Legacy Wagon

So the ECU didnt fix the problem. I've replaced the ECU, knock sensor, coil pack and I think something else so far. I have a spare crank and cam sensor I'm gonna throw on tonight. I think I may have fried some wiring. Ok, so I copied this from another forum. Here's the scenario: About two months ago I did an engine swap. This engine sounded great, ran great and not a bit of smoke or oil leaks so I bought it and took it home. I pulled off the valve covers and oil pan and sprayed the whole thing out with a gas/air mixture. I put on a new front main seal, rear main seal and cam seals. It got a new water pump, thermostat, timing belt, idler pulleys and valve cover gaskets. I ran some BG44k through it after it fired up to clean out any excess carbon and the engine was running awesome! I installed a manual oil pressure gauge to keep an eye on it since it was a new engine. Well the other week the oil pressure gauge piping started to have a small leak due to having to move it once and reuse the compression fitting. I ended up trying to use black RTV around it to prevent it from leaking and that didnt work. It had kicked on the oil light, but I was watching the psi and it read fine and the oil light went back off. Well it happened again so I thought about buying new piping. One day it was on for about 30 seconds so I shut the car off and it went away. I ended up going up and buying new piping for it that day and when I went to change it out the new piping was crimped. Well I took that back and got another. It was crimped too so I just bought an entire new gauge. I installed the gauge yesterday. When I went to install it I had taken the alternator off and before I set it down I noticed I had forgot to disconnect the wiring on top or on the battery. It had been a long day with little sleep the night before so I started to take it off and I dropped the alternator on the radiator support and blew out the fusibile link. So I ended up making a new one with new fusible link wiring from autozone and it ran perfectly yesterday. So today it had been running awesome all morning and I went to my girlfriend's house. Well it was time for church so we left. Now I know it's an old car that I just recently swapped the engine on so I got up to 40 and I sped up pretty slowly up to 50 when the sign changed speeds and the car started to feel a little laggy and went away so I drove a bit further to see if it'd do it again and four seconds later it started to feel laggy again so I start to slow down to pull over and the engine shut off while I was driving. I put it in neutral and coasted to a stop without power steering or braking. I shut the car down and looked under the alternator and found oil coming out of the gauge piping. I started the car back up and it was running rough as I was watching the oil pressure through the gauge (didnt get to see the RPM's) and it was shaking...feeling like it was missing or something so I shut it back off after about 5 seconds. I ended up putting the old oil plug back on there and connected the line again and started it up and it sounded find. Ran smooth. Idled smooth. I drove it back home about 10 miles to my parents house and it drove perfect the whole time. I watched the temp gauge the whole drive didnt move after it got up to running temperature. I checked the oil and no milk and I checked the coolant and no oil. All of the fluids on the car are at the proper level and everything to my knowledge is plugged in. Could it have been the leak in the gauge piping? Not having that sensor hooked up? Anyone have this happen before or have any ideas?

Who knows...if it fixes the issues, nothing. If it doesn't I suppose I'll explain the problems haha

Got an ECU from another site for $25 so when it gets here we'll see if it helps haha

Dang...that sounds awesome The Legacy's always had really poor lighting.

Nope Which was really a pain when I accidentally locked my seatbelt in my door when I closed it so I had to walk back around the passenger side and unlock it, then come back around to open my driver door and pull my seatbelt out. Also, not sure if you know how to lock it without having to go to the passenger side, but there's a way. XD @ 11 months I just need a new handle/key combo, but the junk cars either have keys or handles. Never both.

Sounds exactly what mine did about 6 months ago. You get used to it quick. Also nice to have a passenger

Uh huh. Or wherever you got the info from.

Not sure. I think it's zero though haha Post a picture of it.

I think it's in it's own section. About 10 pages at the end of the manual. Should tell things like vehicle weight, fluid capacites and camber should be one of the specs.

I think for AWD it's zero on both. It should tell it in your owners manual in the back. Tells a lot of the specs.

Yeah, unfortunately my car has more of a git-r-done status that wouldn't be quite so bad if I made double the amount of money I do haha

I'm cheeeaaaaaap. I wouldnt run crap if I didnt have to

Straight pipe it and put an exhaust tip on it then haha

I hear ya. Sucks about the brand not being there cause you cant even hear sound clips then :/

Or go to Discount and get a magnaflow or something.

Ah, gotcha. Well that's cool then. I wish I could run that way.

The turbo model should technically build enough back-pressure to keep it in check, right?

I'm pretty sure it's just the three or four screws the steering wheel cover and then two screws for the unit itself. At least that's what it is for the wipers. I've never taken that side off. Here's my recommendation: Post this - "Well it wasn't today that I did it, and I documented it in the technical forum's older model area, but I took apart my dashboard to replace the cluster lights and ended up (mysteriously to me) causing my turn signals to no longer function. Also found out that my "hazard" fuse under the hood blows after the ignition is turned off-- WOOHOO! Would love some opinions on what the problems could be. Oh but my dash lights work now!" in it's own thread and see what people say. If they say. I'd start by checking fuses. Then I'd replace the switch with one from a junk yard. If that didnt work I'd get a friend that knows about electrical stuff to fix it for me haha

Yeah. It could be that. It'd be a cheap place to start if you have a junk yard around. Of course you could trace all of the wiring. Maybe you knocked something loose or burnt up one of the wires.

Ouch :/ I know freakin nothing about electricals unfortunately Is it the turn signal not working in general or the light on the dash not coming on when you do?

Ooooh...white would look super clean. I'd love to do that...if I won the lotto

Man, that'd be sweet. I'd love to have that old car running/feeling like new again. Throw in the inner and outer tie rod ends, CV axles, sway bar end links, ball joints and struts while you're at it

Is it a lot harder to fix a camber issue when it's higher? Nice Wheel bearings suck...but what I did was got a wheel bearing off of ebay and had a shop press it out and in for $40.

I always used rust killing primer. Seems to help the cause.

Awesome I'd like to repaint mine.