My question is what am I missing?

Asked by Drew Dec 14, 2021 at 08:17 AM about the 1999 Subaru Legacy 30th Anniversary Sedan AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I did a rebuild on an ej25d for a 30th edition Legacy s u s
everything is in place and everything is been renewed that
was broken and I mean everything it's like brand spanking
new under the hood but I can't get any Spark so I'm going to
list the things that I checked or replaced. I replace the plugs
I replace the wires I replace the coil pack I replace the
ignition igniter I replace the ignition module replace the key
ignition I increased the ground connections I replaced the
crankshaft position sensor I replace the camshaft position
sensor I replaced the whole engine obviously cuz it's the
rebuild I replaced the TPS. Mind you as I ran voltmeter
inspections OBD2 code reading inspections I cancelled out
all my codes and yet there is still no spark I replaced fuses I
replaced relays this bad boy is like brand new but yet still
no spark the only thing I can think of is that it is an ECM
problem but even the signal from the scope says it's
running fine. I figured maybe it's the tccm nope that works
fine too I thought maybe it was a bad battery Note good
fully charged I thought it was a wiring harness nope all
closed Loops are good both positive and negative. Why
won't my car start?

1 Answer

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Some times it is the least obvious thing that gets overlooked that is the cause. I replaced my coil pac and wires earlier this year and had the same problem your experiencing . What I found was the weather pac connection for power to the coil was not totally connected. I dismounted the coil and pushed the connection till it clicked remounted coil and wala it started. May not be your problem but worth a look if not check for ground wires not connected anywhere in the engine compartment . Hope this helps.

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