ScoobyJoe Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Hi all! Brought my first Scooby about three weeks back, and I fell in love with it straight away! It's a bugeye WRX wagon.The car is completely standard bar a prodrive Backbox & an STi intercooler. Cambelt, tensioner & pulley was done 2k ago. Yesterday I accelerated hard in 4th, and when I got to about 80, the engine management light flashed on/off for about 10 seconds.. It's not come on since & the car drives fine. I'm completely bamboozled! The boost reading was normal, any ideas? Any help would be much appreciated, as I'm not able to get it in to a garage till next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobyghost Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Best bet would be have the code read to see what popped up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyJoe Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Will do as soon as I get the chance mate, any idea what it could be? From past experience maybe? Like I said I've not been a Scooby owner long, so I'm just really confused why it flashed for a bit then went off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 flashing ECL can be misfire detected, worth checking plugs & leads if no useful codes or other faults found . Make sure plug gaps sensible & decent brand & right model while you have them out as when on boost the higher compression & more fuel creates greater resistance for the spark ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 O2 & knock sensors can intermittently flash and dissappear, they'll be stored in the ecu though Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyJoe Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 Cheers for the response guys, my immediate thought was the 02 sensor or dodgy spark plug! Will be getting it in the garage asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Worth buying a cheap code reader or cheap cable, obd adaptor to use with pc or android software so can read your own codes . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyJoe Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 Literally just ordered one on eBay mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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