Got my car back last night!












It broke again this morning.

 

What happened this time?

 

It's what makes a Subaru a Subaru.

Sorry, bub.

 

Tell me more about the used car lot you bought the car from.

 

Hello Friday

 

The ghetto fix was too ghetto.

I suppose. Special order parts and a poor distribution network really.

It lasted 4 track days.

 

I can help you with parts...

 

don't tell us what happened or what the fix was. just keep replying in the most silly manner ever. lol

 

Par for the course for QQ

 

You can get parts quicker than any other dealer?

Do you want to know or something?

Oh good. I was begging to think that I may have lost my touch.

 

Good morning...oh wait time for lunch already

 

For the right price I can get it faster then Paul Walker and his overnight parts from Japan.

 

sometimes I wonder

 

That sounds less appealing...

Where to start...

I found a receipt in the car for the AAA battery that's under the hood. The receipt was from January this year. The battery is fairly new. Cool. What I didn't notice, there's a ****ton of corrosion on the frame and engine below the battery. Ok, the old battery probably exploded or something. NBD. Apparently some of that acid got into the connector for the #2 coil pack. As a result the connector is corroded and melted. Added bonus, the coil pack is dead. #2 isn't firing.

For whatever reason, Subaru changed the coil packs in 2011. 2011 and after, they're black. Before 2011, they are grey. My mechanic had a grey one. No one had a back one.

Grey one fits and works. The connector is ****ed up, zip tie it on.

This works for a bit. Worked last night, worked for a little while this morning. Doesn't work anymore.

Black coil and a new connector have been ordered. Hopefully they will arrive on Monday.


The nice thing about all of this... #2 and #4 were checked and they are healthy. Overall, the engine is in good shape. This is good to know.

 

ahh ok I get it now. well that's not too bad. make sure they properly remove the pins and re-install into new connector vs snipping off and soldering/crimping like most hackjob places try to do. You want that wiring intact and 1 piece no matter what.