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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / March 200895 Subaru wagon that won't start after turning off the engine
We gave our daughter a 95 Subaru wagon. She lives a couple of states away from us now, and her Subaru has started refusing to start after she turns off the engine. She goes to the store, comes back out, and the car won't start. After quite a while, it will start and she can go on home. It is an automatic, has over 100K miles, and I think it has a 2.2 engine. They replaced the battery, with no change in this odd behavior. Any ideas? They live out in the country, and I would hate for it to quit in the middle of nowhere. Thank you so much! Worried Momma > We gave our daughter a 95 Subaru wagon. She lives a couple of states > away from us now, and her Subaru has started refusing to start after [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > hate for it to quit in the middle of nowhere. Thank you so much! > Worried Momma Hmmm, does it start if 'jumped' from another vehicle? Has she tried wiggling the gear slector or starting in neutral? Is the CEL on? Possibly an electrical component (igniter, crank angle sensor,etc.) that is failing when the residual heat in the engine bay warms it up. Carl  Signatureto reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) > wandyh...@yahoo.com wrote: > > We gave our daughter a 95 Subaru wagon. She lives a couple of states [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- > to reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) Thank you. I will ask her about that. Also, my husband just informed me that the car has a manual transmission (oops), not automatic. Thanks again! Worried Momma 3 things come to mind: - Crankshaft (crank angle) position sensor, 95s were prone to this failure. - Defective ground connection. Even though the engine cranks, a defective ground could cause this problem. The engine would start easily by releasing the clutch while in 2nd or 3rd gear, while being pushed. - Is there a smell to gasoline when she tries to start the car? Thinking leaky injector, flooded engine? Does the car start if you press and hold the gas pedal to the floor while cranking? Good luck! > We gave our daughter a 95 Subaru wagon. She lives a couple of states > away from us now, and her Subaru has started refusing to start after [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > hate for it to quit in the middle of nowhere. Thank you so much! > Worried Momma It's almost certain to be either the crank or camshaft position sensor; last year I had the same problem with my Legacy. It turned out to be the cam sensor, but I changed both of them to make sure. You could check the codes, that would settle the question. |
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