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I have a 90 Legacy manual that won't start. Any ideas?

Everyone who has tried to start the car has insisted that the engine isnt getting enough gas- I have traced the fuel line to the fuel injectors, cleaning the injectors with a brush, adding an entire container of Lucas cleaner, though the car is still not working.

I have checked the spark plugs and one was melted- the ceramic end broken.

While checking for spark while plugs were removed, gas shoots out one of the holes- possibly a faulty injector...

Is this why the car doesnt start? Is the engine getting too much gas, and this has been the problem all along, even when there has been those of us looking in on the car that swear that the engine isnt getting any?

The car has recently had trouble over heating.

One day it just stopped while going 50 on the highway- and needed a battery charge to start. While starting there was significant rumbling, gringing under the hood. Checking the oil dipstick, finding very little oil- adding three quarts. Driving about 5 miles with this grinding at 20 mph as this is all the engine is willing to go- untill it started to overheat, then it wanted to race, but couldnt. This is the history of the problem. For some reason, after that 5 miles, the oil now reads as way too high. I was able to start the car for up to a minute if holding down the gas, but now it doesnt start at all.

ANY IDEAS of what it could be?!!! Is it time to throw it away? Thank you for any comments! Need more clues? thank you...

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Kiss principle.

 

Pull the plug wires at the coil pack about 1" away and crank the engine over. Is there spark going across the gap?

 

Are the spark plugs wet?

 

Do you have any check engine codes? You should if it wont start.

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Sounds to me like you need to pull the timing belt covers, I think one of your pulleys or idle that pull the timing belt may have came apart. That would decribe the rumbling under the hood and the over heating issue at the same time.

I have a 90 Legacy manual that won't start. Any ideas?

Everyone who has tried to start the car has insisted that the engine isnt getting enough gas- I have traced the fuel line to the fuel injectors, cleaning the injectors with a brush, adding an entire container of Lucas cleaner, though the car is still not working.

I have checked the spark plugs and one was melted- the ceramic end broken.

While checking for spark while plugs were removed, gas shoots out one of the holes- possibly a faulty injector...

Is this why the car doesnt start? Is the engine getting too much gas, and this has been the problem all along, even when there has been those of us looking in on the car that swear that the engine isnt getting any?

The car has recently had trouble over heating.

One day it just stopped while going 50 on the highway- and needed a battery charge to start. While starting there was significant rumbling, gringing under the hood. Checking the oil dipstick, finding very little oil- adding three quarts. Driving about 5 miles with this grinding at 20 mph as this is all the engine is willing to go- untill it started to overheat, then it wanted to race, but couldnt. This is the history of the problem. For some reason, after that 5 miles, the oil now reads as way too high. I was able to start the car for up to a minute if holding down the gas, but now it doesnt start at all.

ANY IDEAS of what it could be?!!! Is it time to throw it away? Thank you for any comments! Need more clues? thank you...

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ShawnW-

I tested the spark plugs by removing them and resting them upon the engine and trying to turn the engine over. The plugs are wet with gas, but all plugs fire. What are check engine codes?

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I have a 90 Legacy manual that won't start. Any ideas?

Everyone who has tried to start the car has insisted that the engine isnt getting enough gas- I have traced the fuel line to the fuel injectors, cleaning the injectors with a brush, adding an entire container of Lucas cleaner, though the car is still not working.

I have checked the spark plugs and one was melted- the ceramic end broken.

While checking for spark while plugs were removed, gas shoots out one of the holes- possibly a faulty injector...

Is this why the car doesnt start? Is the engine getting too much gas, and this has been the problem all along, even when there has been those of us looking in on the car that swear that the engine isnt getting any?

The car has recently had trouble over heating.

One day it just stopped while going 50 on the highway- and needed a battery charge to start. While starting there was significant rumbling, gringing under the hood. Checking the oil dipstick, finding very little oil- adding three quarts. Driving about 5 miles with this grinding at 20 mph as this is all the engine is willing to go- untill it started to overheat, then it wanted to race, but couldnt. This is the history of the problem. For some reason, after that 5 miles, the oil now reads as way too high. I was able to start the car for up to a minute if holding down the gas, but now it doesnt start at all.

ANY IDEAS of what it could be?!!! Is it time to throw it away? Thank you for any comments! Need more clues? thank you...

 

over heat, no oil, bet now it has no compression, i hate to say DOA so qucikly, but it sounds like itto me. SUbarus can take a lot of abuse, but very low oil and an over heat, i dont hold out hope. You can try a new coolant temp sensor, but i dont hold out a lot of hope.

 

nipper

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