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OK, thanks to all here! I traced out power to the ignitor and wasn't sure of the output, pulses I figured, which are hard to read on a DVM, (I can't find my test light). So, off to the local Subie boneyard, and came home with two ignitors and a few connectors to make a test harness with. The ignitor did the trick. Any thoughts on if I did damage to the cat with all the raw fuel blowing in there? I did drive it a few miles and got the flashing CEL, which is bad.... Anyway, thanks again to all! BTW: John Hughes Auto Salvage is a great source of parts in the Hudson Valley.

Thanks for all the info, I have to just find some time to poke around with the old fluke...I'll let you know what I find.

OK I'm about to give up... 96 Legacy 2.2 auto missing on # 1 & 2. No spark whatsoever...Swapped coils plugs, wires, cam sensor, crank sensor. Good compression 150+. Pulling my hair out on this one......Could the timing be off a bit? I forget when I last changed the timing belt, could it have slipped enough to throw off # 1 & #2 cyl spark? Any input would be great!

Okay, I'm driving along at night and all my dash lights go out....I recycle the headlight switch, ie, turn it off and back on, and they return on....can this be the Illumination Control Unit? Where to start troubleshooting this?ack BTW, 99 outback wagon.

Hello All, Just got my '99 Outback (2.5) from the mechanic where we had the head gaskets replaced. Made it to 160,000 miles, only real repair it's ever needed. Great car, love it. Guess it was warped pretty bad, had to have the thing decked while it was out, also the piston tops machined. Changed water pump, timing belt, t-stat all the standard stuff. Runs great now, only thing is the idle is rough, not terrible, but noticeable. Idled smoothly before the repair. Mechanic says he may have the timing belt a tooth off. I though this was an interfence engine? Will one tooth make a difference in idle or is it just going to bend a valve? Can it be something else? Some sort of intake leak? Balance issue from the piston top shave? It runs smoothly at higher RPM's just not like it used to at idle. Great independant mechanic, been with him for years, just trying to figure it out for myself.