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son of a.... on a completely unrelated note, anyone want to buy a 2000 GTB? ;D

I\'ve got a 2000 Legacy GT, I\'ve noticed the check engine light come on sometimes while driving, it doesn\'t stay on for long though. Finally got around to checking the error codes and I\'ve got a 12 and 22. Apparently a 12 is "Abnormal signal emitted from starter switch". Not so concerned about that, could be my dodgy immobiliser. I\'m a little more worried about 22, "Abnormal voltage produced in knock sensor monitor circuit". I\'ve got a service manual and it says the knock sensor is on the top of the engine block under the intake manifold on the passenger side. I can\'t seem to find it... Anyone got any ideas what to do next?

Thanks for the help everyone, its turned out to be the bearing in the air conditioning belt tensioner. My engine is now quiet, but I have no aircon till I get a new part... I don't know what was worse

I checked, he wasn't hiding in the engine bay.on a serious note, the noise is definitly from the front of the engine, not the exhaust

Power steering is fine, I removed the alternator/power steering belt and the noise is still there.

So I have a whiney noise coming from the front of the engine. Something has obviously worn out... What I'm after is recommendations of who in Wellington I should take it to to get it fixed. Its still under an autosure warranty so I'm after quality over cash and they must be MTA members. Prefer city over hutt as well

sounds like a lot of money to make your car look weird and retro

only happens under load and when its happening backing off the throttle makes it quiet so i don't think it would be something on the fan belts. it starts disppearing when the primary turbo starts spooling

No pod filter, doesn't sound like water either. Only non-standard thing on my car is an after market rear muffler and an engine grounding kit, but they were put on before it was imported

Definitely not metal on metal

between about 1700 and 2100 rpm my engine makes bit of a whirring noise. I'm pretty sure it isn't the "sti" exhaust as this resonates between about 1000 and 1300. Its like its happening just before the point when the primary starts spooling up. If I'm going up a hill in 3rd and the revs stay the same, the noise stays as well. The weird thing is my old honda sounded similar to this as well Any ideas?

Cheers, it magically started working for one morning but now its back to being a dick. Now my easter holiday is over I might be able to reset it

Many years ago when I was a teenager I had a beltronics It saved me from many vans, but the only thing it really did with cop cars is save you about 10kph. If you're going over 120 and it goes off, chances are they've got you before you can react. These days I just don't speed, that works even better

I looked at it parked outside the garage and thought about moving it inside

I have one on my bh5 it cost about $1400 for 4 years and its about paid for itself already $100 excess, road side assistance and covers absolutely everything except brake pads and exhaust

That would be awesome I think it happened after my battery went flat today

I've got a BH5 Legacy and when the drivers window is put up on auto, it gets to the top then comes down about 10cm. It refuses to go back up untill it has been put down again. This also happens when not using the auto up as well, unless timed just right. Any ideas on the cause? I have a mechanical warranty/insurance but I can fix it for less than the $100 excess I'd be a happy man.

I googled across injector dynamics and read a whole bunch of info there I reckon I can pretty much do the calculations providing I can get the dead time and static flow ratings

Is that based on them being 550cc/min injectors, or actual real world values? (which going on info I've googled would make them about 600cc/min to flow 440cc at 80%)

So I should measure the battery voltage and remove the dead time from the IPW before calculating duty cycle? A ~1ms dead time would make quite a big difference as it only ranges from about 2ms at idle to no more than ~20ms If only I could find a datasheet for the injectors or a flow rate/duty cycle graph

I'm in the proof of concept stage of developing a "trip computer" to measure fuel consumption by measuring injector pulse width I've got a 2000 legacy gtb I'm not about to take out an injector just to see that it probably doesn't have any part number on it anyway The information I need is: Flow rate Dead-band time I need this information is figure out how much fuel is squirted out I've noticed that the ECU doesn't shut the injectors off completely when the throttle is closed at high revs It drops back to ~0.6 - 0.7ms. Based on wild guessing, this could be the dead-band time? The engine code is EJ208DWCBE The injectors have about 12.5 ohms resistance The plug on the injector is yellow Any help would be appreciated Once it is out of proof of concept stage, it'll be an open source project