Hi guys,
my flatmates have just purchased 2 v2 wrx's - a wagon and a sedan...
the sedan had engine issues when we collected it, was blowing large amounts of thick black smoke, and when you revv'd it - white smoke. (we swapped subbie + $2k cash our way for a leaky nissan navara), the guy had the engine pulled out and rebuilt, by what has to be one of the dodgyest mechanics in west auckland!!) - it has a frontmount setup, bov, pod filter and external wastegate thats not currently connected.
We have since fixed the following: airlock in cooling system, tightened silicone on FMIC, replaced perished vacume lines, sparkplugs not in correctly, coil packs not bolted on, new pod filter (old one was rusted and dirty as hell), new (2nd hand from strongs) afm, and icv...
main issue still is the car WONT idol when its cold (idols for approx 10sec before stalling) - it will stay running if you sit there with your foot on the accelerator?
my flatmate is a mechanic and hes even run out of ideas? -does anyone else have any ideas on what else we could look at? or could the 2nd hand icv be buggered?
thanks
everyone