Help it won't start.

Pretty much as tittle.

Struggled to start on saturday. Turning over but not firing then after a couple of goes it finally started, then the same again this morning.
I used if a few times over the weekend with no issues.

Got home tonight parked the car on the drive went back out to move it after being parked for a few minutes and now it's not starting at all.

I've had a check around all the connectors they look ok i have found that it's not sparking so i'm thinking along the lines of crank sensor or something like that.

Any advice to what it may be or any common problems would be welcome.

Most likely crank position sensor failure, very common on your year car, have you done a fault code check?

i haven't mainly because i cant remember how to do it. I have it wrote down i'll have to have a look through.

Any idea how much these sensors are and are they readily available

£160 from Subaru or £20 from Finn

If you are free tonight I am going to Finn's, I will read it for you if you want to pop over.

I have PM'd you my number.

i am free but the car is going no where i can't get it started at all now.

i just chucked 2 crank sensors away last week, fuckin typical wen 1 of the guys needs 1

i have noticed the em light doesn't seem to be on at all. Even when i have connected the two black connectors under the dash still no light.

what ecu have u got, if you have an aftermarket one ie apexi it wont flash

Andy

it's the standard ecu

Sounds like someone has removed the bulb, It seems to be some sales garages way of solving the problem

if defineatly worked before

did u get car sorted mate?

if not give me a ring, am working in sunderland on wednesday afternoon, could have a look at it no problem

Not so far.

I would appreciate any help you could give me. I am at work on wednesday but if there is any way you could give me an idea of what time you might be able to have a look i'll try and sort out getting out of work.


If you can help pm me your number or ill send you mine if you like and hopefully we can get it sorted.

D4VEW557 wrote:

Not so far.

I would appreciate any help you could give me. I am at work on wednesday but if there is any way you could give me an idea of what time you might be able to have a look i'll try and sort out getting out of work.


If you can help pm me your number or ill send you mine if you like and hopefully we can get it sorted.

my number is flashing above your last post lol

send me a text on weds mate, and a will let you no what time am around sunderland.

ahhh yes so it is.


I'll drop you a text wednesday morning if thats alright.

I think i will try and blag a half day holiday on wednesday afternoon away give me a bit time to play with it.

Last resort is it will have to go to eclipse don't really want to but it's only two minutes up the road from me so would be easy to get the car there if needed, but as i said any help you can get me is very much apreciated.

Eclipse

eeerrrmmm, think Finn is your best bet mate, he knows what he is doing

Where in Sunderland are you, i'm on lates this week so free until 3pm, drop me a txt if Finn can't make it.
07957611567.
Mark.

I'm at hendon right opposite bristol streets body shop.

I'm trying to get the afternoon of tomorrow to spent some time on it, but my boss is being a jockey so i won't know if i'm off till about half 12 tomorrow.

I didn't really want to take it to eclipse but as i say worst case senario its only 2 minutes from my house.


However there has being a development. It starts no idea why. I came out this morning and it fired up first time, it' stood all day got in from work and it's still starting.

The em light is working again also the cat on fire light (i think) is working again.

I'm thinking now that i am looking at a wiring fault. either a loss of supply or earth to the computer.

I've had a good pull around on the harness but i can't get it to fault.


Could the main relay cause this.

I have also pulled the ecu out checked the connectors on that they all seem ok.

I had a starting problem on my99 uk2000 ended up selling it lol couldnt find out what was wrong

mickymarwood wrote:

I had a starting problem on my99 uk2000 ended up selling it lol couldnt find out what was wrong

That seems a bit extreme.


Anyway after 2 days of starting it died again last night outside a mates house so that was me at half 12 at night in the pi55ing down rain working on the car at the side of a fairly busy road.

The good news is i've half found the problem it's lost it's ignition live to the ecu, i don't know why yet but by giving the computer my own live i got it started and was able to get home.

So now just need to trace the open circuit and it will be sorted.

sorry a didnt make it wednesday mate

has the car got a aftermarket alarm or immobliser?

don't worry about it. It didn't fault till the night anyway.

It has a viper vx460 cat alarm system. Fitted by me, and i can't for the life of me remember if this feed was on the circuit i immobilised.

Been very security Conscious i took the trouble toremove the dash and fit the alarm system behind it so no thieveing scum could try to bypass it.

I'll get it sorted at the weekend weather permiting, I actually like tracing wiring faults just it's not normally on my own car though.