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turtleisland

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    Methow Valley, WA
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    Searching for a solution for my car troubles
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    I like old tank-cars/trucks. Want my old wagon to keep on kickin'.
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    1986 GL Wagon, 2002 Outback H-6 L.L. Bean

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  1. Update: So I got a voltage meter and it is registering that I am getting power to the fuel pump. I then pulled the fuel pump, exposed the wires, and touched them to the battery... and no noise from the pump, no sparks from when the wires were connected to the battery. I am assuming that this means that the fuel pump is bad. Could there be any other explanation? Also, the EGR light came on a couple of days before the above symptoms started to worsen. Could the EGR light turn on because of a failing fuel pump, or is that something different all together?
  2. How can I verify the carb that I have? I'll check tomorrow if I have power to the fuel pump when I get a voltage meter. I'm assuming that if I put a voltage meter on it while someone else is cranking it over then that will at least show periodized voltage going to the fuel pump or a constant measure if the resistor is in the pump itself. Same gas going in to all of our tanks, this has been the only issue. Thanks to both of you for the pointers.
  3. The second filter you are speaking of: Is it roughly a third the size of the one by the gas tank and has three hoses connected to it? I'm pretty sure it is a carburetor I'm dealing with. It has a throat like those you would see on old American V8s. What would be an indicator that it would be an mpfi system? The fellow who sold me the car had regular maintenance done, including some major things, but seemed to know very little about how this car works. He owned the car for seven years and said he didn't need it any more so sold it to me.
  4. Thanks for the reply. Upon closer inspection I would speculate that the fuel pump was replaced at some point in the distant past (there is electrical tape over where the wires were soldered together, and the fuel pump's mounting bracket is not attached to the available bolt for it). How would I get at the pick-up sock?
  5. Hello subaru-gurus, I recently acquired an 86 GL wagon with 230,000 miles. For a few days after I brought it home, on cold starts in the morning it would fire up but idle at a very low RPM. It would stall, and have to be restarted until it seemed to warm-up and then it was fine. Then one day, after starting it and getting the same start-up symptoms I was driving it down the road and about four miles from my house, it stopped running while driving at 55mph down the highway. I coasted it to the side of the road and attempted to restart it. It presented symptoms similar to those when it was cold started, as described above --- fired but would not stay running or even idle. After repeated attempts, the engine progressively showed no sign of starting. When I dump gas into the open throat of the carb the engine will start for a few seconds and then stall out. On seeing this I changed the fuel filter closest to the gas tank hoping that might be the problem. I attempted to start the engine equipped with the new filter but it would not start. Since the new fuel filter is clear, I noticed that after my prolonged attempt at starting, that almost no fuel had filled the new filter. If the fuel pump is pumping shouldn't all of the excess air in the filter be pumped toward the carb and thus get the air out of the fuel filter? Could my problem be anything else than a bad fuel pump? Cheers, Dave
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