ryanw Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) I have a 1998 Subaru Legacy OBW. I did the EJ25 to EJ22 swap years ago. Recently, the car started having problems starting when warm. It started when cold no problem, but if I turned it off and left it for a few minutes, then came back it wouldnt start until I waited a few more minutes. One day it just never started again... I took the fuel line off the filter and there was no fuel coming out at all, so I decided it was a fuel pump issue... I replaced the fuel pump and the car ran great for a couple weeks, getting the best gas mileage it had for awhile.... It has CEL through this all but I "smartly" did not take it to have them checked as I thought i had resolved the problem and they would go away soon. After a couple weeks it started having the same problem of not starting when warm again. I cleaned the MAF for good measure and noticed that when the car was warm and would not start, I could remove the MAF sensor connection and the car would start with no problems... Then I shut it off, connect the MAF sensor and again it would start normally.... So I used this workaround for a couple days until I took it to have the codes read and their are several pointing to the MAF sensor, the Fuel Temp sensor and the CAM sensor. The guy at Advanced was kind of rude so I dont have the exact codes, but I can go to Autozone and get the exact codes if that helps. But I was hoping if I have CEL for at least those three sensors that not all are bad? Could one cause the other to code? Where would I start? Thanks! Edited December 11, 2013 by ryanw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivans imports Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Try crank senser bad for problems hot also check wires close to both sensers ar not broken also check main engine harness conectors are pluged in all the way and no bent pins very commen to not plugin all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureSubaru Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 You can also try the coolant temperature sensor. These can fail and cause that sort of problem. I keep a couple junk yard ones on hand just in case. I think it's on the passenger side rear of the intake manifold. Whatever it is, should be a simple fix. Just a pain sometimes figuring it out. The actual code may help. Autozone has been good to me in printing them out after a scan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Trying to get repair advice from Autozone worker is like asking the McDonald's cashier for culinary advice. They hire from the same labor pool. Buy your own scanner or get an app for your smartphone. You'll thank yourself the first time you don't have to deal with Auto Zoned-out staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanw Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Trying to get repair advice from Autozone worker is like asking the McDonald's cashier for culinary advice. They hire from the same labor pool. Buy your own scanner or get an app for your smartphone. You'll thank yourself the first time you don't have to deal with Auto Zoned-out staff. lmao...yea, I just bought a cheap one so can at least grab and clear codes. Should be here in a couple days. I have a spare MAF laying around so I threw that on for giggles and am now just checking/cleaning the wiring to all these sensors. After that I will go get the actual codes printed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olnick Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) Try checking or replacing the Engine Coolant Temp. Sensor--as mentioned above by Adventure Subaru. It's on the coolant crossover pipe under the intake maniforld, passenger side. The one with the brick-red plastic top IIRC. If it has failed it can really mess up engine operation by feeding bad info to the the ECU. Good luck. Edited December 11, 2013 by Olnick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivans imports Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 If temp senser is bad fans will not shut off and will run ritch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanw Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 If temp senser is bad fans will not shut off and will run ritch Thanks... fans were not running.... When this started I found out I have a coolant leak (for unkown amount of time as it is a small one). And it was almost 2 quarts low, so I hoped topping it off would help, but it did not. After I put on the spare MAF and cleaned and removed/reattached cables to all the sensors mentioned the codes have cleared and everything has been working fine. Does unhooking the battery clear the codes? I unhooked the negative side for about 12 hours two nights ago and the codes were still there... I had the positive side unhooked this time (cleaning it off) while I was working on the sensors and the codes were clear when I started it back up. I didnt think unhooking the battery would clear the codes (since it didnt the first time) which leads me to believe I might have fixed something, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwick Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 This is common with Saab and is usually a failing crank position sensor. Get a volt/ohm meter and check it's values when warm. If they are off, replace the sensor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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