2011 Subaru forester

Asked by Subaru2011rf Jan 16, 2020 at 08:08 AM about the 2011 Subaru Forester 2.5 X Limited

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2011 foresters check engine light keeps
coming on and going off.  It will
go off and not come back on until setting
somewhere letting it idle.  I have had
it to Subaru and 2 different repairs shops
and they say it is a generic code.  
Have changed mass air flow and gas cap so
far.

14 Answers

Yes it is I cleaned it and checked it after the light came back on when we got it back from the dealership. It will go off for days to weeks at a time then if setting somewhere letting it idle the light come right back on.

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If your intake plenum has an anti-resonance attachment look for cracking there too, but the most common sources of air leaks are a loose clamp or split on the pleated flexible neck.

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Remove clamps and check that plastic manifold ends are not pinched under the clamps into a dented circle shape. Gotta be a leak somewhere....

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Duh...yes!! ANY intake leak after the MAP destroys the integrity of the MAP sensor upstream. Use duct tape temporarily, but get that replkaced. Cheers. Ern TSG/B

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