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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 04:39 PM
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Bugeyed Noob

Hey everybody! Name's Jason and I am a proud new owner of a 2002 WRB Bugeye from the Bay Area in California.

Inherited the car from my brother because it couldn't pass smog, and on the condition I got it to pass it was mine. He had installed a lightweight flywheel and after a while a CEL showed up (misfire code). According to his research and troubleshooting he determined the flywheel was the cause. Replaced the flywheel with a stock one and the problem was solved. That was about 6 months ago and the car has been running great since (and man am I loving it!). Recently, however, the CEL returned. Misfire on cylinder 1. Can't be the flywheel anymore... Still in the process of working out what the problem is.
Old Aug 12, 2013 | 04:51 PM
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Hey everybody! Name's Jason and I am a proud new owner of a 2002 WRB Bugeye from the Bay Area in California.

Inherited the car from my brother because it couldn't pass smog, and on the condition I got it to pass it was mine. He had installed a lightweight flywheel and after a while a CEL showed up (misfire code). According to his research and troubleshooting he determined the flywheel was the cause. Replaced the flywheel with a stock one and the problem was solved. That was about 6 months ago and the car has been running great since (and man am I loving it!). Recently, however, the CEL returned. Misfire on cylinder 1. Can't be the flywheel anymore... Still in the process of working out what the problem is.
look for vac leaks. also how old are your plugs and wires? first, wrx? rs? RS have one coil pack and plug wires. my coil packl was worn out and dark brown on terminals. GL!
Old Aug 13, 2013 | 12:39 PM
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WRX. Not sure when he last changed the plugs and wires. I found this little gem:

http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/genera...ease-read.html

Gonna work my way down the list to try and figure it out. Hopefully its something not too difficult.
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great info!
Im going to replace IAVC and PCV valves tomm, fix vacuum leak, and adjust valves tomm.
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