greenwagon
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Now surrounded by mountainous roads in West Cork, and 70 years old (how did that happen?), I'm trying to sort out my fourth Subaru - a 2006 Forester that I've been given by friends in Kenmare. They'd already spent €800 on it for an NCT retest, only for it to immediately start throwing codes (that I discovered were for secondary air system faults) - so they (wisely?) gave up and bought a new car instead!
So I'm going to need some advice on dealing with this.
My best option would probably be to disable the secondary air system, but this is a non-turbo car, and the ECU is a Hitachi.
Any thoughts?
I still have my 2005 2.0 Legacy GL, though it's been off the road for the last 2 years due to lockdowns and health problems (now sorted!), so it occurs to me that its ECU wouldn't have those error codes if it was compatible in the Forester. Or would swapping both the 2005 Legacy ECU and engine into the Forester be feasible/solve anything?
Thoughts?
Any other ideas?
Thanks!
So I'm going to need some advice on dealing with this.
My best option would probably be to disable the secondary air system, but this is a non-turbo car, and the ECU is a Hitachi.
Any thoughts?
I still have my 2005 2.0 Legacy GL, though it's been off the road for the last 2 years due to lockdowns and health problems (now sorted!), so it occurs to me that its ECU wouldn't have those error codes if it was compatible in the Forester. Or would swapping both the 2005 Legacy ECU and engine into the Forester be feasible/solve anything?
Thoughts?
Any other ideas?
Thanks!
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