Good tuner

[Guest]

Can someone please suggest of a good reasonably priced subaru engine tuner in the shore? This is just N/A not Turbo. Thanks.

[nt_a_foz]

What exactly do you mean by "tuning" ...what is your car and what mods does it have.

[Guest]

It's an Impreza HX20s with an EJ20e non-turbo.

Stock but is rough at idle at times. Already had a full service including a few throttle body cleans but still the same issue.

[nt_a_foz]

You cant "tune it" as such..

I think this term may have carried over from when cars had carbies that needed adjusting loL.

You may need a new AFM.

Only cars with a factory reflashable ecu (2000 onwards) or a aftermarket ecu such as a LINK, Motec, Microtec, Vipec etc can be "tuned"

[Guest]

I think I might have used the wrong word then?

All I'm wanting is basically a shop/mechanic that knows a lot about subaru engines so I can be sure my engine gets tuned up properly if that makes sense..

[Simon C]

You mean you want your engine serviced? An oil change, oil filter, upper engine cleaner, AFM cleaner and a fresh air filter won't cost you much, and can be done by even a noob mechanic at home in an hour or two.

[wrx_lou]

If you tell us the symptons you want to fix then we may be able to direct you to someone who can help, or possible even give you advice on what you could do yourself. Otherwise we are just clutching at straws.

[Guest]

Well the issue is that the engine is randomly rough on idle. I seem to notice it a lot when the engine is well heated up and I do a little spirited driving then stop at a stop light.

A recent service was done. Change to iridium plugs, oil flush and oil change, filters, throttle body clean, fuel injector cleaner. It was doing this even before the tune up.

[wrx_lou]

Id say airflow meter. Has it been read for fault codes? If not, its pretty easy to do yourself and there is a good guide somewhere on the site. Use the search as I'm too lazy and should be going to be anyway.

[Guest]

Cheers for the input.

Read about AFM in this forum and I think this is my problem basing on the symptoms the guys are experiencing.

How how I know what color/type/model AFM I have without opening it? I'm just a lazy bugger and can't be bothered doing it myself ;D

I know there are cheap and expensive one's depending on what you have but can someone give me a price range please? cheers

[Guest]

The color is on the afm

[Scoobydoo]

Yeah, there's a sticker on the outside of it. Even as lazy as you might be, you'll only have to lift up the bonnet to see.

[Guest]

yeah I can lift the bonnet (i think) ;D

How do you read for error codes yourself? Do you need any equipment for this?

[Guest]

http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic,67.0.html

[Guest]

Sweet. Thanks man.

[Guest S T E Y E]

might not be air flow meter tho??? does it rev out under load properly cos after all the afm in reality is a load sensor....

id point towards cleaning the air flow meter...checking for leaks and cleaning the aicv first...much cheaper than afm and if u buy one and its not that ull be peeeved