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where is the coolant temp sensor?

well my 94 legacy has been having a major problem. its become way hard to start and sometimes it wont start at all. sometimes when its running it will run fine but usually it does a lot of sputtering and stuff. while sputtering if i let it idle it will die instantly. so i have to keep giving it gas and it seems like it lags when it revs. kinda stumped on this one. gas is ok as far as i know since its been doing this and ive had different gas in it. everything looks normal. the only clue i have is that i get this really wierd smell when it start getting the power loss. smells kind of like antifreeze really. but i dont believe i have a HG issue. possible since the HG was done a few hundred miles ago but i dont believe so since my oil looks ok (except its gotten dirty really really fast since i did work on the engine and put new oil in it and all that). i havent noticed any loss in fluid in my radiator. the exhaust is a light blue color. subaru for ya. so im kind of stumped. i might start it up and drive 5-10 miles with it behaving fine or i can start it up and it runs like hell from the get go. ive had this car for 2 years and ive had nothing but one problem after another. just need it to keep running for the moment but when i take it to the crusher i definitely wont be sorry to see this subie go.

no lenses are bright! and not that great in the rain

if its happening while braking then i would say you have a warped rotor or 2 up front.

is there such a thing as a reset button on my 94 legacy?

use some polyurethane jk

i appreciate the help with everything. been busy and havent been able to trace down the problem yet. kinda worried about my front right wheel. the top of it is to far in towards the car and the bottom to far out. somethings broken or bent but im not sure what.

first off guys its a manual tranny. figured you would know since well... never heard of anyone roll starting a automatic. and thanks for any stuff to look at. maybe i can figure something out. the wire they crossed was the power wire for the head unit. it was simply a wire ran directly from my battery to my radio. i had gotten a inline fuse but hadnt had time to put it in. and ya fairtax im confused too. i get a code 12. i can roll start my car or i can run a hot wire from battery to starter and start my car, but when i turn the key from on to start nothing happens.

wow wish i had some reading like that

just so you know an HLA is the subaru counterpart of a lifter btw rattles are no new thing. mine rattles so much i call it the rattler

hi tom glad to have you with us

who needs 4th gear when ya got 3rd the lights havent come back on. i cleaned the alternator connections since i could at least do that easily. havent had any problems with that. im still going to check the output next time i go by an autoparts store.

ya a knock sensor will make it run like hell. puting my engine back in my car the knocksensor wire got messed up and it ran but ran with no performance at all. so a new knocksensor should help

what kind of car do you have? ive been the worst at not supplying that info if its anything like my ej22 then you can turn the crank by putting a ratchet on the main crank bolt and turning it. you shouldnt be able to turn it by hand alone. and if you get a constant clicking sound when trying to start you probably dont have good battery terminal connections. good luck

any scans would be useful. of course the hard part is when ya get to the car and your like not sure lol. but from what it looks like they tried doing something to the ignition (sticking something in it?) to start it and the car said FU and shut the ignition switch off. i dont know. next step is to look for fuzible links.