chuckillz

nice score!!! all you need now is the jump seats

Fixed!! It was the crank position sensor, I let it run for about 45min in the drive way and it threw the CPS code. I changed it out with another one I had lying around and it runs perfect. My mistake was that I drove the car and forced it to fail, under the load of driving it would die and just give the misfire code, just idling in the drive it gave me a P0335. FYI the crank position sensor is the same for most 90s Subaru’s 2.2, 2.5, and 2.5 sohc. The updated version has a red dot on it. Thanks for all the help guys!!! USMB is the best!!!!

igniter was a no go, swapped it and still the same

thanks for the input guys! I'm going to start with the igniter then work my way down the list, i have a parts car so i can just swap till i find it. ill post again tonight and let you all know what happened. Any other input is greatly appreciated. thanks!

I will try that next, thanks for the tip

Hello, I have a 98 forester that starts fine, idles fine, but after around 2 miles of driving starts missing and dies. I'm posting this new because i searched the Board and tried everything I could find. code says misfire on cyl 1 and 3 and the cel occasionally flashes after it starts acting up. So i changed plugs/wires, fuel filter and air filter, no change. next i swapped the coil with another running Subaru i have, no change. next i thought the injectors mite be clogged so i changed the injectors on both 1 and 3, still nothing. I'm running out of ideas so any help is greatly appreciated! The weird thing is that after sitting for awhile it will start right up and do that same roughly 2mile run(4 loops around my neighborhood) then start missing, you can watch the tac rise and fall erratically until it just dies. Whats next? Thanks! 98 forester L 156K mi auto

yea i will, thanks for the reply! so does that mean that all the 2.5 blocks are interchangeable?

I just picked up an 02 2.5rs with a hole in the block, Its a 2.5 sohc ej25. will any other year block work for a replacement? i have a 98 ej25 out of a Forester laying around, will the 02's heads/intake bolt up?

It was a tooth off at the crank, no wonder the second side of the valve adjustment was such a nightmare haha! The solid lifters are working great nice and quiet, no more sounding like a diesel truck. I tested the hla's and 7 out of 16 wont hold oil, so ill keep the good ones for the next car i get. Thanks again for every ones input, it helped out tons!!!

ohh! i thought it was 90K haha. Well that was the problem, i skipped a tooth on the crank. new timing belt + new water-pump + new tenchener + 2 new idler pulleys = happy suby Thanks!

I ask because mine is missing and running rough, and it wont rev past 4000 rpm. I changed plugs, wires, and coil and it is still missing. i did a valve adjustment before i dropped it back in and i think it skipped a tooth while i was hand cranking it. the belt has about 70k on it so its about due but i don't want to take it apart again if that's not the fix. any ideas would help! Its a 95 legacy L with 170k. its throwing P0302 misfire on cylinder 2

would an ej22 run with the timing a tooth off?

I checked the valve lash and every thing checked out, but its still misfiring and it wont rev past 4000 rpm. could this be the timing? i don't know what to do, i got new plugs and wires and i swapped the coil, still same thing. I cleaned the MAS censer and nothing. I got under it and i can see a small amount of gas around the exhaust ports, so its pushing gas through with out igniting it. I know i have spark and i know i have fuel. if the timing was a tooth off would it even run?

I'm going to readjust the valves. I must have screwed it up, I should have known it went to smoothly ha ha. I checked the timing and, of course, it is fine. its got new plugs and wires, and the dude that sold it to me said he replaced the coil. I limped it down to auto-zone and used the code reader, its throwing a P0302, cylinder 2 misfire... big surprise! I appreciate all the help, this is the best Subaru page out there!

Thanks for the info! the oil pump checked out fine. i just want to change them because i have the solid ones laying around and don't have the $$$. i got them in, and now the engine is misfiring. I think i mite have skipped a tooth when manually turning the engine over during the adjustment, I know, i know, take the plugs out first oops. could that cause the misfire or would it run at all? plugs one and two are carbon fouled and the cel is flashing. any info is greatly appreciated! thanks

HI, i was thinking about swapping my 95 legacy 2.2 hydraulic lash adjuster set up for a solid one out of a 97 2.2. Can this be done without changing the cam? my 95 has terrible valve clicking due to warn out hla's and they are $25 apace to replace from Subaru. I have both rocker setups sitting next to each other and they look like they would work, but i thought i would ask because you guys know soooo much!!! Thanks!

can you swap the hla set up for the solid, they bolt right up but could it make the engine misfire?

vvt in a subaru, now that's what dreams are made of!!!