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just wondering, does an exhaust leak affect the opperation of a turbo? thanks-

well the chapter in this book is closed. the voltage from the alternator, which had a short in it, blew out a fusible link, coil, ignitor, dizzy, and stereo fuses. so after replacing all of that my sube is up and running. i want to thank everyone for there time and input on helping me get to the bottom of this matter. thanks-

thanks for the help cougar, turns out that was the missing piece to my puzzle. after a new dizzy, alternator and an ignitor, my baby is up and running better than ever. all that voltage blew out everything, including the fuses in my stereos, head unit!!!

no, no codes of any kind, the problem was the alternator. it had a short in it and blew out everything i guess. so i have a new dizzy, coil, and ignitor. plus the new alternator. so who knows im gonna give it a go this morning, hopefully i dont need to find an ecm too- thanks for the insight!!!

i see the transistor on the bottom of the bracket. there are two wires coming out of it one is blue and black with a white stripe. ive messed with this before. they both go to the ignition coil- one to the pos and one to the negative,and there is another plug that plugs into it with two wires that go god knows where. anyway subaru is telling me that that transistor is for the radio and has no effect on anything, go figure. that doesnt sound right to me. but how do i replace it. it doesnt come off those wires are soddered on to the transistor?

i will check the alternator today and see if that was malfunctioning in anyway. also i am getting 12 volts to both sides of the coil. havint checked to see if the negative side pulses while the engines being cranked yet, will also do that in a little bit. Checked all fuses, no problems there.

i actually started getting higher than normal volts when i put the new alternator in. before the new alternator my lights were dimming out at idle and low volts. i put the new alternator in and from there out the volts were above 12 all the time. when the rpm s went up so did the volts. so you think the alternator was to blame? its brand new from auto zone.

all right heres the story. i have an 87 subaru gl turbo, with the ea82t motor. i just bought a new motor and turbo and everything else new under the hood. well my alternator went dead so i put on a new one. after i put the new alternator on my voltage was pretty high. which was partly my fault, because i put a bigger battery in the car to run my fog lights and subs. anyway, i was driving down the road and my voltage hit 18 volts and my car just shut off. i had no power at all in the car, so the first thing i did was check the fusible links, i had one blown, so i changed it thinking thats was all that was wrong. well i got power back but the car wouldnt start, it was cranking but not firing. so i checked the spark and there was none. so i changed the ignition coil and and still had no spark, then i checked the the rotor to see if i somehow blew a timing belt, since i just put new ones on i didnt think so, and the rotor was spining, next i got a new dizzy, because i was told the electronics inside could have burned up. so i put the new distributor on and i still have no spark. so heres where i stand. anyone have ideas, the last thing i could think of is maybe my ecm got fried. i mean, could i have burnt up the high wire from the coil to the dizzy? is there something else i could have burnt up i dont know about, like a resistor or something? i need some help soon because i live in pa and the snow is ready to start coming. any advice would be appreciated. thanks- bob