Who here owns a Subaru?

Anything that warms up and expands has the possibility to make noise when cold and not when warm. Loose things included.

Worth checking either way, but look at your CV boots, check the oil levels etc... I imagine Clinic will probably know what it is almost instantly if most of those things come back clean.

I know the centre diff is more prone to go on DCCD cars, but no idea if it sounds like that.
 
Phil W said:
Curious niggle with mine appeared yesterday.

When I bought the car back in November the EML came on around 4 days in to ownership. P0302 Misfire cylinder 2. Spoke to the dealer who was great - car actually ended up going back to him for a week or so to resolve the problem. He took it to a well known Subaru tuner and they did a compression test, changed a few sensors, regapped the new spark plugs (that i had fitted) but said it actually turned out to be the map. They said they made some adjustments to it and the issues disappeared and hasn't returned since.

Yesterday the EML came back on, same code P0302. Cleared the fault and it hasn't come back, although I've not driven much since.

The only thing I had done at the weekend was a new cone gasket fitted in the exhaust centre section. I am wondering if the P0302 is being thrown up due to this, a change in what the O2sensor is seeing? I'd have expected an O2 related code to appear though.

Google is pointing more towards a dodgy Neutral Position Switch, from what I read this can thrown up 'red herring' Misfire codes. Another symptom is the car feels like it has 'no turbo' and feels very linear and slow when driving. I do have this on rare occasion but only when the car not quite up to temp. If trying to relate this, I would be assuming the trans warms up and expands, just about making contact with the switch pin, which apparently wears down due to the material it is made of, hence causing issues.

The car runs sweet as a nut, even when the code has been on and EML lit.

Anybody experience something like this before?
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Simply put I didn't have an engine light on mine for the NPS - but I knew it was dying as it was on/off power wise. Easy enough swap (did it at PowerStation on a dyno day) - not heard about a CEL for it before.

Could be something like bad fuel, but you'd have to get really bad fuel to get the misfire CEL. Now you've cleared it, go put some fresh V-Power in and see how you go.
 
It no doubt affects the warranty, but a standard Subaru and me just don't get along as well as a noisy one :)

Built by Area52 Autosport, just controlled with a little remote control. Not got round to tapping it into anything smarter yet.
 
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