I have a 97 legacy 2.2 AWD 5speed wagon. it runs awesome untill you drive it for like 5 mins then it wont hardly idle and it only runs on 2 cylinders. but if you shut it off for 30 seconds and start it back up it runs fine again untill it gets drivin. what sensor could be doing this. i heard something about a tranny speed sensor. but i dont know im used to old Subarus. any help would be greatly appreiated.

I would suspect the coil pack as the problem.

+1^ based off of the info youve given i would also suspect the coil pack first....when was your last tuneup?...if you havent had one in a while than it might be worth it to do that....also prob. unlikely but possibly the cam/crank sensor is slowly dying....how sure are you that its running on 2 cylinders...is the CEL on? have you had the codes read?..what codes are they? how many miles are on the car?

Edited January 23, 200917 yr by EVOthis

i have a coil pack if you need it , new OEM, 50$ shipped.

legacy 2.2L, 97 - 98;

impreza 2.2L 97 - 98,

legacy ej25L 97 - 99,

part number 22433AA400

 

 

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Edited January 25, 200917 yr by johnceggleston