First im not sure if this would go in this section or not, but here goes. I bought a 99 legacy l last week dirt cheap, because it had sat in a field for about a year. It is a 2.2l car, automatic, with around 193k. After i got it home, i had to replace the IAC, and then once that was done, i found it had a constant mis-fire in cylinder #1, so i started checking things, and found both valve cover gaskets were leaking. I replaced the valve cover gaskets, as well as the tube seals, spark plugs(NGK), plug wires(Subaru OEM), and the misfire is still there. I found that the #1 cylinder is not firing at the coil at all, under any conditions. We actually drove it around at night with the #1 plug wire unhooked and the hood off, and didnt see a spark at all. My question is this, would a bad igniter cause only one cylinder to not fire, or should i only be concerned with replacing the coil? I have other issues to still fix on this car, and cant afford to throw a ton of money into buying the wrong parts, and there isnt any of these in the local yards for me to get parts from, unless the coil and igniter will work from the 2.5 cars as well. I took the covers off the timing belty today, and verified that the timing marks are right, and also verified there was no rust or dirt on the crank or cam triggers or sensors. I have also cleaned all the grounds i could find, as well as cleaned the bolts and corresponding contact points on the coil. Now i am just out of ideas for what it could be, so any help you guys could give me is greatly appreciated.

One other question. Where is the ignitor on this car? I have looked all over and cant seem to find one.

One other question. Where is the ignitor on this car? I have looked all over and cant seem to find one.

 

The coil and ignitor are one unit on that car.

It should work off the phase 2 2.5. 2000+ years.

It won't work off the 2.5 DOHC.

swap the wires in between 1 and 3 and see if the mis fire moves.

It doesn't. It isn't a plug or wire that is misfiring, it is misfiring directly at the coil for the #1 cylinder. There is no spark coming out of the #1 post on the coil itself, but there is on the other 3.

Did you put a spark tester on the coil to check all 4 or just looked for an arc from the post?

The coil fires in pairs 1-3 at the same time, 2-4 at the same time. If you can confirm no spark from just one post the coil needs to be replaced.