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Thank you for your assistance and help and sry for delay in response as I was on road yesterday. I'm trying to get info at the moment on how this all works. I will try and hook up the car and see what diagnostics show.

Thank you for confirming. Now I know it's passanger aide, this ia great info. However, when I got that cel with p2008 code few weeks ago, I cleared the code and yesterday cel came back but now it throwing a different code, p0172 fuel system rich. Any idea what this could be? Is it fuel injector? When I had fuel injector go bad on cyl #2 few years back, it was a different code, cant remember the code but it was misfire on cyl#2. Any ideas? Tyia

Can anybody help, please? How do I determine which side of the engine has this issue? Also, is this TGV motor or sensor causing this? TYIA

Anybody?

Hello, I need assistance with P2008 code, Intake manifold runner control circuit/open bank 1a. I'm getting some mixed info here on the forum from what I've been reading and before I mess around with my car, I thought I'd check with you guys first First, it's a completely stock 05 LGT, no mods. I got the code about a month ago and it went on its own. Yesterday I noticed a little stutter when engine is cold but when it warms up fully after about 10 min of driving, it's fine. I have CEL since yesterday. I've been reading about TGVs and whatever. I kind of have an idea what they are, but I don't want to mess with it before I fully understand. What I've been reading here it could be as simple as connector issue. I guess, first question is, what is the best way to get this issue troubleshooted? Where is this TGV located for this particular code? Where is this sensor and its connector? I'd like to visually check the cable to ensure there is no damage, however, there has been no work done to the vehicle recently that could cause damage to cables or connectors. Thank you!

Just FYI, I swapped ocv's and never got a cel again

I swapped the OCVs. Pushed the bracket in with hammer. It was easy lol Now waiting for CEL...

hey, thanks for the reply. Of course, took the engine cover off. Unbolted the coolant tank and pushed it to the side so it's out of the way. Unhooked that breather hose, had to do that on both sides of the engine. Pried out the OCV with screwdriver slowly, one it was out I was able to move it out with hands. Once it hits the coolant tank bracket, turned it 90 degrees. Wiggled it to the point that I could no longer move it with my hands, needed about 1.5cm more to come out. I got a blister on my finger from wiggling and pushing lol that's how tight it was. If that bracket was in like 2-3mm towards the engine, OCV would slide out easily. I might try tapping that coolant tank bracket with hammer just to gain the clearance. I'm just afraid to break it.

I wiggled it and rotated and it was stuck on the coolant tank bracket/mount. Needed about 1.5-2cm more to take it out. I was afraid if I force it out, I wouldn't be able to put it back in. I am trying to swap the driver side with passenger side to see if it code will change from P0021 to P0011.

Do you mean, tap the bracket with hammer a little to push it out? It's pretty strong. I tried with a screw driver and bent it :/

how did you pry out the passenger side? I got to the point where it needed about 1.5-2cm to come out but I was afraid to damage it and also if it pops out, not being able to put it back in. Any tips on taking out the passenger side would be appreciated.

Thanks. That link doesn't work but I found one where it shows the install process. Poster talks about using screwdriver to pry out OCV but I tried everything and was afraid I would damage it. I cleaned the driver side one with wd40. CEL went away for about 2-3 days but it came back yesterday. I noticed when CEL was off, car was starting up fine. Once CEL came back, start ups are slightly different.

how do you take out passenger side solenoid? I took everything out today but couldn't take out the solenoid because of that bracket that holds that black coolant reservoir. I cleaned up that solenoid on driver side with wd40 and CEL is still there. Should I disconnect the battery to reset ECU or will CEL clear on its own if problem disappears? I will take a look at that banjo bolt thing, looks like it's hard to reach. But I don't think I have an issue with dirty oil. When I pull dipstick out, oil is clean and it's always full. My car burns less than 0.5L per 5000km. I've put about 200ml and I have about 3800km on this oil change. I also change oil myself since the car was new. I only use Mobile1 syntetic and 98% used subaru filter. I change oil every 4500-5500km. Most of the oil changes were under 5000km (not miles). I think I went twice 6000km and that was because of highway driving. The only difference since the problem begin was timing belt replacement. Could timing belt skip by like one tooth and still drive normal?

Also, where is this banjo bolt?

so you don't think this has anything to do with timing belt installation? Maybe timing is slightly off or something like that.

Thanks everybody for the input. I definitely don't beat on it, even when the car don't have a problem. This car has been babied and it's pissing me off as I don't beat on it and I still have problems lol Anyway, my confusion here is, if it's not solenoid what could be next? Could the timing belt be installed improperly?

Thanks for the reply and info! Interesting, because I don't have any of those symptoms. Car runs fine, idles fine, MPG seems to be good (hard to say as it has been cold so mpg went up a little). I will swap them and report back what happens.

hey guys, I still haven't swapped OCVs. Yesterday CEL went off then it came back in the evening. I will most likely swap them to today. I was reading a bit about this issue but I'm still confused. What is this OCV thing? What does it do? Thanks!

Thanks for the info, relative4. I just checked out the app, it looks pretty cool. Wish I knew about it before lol I'd rather not invest money now. I might be changing the car this year, this timing belt issue was unexpected and cost me a lot. Anyway, my CEL went away today when I was driving. I'll wait and see if it comes back then I will swap those OCV things and report back, so this will take few days obviously, maybe couple of weeks. Thank you again for your quick responses and help!

I should also mention. Car is completely stock. No mods. It's always been dealer maintained. This code showed up right before that idler blew up. After replacing timing belt, no CEL but it now came back.

Thanks for the quick response. I found a pic here for the driver side OCV. How do I find the passanger side? Also, what do you mean by monitoring VVT angles? How do I do that? Thanks!

Hello, I'm hoping somebody can help me. I searched for this code and found too many information, but haven't really found (or missed it, sorry if I did) a thread particular to my situation. I replaced timing belt and tensioner at the dealer around 170K km, about 2 years ago. They didn't replace idlers (should've insisted on replacing these). 2 years, 40K km later (212K km right now) one idler completely blew. Luckly engine didn't die. I had a local mechanic replace all idlers and timing belt again. All OEM parts. This was about 500km ago, or about 2 weeks ago. The other day I got check engine, P0021 code. Car runs fine. I don't beat on it just because I'm not sure what is happening, but acceleration, idle, everything is good. I read that it could be dirty oil. I changed oil myself 3700km ago. I check the level i never go below min. Besides, my car burns maybe half a liter on every 5000km. I am the only one who ever changed the oil on this car (first owner) and always used mobile1 synt with subaru filter. Oil is fine and so is the level. What could cause this code to pop up? Is there anything that could've got damaged when idler blew and engine came to stall? Thanks for all input.

I'm assuming 7355 is cardone part# off RockAuto?? I want to ensure that is a correct part# for LGT front passenger side axel. thx

Hi, I'm confused about part numbers for 05 LGT. Is part# 7355 for LGT or non turbo? or both? Thank you!

Thanks, I'll let my dealer know.