New to the forums, my wife and I are the original owners of a 1996 Legacy Outback 2.2 5 speed, 110,00 miles. Car has been basically trouble free except for having to replace the oil seal. Anyway, it's my wife's commute car, and recently it started misbehaving. It's a random occurence, so hard to troubleshoot. When it happens, the car will turn over but not start. If you give the throttle linkage a flick by hand, the car will then start. I kept the car for a week trying to replicate the problem, but it worked fine for me. Yesterday it happened to my wife and as I had to meet her in a parking lot while I was on my way to work, I didn't have time to properly troubleshoot it to see if either the accelerator or cruise control cables were sticking. The flick thing wasn't working for her, but after I showed up 10 minutes later, the car turned over but wouldn't start, I gave the linkage a flick, and she started right up.
I did a basic forum search and didn't see anything similar. The only other known condition with the car is the check engine light popping on every so often with the P0115 Engine Coolant Temperature Circuit Malfunction, which either goes out by itself or needs to be reset.
Thanks for any help.
Scott
