The Cycle Guy

I ordered for 86 XT 1.8. I wanted to make sure I'm taking out the right part, since it's buried under there. Thank you.

Is the first picture the fuel pressure regulator? The 2nd picture is what I received from RockAuto, it's a bit smaller. Thanks for your help. Tim

Hi guys, Thank you all for your input. Sorry but some things have come up and I haven't had time to work on the Subie lately. I'm hoping to return to it this weekend, and I'll be sure to report back! Tim

You're right, there's an electrical wire. Here's a picture of the distributor with the flywheel at 0 degrees.

Sorry I didn't see your EGR post. Thanks for that. I have not checked EGR and PCV tubes. I'll give that a try. The distributor does not have an electrical connection, but it does have 2 vacuum lines going to it.

no difference if green connector is connected or not. Yes reading timing marks on flywheel. Sorry I don't understand your 3rd question. Yes, timing is mechanical and vacuum as far as I know it has flapper type MAF sensor. I don't know what an optical distributor is, and I don't know if it's a 4 plug ECU Thanks for your input.

yeah, pretty sure I've got B and A TDC correct. Thank you.

Thank you, all good ideas. The car runs like crap at 6 degrees BTDC, but it runs well when I set distributor to 10 degrees after TDC. Seems odd to me. Any clues what's going on? Thanks again

Update! Half an hour after I posted this, the forum juju must've kicked in and I got it running at 6 degrees BTDC with the vacuum line disconnected. However it's not running smoothly. I'm still worried that it won't pass smog if its running roughly. Some other info - recently I gave the flapper type mass airflow sensor a good cleaning- it needed it. I also replaced all injectors, cleaned gas tank and lines, replaced fuel pump and filter. Any suggestions to make it run smoother? Thanks again.

I've got an 86 XT, MPFI 5 speed that sat for 20 years. Recently I replaced timing belts, put it together and it runs fine. Went to get smog checked and failed. The sticker under hood specifies timing 6 degrees BTDC with vacuum disconnected. Car runs well but timing light (#1 cyl) shows 12 degrees after TDC with vacuum hoses connected and green connector disconnected. Then I disconnect and plug vacuum hoses on distributor, and the car won't run at all. I've watched the Miles Fox videos and have the service manual. I've removed & reinstalled the distributor several times to try to advance the timing, but there is only 1 distributor position where the car will run at all. I've triple checked, the center marks on flywheel are on the mark when the drivers side (USA) cam is straight up, and passenger side cam is straight down. I swear I've done everything by the book, but I can't get it to 6 degrees BTDC and have the car run. What am I doing wrong? Thank you

Hi, I recently inherited an 86 XT DL, manual trans. My (now deceased) brother-in-law was driving the car 20 years ago when it died, and no one knows why. Car has been sitting in a garage for 20 years, now I'm trying to resurrect it. It cranks over and has spark. Fuel pump doesn't work. I've replaced the fuel pump and relay. I've swapped fuel pump leads both ways. I've checked fusible links and fuses. Still no power to fuel pump. What other things can I check? Could a bad ECU cause this issue? How do you know if the ECU is bad? Thank you all.