Help required

[Big E]

When starting the car first thing i notice that it is a bit sluggish, this has happened twice now can abyone shed any light on this as it is bugging me now.

also when this happens the rev counter is well below 1000rpm and it sounds as if it is struggling to get up to normal revs on start up.

any help would be appreciated

[Nelson]

Morning mate - sorry to hear about your woes Well I would put this down to a sensor either failing/failed or mis reading. My favourite would be either the crank sensor or cam sensor. If I were you mate check ECU for any fault codes (it tells you how to do it on here www.ravensblade-impreza.com cos I am guessing that you may well have an ECU Fault code.

Otherwise I can talk you through removing and cleaning up the sensors as they can get carboned up which can cause all manner of problems. I had a similar problem with m prev WRX - it turned out to be the Cam Sensor !! The thing had to be removed and replaced with a 2nd hand one from Grade A and the car fired perfectly from that day forth.

HTH

[Big E]

cheers Nelson will let you know once i have had a look at Ravensblade

[Big E]

can you let me know where these sensors are m8 and i will give them a clean up

air flow sensor and cam / crank sensors

cheers

[patrolman]

try an ecu reset did mine last week now a different car smoother and more responsive
all i did was disconnect battery overnight
reconnect batery then take for a varied drive to reset values

[Nelson]

Leave it with me E - I'll need to dig up a photo of the Phase 1 engine bay to give you some pointers The Crank Sensor is the brown one (IIRC) that sits beneath your alternator/alternator belt. Its kinda at the front of the engine actually in between the belt. Its a little difficult to explain - but you can't miss it cos its brown in colour and it stands off against the metal black very easily. What you need to do is unplug the sensor and then remove, I believe its a 10 sized spanner job. Then you have the lovely job of levering the sensor out of its hole. When removed you will no doubt see the thing carbonned up. Use some Carb/Brake Cleaner or WD40 to blast all the crap off it. Refit and try starting your car up and see how she fires.

[Big E]

cheers for that nelson you are a star m8 :wink:

and thanks Patrolman :wink: