Subaru Forester woes

[Ridgey]

Can anyone help? I have a 1999 Scooby Forester that was originally
imported from Japan when it was new and has the jap speck 240 bhp
engine.. About 6 months ago the 'check engine light came on and the
car lost all power. This was diagnosed as a faulty Airflow meter and
was replaced. Everything was good for about a month, then the engine
light began coming on intermitantly. Again the fault was diagnosed as
the airflow meter which was replaced again, but this has not sorted the
problem. The car drives fine one day then goes throgh a spate with
the light coming on. The only other symptom is that the car seems to
slightly miss fire, for a couple of seconds before driving normally
again. Also has anyone else experienced warped brake discs and the
overhead clock developing a mind of its own and coming on when it
pleases.

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[Todd H.]

Can anyone help? I have a 1999 Scooby Forester that was originally
imported from Japan when it was new and has the jap speck 240 bhp
engine.. About 6 months ago the 'check engine light came on and the
car lost all power. This was diagnosed as a faulty Airflow meter and
was replaced. Everything was good for about a month, then the engine
light began coming on intermitantly. Again the fault was diagnosed as
the airflow meter which was replaced again, but this has not sorted the
problem. The car drives fine one day then goes throgh a spate with
the light coming on. The only other symptom is that the car seems to
slightly miss fire, for a couple of seconds before driving normally
again.

Sounds like wiring to me? Boy those can be hard to track down.

Also has anyone else experienced warped brake discs

Oh yes. Let me guess the last person to do your brakes thought it'd
be a good idea to machine the rotors? Or the last yahoos to rotate
your tires used impact wrenches to put your lugnuts back on but
decided to forgo the use of a torque stick? These are two rather
common ways you end up with warped rotors.

and the overhead clock developing a mind of its own and coming on
when it pleases.

This actually has an outside chance of being related to the first
issue. Check for corroded grounds, frayed wires, loose connections
and the like. If you have a wiring diagram and seeing how that
airflow thingee connects to the world, that might give you where and
what to look at before giving the pros another shot at debugging it.

Best Regards,

 

[CompUser]

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Also has anyone else experienced warped brake > discs and the
overhead clock developing a mind of its own and coming on when it
pleases.

"Warped disks" are usually "pad-deposited"
disks...operator error. The clock malfunction
looks to be a bad solder joint; have an
electronics tech friend touch up the joints for
you.

 

[Edward Hayes]

Warped disks are often caused by not torquing the wheel bolts to the
proper values i.e. impact wrench instead of a torque wrench or torque
stick extension. Ed

 

[John Varela]

Sounds like wiring to me? Boy those can be hard to track down.

I had repeated problems with the Check Engine light coming on in a 1985 Honda
Prelude Si. Under warranty, the dealer tried everything, even replacing the
computer. Finally, they kept the car for a couple of days to take the wiring
apart, clean all the contacts, and put it back together. That solved the
problem.

 

[Edward Hayes]

I would remove and clean all under hood ground connections. i.e.
battery, chassey (spring tower), to engine, and including the starter.
Next clean the alternator connections.

 

[S]

Hi Ridgey!

The only other symptom is that the car seems to slightly miss fire, for a couple of seconds before driving normally again.
Any help would be much appreciated!

Try new plug wires.

ByeBye! S.


Steve Jernigan KG0MB
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Microelectronics Research
University of Colorado
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