i have an 97 legacy that runs great for about an hour or two then starts to die for no reason at all..2.2 engine then when you start it again its fine for a few min, next day its fine for an hour or so again. this car dose lots of idleing as my wife uses it to deliver mail house to house.

 

i have replaced fuel filter ,cleaned sock in fuel tank, replaced plugs and wires,egr is working fine, pulling vacuum line off fuel rail dos no differants,catalistic converters are clean not pluged,

 

when it starts to run bad its like someone put a banana in my tail pipe,when it runs it runs great

 

it happens more when it idles a long time

i have pulled out some codes from computer but i dont no what thay mean and my book dosnt tell me anything

 

codes

p 0170

p0301b

p0302

p0303

p0304b

p0440

can anyone help me .......also dose it matter that this is an right hand drive car from down under ?

i have an 97 legacy that runs great for about an hour or two then starts to die for no reason at all..2.2 engine then when you start it again its fine for a few min, next day its fine for an hour or so again. this car dose lots of idleing as my wife uses it to deliver mail house to house.

 

i have replaced fuel filter ,cleaned sock in fuel tank, replaced plugs and wires,egr is working fine, pulling vacuum line off fuel rail dos no differants,catalistic converters are clean not pluged,

 

when it starts to run bad its like someone put a banana in my tail pipe,when it runs it runs great

 

it happens more when it idles a long time

i have pulled out some codes from computer but i dont no what thay mean and my book dosnt tell me anything

 

codes

p 0170 Fuel trim bank 1

p0301b cyl 1 misfire

p0302 cyl 2 misfire

p0303 cyl 3 misfire

p0304b cyl 4 misfire

p0440 EVAP emission control malfunction

can anyone help me .......also dose it matter that this is an right hand drive car from down under ?

dont know about the right hand drive ? but thats what my code reader says.

 

Hope it helps.

Mike

this is a guess only,coil or ignitor is weak causing poor spark which in turn is throwing the emissions code.

Coolant Temp Sensor. I had pretty close to the same symptoms.

I would reset the computer. Disconnect the battery for 1/2 hour or so, then go for a drive and see what comes back. Some of those could be false codes.

 

Coolant temp. sensor is a possiblity, and pretty cheap to replace. They quite commonly fail on these cars but don't throw a code.

coolant temp and look at the ignitor, another one good for doing things that can drive you madd

 

 

nipper

ok i thank everyone who answered my add but i had to fix it my self..... after two weeks of pulling my hair out i found that my fuel pump had a flat spot in it when i tested it it had 25 psi ...but it was working then every once in a while it would drop off pressure down to 10 or 15 psi making enuff pressure to fire two cylinders and then miss fire the other two( two the guy who had a miss fire in 1 and 3 cyl codes check your fuel pump presser i could not find your post to tell you after i fixed mine )

 

 

 

i have an 97 legacy that runs great for about an hour or two then starts to die for no reason at all..2.2 engine then when you start it again its fine for a few min, next day its fine for an hour or so again. this car dose lots of idleing as my wife uses it to deliver mail house to house.

 

i have replaced fuel filter ,cleaned sock in fuel tank, replaced plugs and wires,egr is working fine, pulling vacuum line off fuel rail dos no differants,catalistic converters are clean not pluged,

 

when it starts to run bad its like someone put a banana in my tail pipe,when it runs it runs great

 

it happens more when it idles a long time

i have pulled out some codes from computer but i dont no what thay mean and my book dosnt tell me anything

 

codes

p 0170

p0301b

p0302

p0303

p0304b

p0440

can anyone help me .......also dose it matter that this is an right hand drive car from down under ?