Rushin Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 A friend of mine (member on here) bought my 08 spec.b and is driving it to PA right now. All of a sudden the car lost power when he was cruising on highway and cruise, check engine light came up as well as some other strange light that looks like a plank with a chizle coming at an angle at it. It's a yellow light that I saw before somewhere but never on my car. He reset the ecu and the car starts now but runs very rough like its only running on 3 cylinders. No lights on the dash. I am thinking its either a coil pack issues or injector. Before he drove the car back home he swapped in dw850 used injectors and had the car tunned by a very good and reputable tuner that tuned my car before many times. The car ran great. So what does that light mean and what could this be? I can't even find a picture of that light anywhere online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragman Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Not sure on that light since I dont have a 08. But, pull the CEL engine codes from the ECU and share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushin Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 He does not have any code readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated Too sigmafour Posted February 24, 2013 I Donated Too Share Posted February 24, 2013 how did he reset the ECU and not know how to pull the code? Autozone's and others do have readers and will pull code for free... since this is important why did he not head there ASAP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushin Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 The car is being towed to a Subaru dealt that is closed right now. He unplugged the negative cable from the battery to reset it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushin Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 It was one of the injectors not plugged in all the way. Clip was a tad loose. All good now. Just as I thought:-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated Too sigmafour Posted February 25, 2013 I Donated Too Share Posted February 25, 2013 figures... last thing he touched... glad it's okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berzerklo Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Glad it worked out, but I am still curious about the chizle light... what was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Lesson should be...if you get a CEL after doing something. Go back over what you messed up. If it ran fine before you fixed something, and now run's crappy, go back and unfix what you screwed up. Basic lesson most of us learned at a young age. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushin Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Yep that the way I go about it. If there is an issue I go to the last thing I messed with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibr_adam09 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I always forget the maf sensor when i button everything up. I think this happens to everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babybluelgt Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I'm pretty curious about that mystery light. I've forgotten to plug the maf in a few times. Pretty embarrassing when I do it at the shop and one of the other techs come over and figure it out. The one that always gets me is hose going to the bpv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushin Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Yeah still have no idea what the light was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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