1997 Subaru Legacy "coil pack running rich" Questions

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...running fine , got up next day cranked it and it had this proublem. may be a vacuum leak or an electrical problem (coil packs/plugs and plug wires/injectors) it may also be TPS (throttle positioning ...

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...coil packs known good coils. Checked compression good all the way across, but running really rich and misfire badly. It acts like a crossed spark plug wire when cranking. Replaced both coil packs ...

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...OF MONEY AT IT I HAVE LOOKED AT IT I THINK COIL PACK IS BAD .. BUT COULD FUEL PRESURE POSSIBLY BE AN ISSUE none fire on plug and the coil and the mdule ers good check coil pack and check fireing ...

...running. Has done this 3 times in the last month otherwise will run just fine. The security light stays lit when started. Any ideas why this is happening? i had the same trouble with my 98 3.8lt 3800 ...

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...coil pack but I'm leaning toward a spark plug problem because of the other two codes - they're indicating O2 sensor problems. If the O2 sensors are screwed up, the car reverts to preprogrammed, rich ...

...the time but not equally as strong. I pulled off the coil pack with the weakest spark and found a crack in the #5 tower. So I replace the 2/5 coil pack and it seems to have fixed it for the most

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...coil pack, new plugs, but car still miss fires. The exahuste pipe after cat. getting red hot. The car also smells as if its running rich and both fan motors are on. Check engine light is on and ...

...it wouldn't run probably, black smoke coming out the exhaust wouldn't rev up, I've checked coil pack's there good Black smoke is a sign of a fuel rich situation. Check fuel pressure and post it

...in color Brown is running rich as would be expected. The back three, do they all run off of one coil pack? I am betting they do, and if so, it's more than likely not firing. Or not firing

...and rotor, if this model has coil packs replace the coil pack that covers cylinder #1 it may also cover another cylinder as we'll some of the earlier models had two cylinders per coil. Hope this ...

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