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Legacy lacking power and using lots of fuel




By nik71 on Jun 29, 2009

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93 bg5 Legacy gt wagon auto. I cannot talk to transmission computor with diagnostic computor The car is lacking power and i am only getting 360km on 50 liters of gas.
This problem has started since doing cam belt water pump had engine out to fix oil leak new plugs and coils
The car runs great for about 50 km when ecu is reset, then it starts playn up again.

SOS save our subaru
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Jul 01, 2009

- Ecu appears fine on diagnostic no errors. 'Failed to connect' to transmission computor can get a trans comp for cheap, is it an easy job to replace? Did 300km on wknd no worries just struggles up hills and drinkn gas thanks 4 the thoughts SOS

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posted on Jun 29, 2009
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Turbo05

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Are you sure its the transmission ecu that is the problem ?
Are you getting any engine ecu error codes ?
Sounds to me like its going into limp home mode.....
Crankshaft sensor ?
Camshaft sensor ?
Engine ecu ?
Thats where I would be looking ........
Looking forward to your reply.


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