for a
few
hundred bucks to someone who wants to
fix it or use it for a parts car. The ABS system looked shiny as if it
was replaced not long before we bought the car and put our 20k miles
on it.
I have to clear the driveway within a couple of weeks, but, this was
such a
great car, I hate to sell it for scrap.
repeat myself to anyone.
I Have a 91 Subaru Lagacy wagon w/ AWD, ABS, automatic transmission,
2.2 litre engine sitting in my driveway waiting for me to fix it.
It died 2 years ago the morning after a long trip. My wife said it was
running
rough towards the end of the trip in local traffic. The next morning,
it
started for a second, then stalled and has not started since. it has
180k of
mostly Highway miles and was running well. The timing chain was
replaced a
few months before it's demise. I checked compression which seemed
good.
Turned out that the Ignition transistor was not firing one side of
the spark coil. For $50. I got a good used xistor, popped it in and
cranked it.
No start.
The new trasistor got immediately toasted. I have been staring at this
Subaru for the last 9 months wondering if it is worth trying to
replace the coil and the Xistor (perhaps the computer too?) The Coil
reads about an ohm from the center tap to each of the lead ends and
infinity to the spark plug leads. I am GUESSING that HV spark is
leaking back to the xistor somehow.
Any thoughts on this?
I live on long Island and would consider selling this vehicle for a
few
hundred bucks to someone who wants to
fix it or use it for a parts car. The ABS system looked shiny as if it
was replaced not long before we bought the car and put our 20k miles
on it.
I have to clear the driveway within a couple of weeks, but, this was
such a
great car, I hate to sell it for scrap.