Andywb26

Thanks for responses guys! I think I found the major issue as well as another one. There is a wire that goes from the bottom of the fusebox to the positive terminal. This was making poor connection. I fixed it and it began to start every time again but when I push the gas it dies. I also noticed that in the two weeks I've had it, the needle has been on e but I haven't seen a gas light. The gauge doesn't work. Now, it tries to turn over but never does, almost as if its out of gas. I think that wire was the issue to begin with, but I think that I ran it out of gas while trying to figure this out! Gotta find a gas can do I can text this theory, but I'm pretty confident in it.

I recently bought a 1995 subaru legacy with about 180k miles on it. I knew when I bought it that it had an issue with the oil pressure guage, which I fixed. After that, it ran well for a few weeks. Then a few days ago I took it less than a mile to the store, and it drove great on the way there. When I tried to leave, the car died while backing out. It would start again, but die seconds later. I went and reset the wiring to the spark plugs and got it to run enough to get home. Now, if I start it and let it idle the at temp light flashes 16 times then the car dies. It always starts again on the first crank, then dies again. If I push the gas pedal at idle, it takes a bit longer before it dies. It dies almost immediately when trying to back out of a spot. I know the very basics about cars, but I am well versed using tools and multimeter in other situations, I just need to be pointed at where to start trying to diagnose this issue. Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance!