help :( im now officially lost

[2087]

Hey folks,

Some of the forum monkeys may be aware of soe of the previous problems i have been having. Namely i was getting error codes 24 and 33 to begin with. I managed to sort the code 24 and was left with only the 33.

Then today i am still stuck with this infernal code 33, and now for some reason (after i played about with the vehicle speed sensor and the idle control valve, cleaning both) code 12 popped up.

I only owned the bloody car for a fortnight, and have not been able to drive it properly as it has been running in safe mode pretty much from day one.

I am aware that i could take it to a garage such as town and county (Aberdeen i think is closest?) or AWD (in Perth) but was warned off of this by a colleague who tells me that garages have an 'if in doubt replace and bill the customer' policy. Whether this is true or not i dont really know.

So to the point. Does anyone know of, or anyone here have a diagnostic rig that i can hook up to my car to see what the hell the story is? The car has a full decat system, custom manifold, thats about the only mods, running on the standard wrx 93 ECU. Maybe these mods could be throwing up a problem or two? God knows.

Anyway i'm completely in the mud here, any ideas or anyone that can help, either reply please or throw a PM my way.

My car is a 93 import WRX and i live in Arbroath.

Cheers

Edited March 16, 2008 by 2087

[craigy]

hello mate i had code 12, its the code for the starter swith, i had that about a year and half just done the ecu reset and never popped up again

all you need to no is

here

http://www.saxonfields.freeserve.co.uk/Sco...Diag%20Page.htm

hope that helps?

craigy

[2087]

Sorry should have said that in original post mate, tried resettin loads, still keeps comin back.

Did the normal reset umpteen times aswell as disconnecting the battery :S

[craigy]

so you have done the black and green connectors yeah, dissconnecting the battery for a while works too?

[2087]

yeah mate both take the code away for about 5 mins then bam, 4500 rpm rev limit.

When the CEL comes on during the ecu reset (indicating to stop and disconnect wires) its flashing with the codes.

totally stuck :S

[RS Grant]

I can't help with the technical stuff, as I've never really had experience with your problem/year of car.. but I can say that Callum at Checkpoint Garage in Arbroath is pretty clued up on these cars and wont replace something unless he needs to replace it. Might be worth sticking it in for him to look at??

Cheers,

Grant

[RACERX]

hi m88 drop me a phone number and i will call u just now

[RACERX]

code 33 speed sensor wil cause the car to go into safe mode and wont let you rev past 4500 revs it will run fine after a reset for 5 minutes but will give cel light again and back to spuare one check for loose wire to speed sensor