redsox59

I've replaced the MAF sensor a few days ago. I've only been able to drive it around 30 miles or so (city living makes it difficult to do much test driving) and it has yet to stall out on me. I'm cautiously optimistic that this is now resolved. Thanks for the pointers!

I just drove it some more today. It did the normal stalling but this time, when it started back up, I had the 'AT Oil Temp' bulb flash several times. Searching around it seems to indicate failure with the Duty C solenoid? I'm about to take it to a parking lot and drive tight circles to check for binding. Could this have any relation to my stalling?

OK I'll plan on getting a new MAF sensor over the next few days. Would a bad MAF sensor still be the problem if I have to wait 5-10 minutes before the engine starts after stalling? Seems most people with bad MAF sensors can restart the engine almost immediately after it stalls out.

I tried jiggling the MAF sense around but there was no noticeable change. I pulled the entire harness off and it of course stalled then. I'll look into getting some MAF cleaner since it seems like a cheap thing to try.

I wish the CEL was on but oddly enough it's not. I do see it come on when the ignition is ON so I know it's working. I'll start checking out the vacuum test. Thanks.

Hi, First time posting but I'm hoping you guys can help. I've got a 96 Impreza Outback with the EJ22 and 90,000 miles (an old grandma car). The car will seemingly start and run fine for a while but will start to sputter, lose power and eventually stall. I have to then have the car sit for about 5-10 minutes before I'm able to get it running again. The difficult thing about this is that it is fairly random. Yesterday I drove 10 miles without issue. Got in the car again and made it about 300 yards before it stalled on me (fortunately I was able to make it to a parking lot). After about 5 minutes I started it back up and it was fine the rest of the day, another 40 miles. I live in the city so it doesn't see much highway mileage. Given the randomness I don't like the idea of driving down a highway with no shoulder. The dash lights do not light during the sputtering. Things I've replaced: -fuel filter -fuel pump -valve cover gasket (this definitely seemed to be leaking as one of the covers had oil all over it) -plugs (wires and plugs also were replaced about a year ago) I've already tried taking it to a mechanic but of course it was running fine for him and not exhibiting any symptoms. I next tried a dealership but they said it'd be about $500 just to diagnose/look into it because it's so hard to reproduce. I'm kind of running out of options. I really don't know how to troubleshoot cars too well. Any ideas on where to look next? How can I determine if this is an electrical/ignition issue vs fuel system, etc? Thanks!