non-SubaGuru Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Excellent site!! Hopefully, someone can help me on my a situation I have with a 99 Legacy coil. 2.2 motor. 89K. A/T New plugs. The car had a miss and stutter and a check engine light code that AutoZone scanned and coded as a bad "cat". Rev th motor gets you a flashing ch light. Was able to determine that coil has NO fire for #1 plug. 2,3,4 fire nicely. Did the usual swapping of coil, wires with no change. The more I played with the coil/wire swap the worse it got. Went from an occasional miss to total loss of #1 fire. The lady I am doing the work for isn't rich and fears that the dealer will just start throwing expensive parts at it. Any suggestions on where I should start in finding the demons? Appreciate any help. Feel free to e-mail me in order to quicken solution. Vehicle is mail delivery and can't sit idle. Thanks!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenSisters Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 As I understand things, each coil fires two cylinders. If a "coil" was bad, I would think you'd have a problem with two cylinders not firing. This would make me suspect the plugs or wires. When you swapped wires, did the problem stay with cylinder 1 or change to another? You may want to go out tonight when it's dark with a spray mister and see if there is any leakage from a cracked coil pack or bad wire. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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