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Hey thanks for the reply though! And I live in Montreal...used to live in Michigan. Anyone else have some input on this?

nope no other lights are on. I can't just drive it to a place to have it read, they charge for that here in Canada. I knew it'd be something around a misfire because the engine moves violently under that hood: the shifter itself is moving!! I'll be driving the car on the highway tomorrow so i'll see if it gets better when it warms up a bit. If its better when warm, i expect it to be ignition related, right?

Hello there, my name is Guillaume and I've been working mostly on Hondas ion the past. I do love Japanese engineering...they use common sense and make it easy to work on them. I've always been a WRC fan and always loved Subarus for their AWD system and very distinctive noise. Anyways, I've been lurking around this website for quite a while now, but have never bought or driven a Subaru until this morning. Its a 1999 Legacy wagon with an EJ22 in it. It has about 178k miles on it and is a manual, which is all that i would consider. I went to look at it and when it started, the engine was vibrating and shaking pretty good. The car had a solid CEL on, but at time it would blink, mostly when the car was stopped. My questions are: 1- Blinking CEL means what? I've read it was misfire, other posts warned about it being a very bad sign that the engine was going to blow. Obviously they are very different. What does the blinking CEL mean? 2- Any Subaru specific advice on buying a used one? I know Hondas you gotta watch for a few things like oil burning and rear trailing arm bushigns. Anything like that on a subbie? I've searched a bit, but the search function is not all as helpful as im used to on VWVortex.com and Honda-tech.com. I have noticed, though, that people around here are not about bashing on each other and I like it. Sorry for the noob-ish question, but i can't put my finger on the problem. Thanks for the help!