Good Morning,
I have a 2011 outback with the 3.6R engine, 47,700 miles. It is misfiring (cylinder 5 mostly, sometimes cylinder 6) under the following conditions:
1. Under load, for example when climbing a hill
2. At idle when the transmission is in drive. (It does not misfire when the transmission is in park)
So far I have replaced the air filter and cleaned the MAF sensor. Also put two bottles of drygas in the tank (the tank was already full)
We have owned the vehicle since beginning March 2015 and had no problems whatsoever up until 4 days ago. The gas tank had just been filled and the car sat over the weekend. On Monday the misfiring started.
Have new spark plugs and plan to check the coil paks by swapping. However, I need to know which cylinder is #5 and #6. So here are my questions;
What is the cylinder layout for the 3.6R?
Where can I get a good service manual for this vehicle (I have looked at alldatadiy)?
Besides the plugs and coils, what else do I need to check (injectors?) and how would I go about doing this?
Can anyone recommend a code reader for Subaru vehicles?
Thanks for your help,
Eric