I recently bought a 1995 subaru legacy with about 180k miles on it.
I knew when I bought it that it had an issue with the oil pressure guage, which I fixed. After that, it ran well for a few weeks. Then a few days ago I took it less than a mile to the store, and it drove great on the way there. When I tried to leave, the car died while backing out. It would start again, but die seconds later. I went and reset the wiring to the spark plugs and got it to run enough to get home.
Now, if I start it and let it idle the at temp light flashes 16 times then the car dies. It always starts again on the first crank, then dies again. If I push the gas pedal at idle, it takes a bit longer before it dies. It dies almost immediately when trying to back out of a spot.
I know the very basics about cars, but I am well versed using tools and multimeter in other situations, I just need to be pointed at where to start trying to diagnose this issue. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks in advance!