I just recently had my engine replaced (only 8,000 miles on it so far, babied it all the way up 5,000miles. No boost before 3,000 miles and never over 5,000 rpms before 5,000 miles. Never left it one gear too long and downshifted through all gears whenever possible). Brand new short block with Manley internals assembled and blueprinted by SlowBoy Racing. New oil and water pump, gates racing timing belt, ARP head studs. The engine was put back in by a local shop. I'm still running open wastegate pressure and haven't ran anything more than that since I got the new engine. I've been waiting to take it to P&L to have a tune I can trust since I've put $10,000 into my car this past year. So I just kept it at open wastegate to be safe.
About 2 weeks ago my CEL came on (Solid CEL with slow blinking cruise light) sometime between turning my car on and getting to the exit of my apartment complex. I turned around and left the car at the apartment and drove my Jeep instead. When I went to take the STi to the local autozone down the street the next day to see what the code was the CEL was gone. The STi developed an exhaust leak this past week between the up-pipe and headers. The turbo didn't spool very well and it sounded like a beat to hell 80's honda. (SO embarrassing to drive!). But it seemed to run ok so I continued to drive it until yesterday when I had the gasket replaced. I had the car washed while it was at the shop and they got the intake wet, which I didn't know until I was driving the car and started getting into boost and the car felt like it fell flat on its face but sounded like it was bouncing off the rev limiter even though I was only at like 4k rpms. Obviosuly I stayed out of boost until I got home to check the filter. It was somewhat damp but nothing too serious. Left it on the hood for about 1-2hrs until it was dry. Car drove fine after that for the rest of the afternoon. Later that evening as I was backing out of a parking space the CEL came back on. There was an Autozone almost right next to where I was so I went and had the car scanned. It was for a Cylinder #3 misfire. He told me there were 2 of the same code, one from awhile ago and one recent. I had him clear the codes and went about my business. I went WOT getting on the highway and no CEL came on. Got off the highway, went to the store and as I was leaving the parking lot (driving very slow) the CEL came back on again. It still seemed to run fine and it never hesitated or made any odd noises. It still holds vacum at idle. By then Autozone was closed so I just headed home. On the way home the exhaust leak came back worse than before in the same spot. (which at the time sounded like my engine was failing and it could barely make the turbo spool). So I wasn't able to try and listen to the engine and see if it made any odd noises once I got off the highway.
Could it be due to water getting in past the intake? Or maybe the fact that it's getting colder? Or does it sound like something more serious that is only going to get worse?
It's just odd to me that the CEL came on while in parking lots or driving very "mildly" and lower RPMs.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be a GREAT help!!!
About 2 weeks ago my CEL came on (Solid CEL with slow blinking cruise light) sometime between turning my car on and getting to the exit of my apartment complex. I turned around and left the car at the apartment and drove my Jeep instead. When I went to take the STi to the local autozone down the street the next day to see what the code was the CEL was gone. The STi developed an exhaust leak this past week between the up-pipe and headers. The turbo didn't spool very well and it sounded like a beat to hell 80's honda. (SO embarrassing to drive!). But it seemed to run ok so I continued to drive it until yesterday when I had the gasket replaced. I had the car washed while it was at the shop and they got the intake wet, which I didn't know until I was driving the car and started getting into boost and the car felt like it fell flat on its face but sounded like it was bouncing off the rev limiter even though I was only at like 4k rpms. Obviosuly I stayed out of boost until I got home to check the filter. It was somewhat damp but nothing too serious. Left it on the hood for about 1-2hrs until it was dry. Car drove fine after that for the rest of the afternoon. Later that evening as I was backing out of a parking space the CEL came back on. There was an Autozone almost right next to where I was so I went and had the car scanned. It was for a Cylinder #3 misfire. He told me there were 2 of the same code, one from awhile ago and one recent. I had him clear the codes and went about my business. I went WOT getting on the highway and no CEL came on. Got off the highway, went to the store and as I was leaving the parking lot (driving very slow) the CEL came back on again. It still seemed to run fine and it never hesitated or made any odd noises. It still holds vacum at idle. By then Autozone was closed so I just headed home. On the way home the exhaust leak came back worse than before in the same spot. (which at the time sounded like my engine was failing and it could barely make the turbo spool). So I wasn't able to try and listen to the engine and see if it made any odd noises once I got off the highway.
Could it be due to water getting in past the intake? Or maybe the fact that it's getting colder? Or does it sound like something more serious that is only going to get worse?
It's just odd to me that the CEL came on while in parking lots or driving very "mildly" and lower RPMs.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be a GREAT help!!!
