Hello to all! I have got a good one for you, I don't know what else to do. I picked up a 93 Subaru Loyale Wagon for next to nothing with a junk engine. I went to Pull n Save, pulled an identical motor - SPFI EA82.
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This car had a push button 4wd 5 speed and while I was at it I swapped in a d/r 5 speed I had around. Everything is hooked up now and engine will start but as soon as it does so it immediately dies. It will continue running good on starting fluid but nothing more. I sighted down the throttle body and could see that while I was cranking the injector was spitting out fuel but as soon as it caught, no more. I hooked up a noid light and could see that the signal would pulse while cranking but as soon as the car would start, the light would fade to a very dim constant.
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Here as possibly some related issues
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The Loyale has a silver ECU but the engine is from an unknown year (stupid me for not writting it down. The intake manifolds look identical however and everything plugs in right.
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When the battery is hooked up the tail/parking lights are lit. The only way to turn them off is to pull the fuse but the funny thing is that the tail light fuse doesn't do it, instead the only fuse that shuts them off is the door lock 20A fuse.
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The other thing is that the key won't trigger the starter. I tested and found that when I turn the key to start the point on the switch itself reads 12v but not at the starter end. I tested for continuity between that column end of the wire and the starter end and there is none. Is there a lockout circuit like a neutral safety? The wiring diagram only shows one for automatics. I haven't hooked up the tranny harness. The car harness to the tranny consists of a square 4 wire white one and a 2 wire black one. The tranny itself only has a round 4 wire white one. I assume that I can snip the wires and just match them up. I also assume this doesn't have the neutral switch but from my reading that shouldn't affect starting. This car doesn't have cruise so is there a way to hook up that neutral switch to the clutch like some say?
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Well thanks for all your help, I am really wanting to get this thing on the road and this is all that is stopping me. You guys are a great resource and I hope I have given a good enough description.