dylanthevillain

I wonder, does the AT oil temp light flash 16 times? I too have a 98 Legacy L, and mine has been flashing that light on startup, 16 times every time.... the torque bind link doesn't seem to address this... unless your light only blinks a couple of times, in which case, it probably does.

right on, fairtax4me, thanks for all your help!

the CV shaft was the front driver's side, so I don't think I messed up the wiring for those sensors... the trans is automatic, and yes the noise would coincide with wheel speed, and did change when coasting or going into neutral, but did not go away completely... I appreciate all of the help, guys! I had to make it back to my hometown, I missed one week of work and couldn't afford to miss more, so I had the specialist swap the trans for me and everything is as it should be. No more wretched noises, speedometer and cruise control are working... the only thing is that it's still throwing a TPS code at me, soooo, I must need to calibrate the TPS? I'm not sure what else might be wrong.

unfortunately, when I took the car to a Subaru specialist yesterday, he informed me that the transmission is indeed where the noise is coming from. He said one of the bearings inside is shot, impossible to tell which one without tearing it apart... so, I guess I'm gonna bite the bullet on this one. another grand to have a salvaged transmission swapped in... ugh. ...how do I go about calibrating the TPS?

oh yeah, I also scored a tape deck/CD player combo from the junkyard too. bye bye JVC!

UPDATE: got some parts from a local junkyard today; Throttle Position Sensor has been replaced, the old one had a dead spider and it's web inside. meh... Knock Sensor has been replaced... about to change over the Speed Sensor in a few minutes, we shall see if that fixes anything... Idle Control Sensor will be next after that.... also, I greased up the brakes and those are much smoother. There's still this weird noise coming from underneath though, when driving. It's hard to describe, almost a chirping, not really quite a grinding noise, but it's constant with the speed I drive, when I speed up it chirps faster and slower when I slow down. Hitting the brakes doesn't seem to affect it, and the car doesn't seem to be hindered by the noise. I fear it might be something up with the transmission. I hope that is NOT the case here... thoughts, anyone?

oh yeah, and the cruise control has also stopped functioning as well...

first off, thanks for your help!! I just looked under there, and there a lot of wires, but the ones with the bright green tips are indeed UNPLUGGED. So, the ECM must not be stuck in test mode, then? Speed Sensor would make sense, the speedometer/odometer/tripometer cluster stopped moving and weren't lit up all the way... there's also been some crazy noises underneath when driving... hence the CV shaft replacement; the inner boot was torn about 85% of the way 'round. My heat shield for the exhaust is also rattling, so that makes it hard to determine the more important noises... I think the pads are possibly also sticking on the caliper I took off and put back on, making yet another noise when driving. I bought some grease for the connection points for those, so hopefully that'll fix that up... Does the knock sensor detect an engine tick? or what?

So I just bought a 1998 Legacy L sedan with the 2.2L a week and a half ago. Today I replaced the CV shaft. Now I have 5 codes coming up. Also, the brake light on the dash panel is on. Any thoughts about these codes? P1700 P1507 P1540 P0500 P0325 Any and all help is greatly appreciated!