hi, i recently bought a 1995 uk impreza 2 litre turbo, whilst changing the dashboard bulbs from standard to l e d blue, i noticed some of the warning light bulbs were missing, 1 of which was the engine management 1, on replacing them all & putting my dash in & starting her up i noticed my engine check light came on after about 30 seconds, so i turned it off straight away. my question is where is the plug in to enable me to see what the problem is & repair it. people have told me all sorts from its subaru garage only to there isnt one, so as this is my first scooby im at a total loss. could someone please let me know where the plug in is so i can repair asap. i know there is loads of various modes of this car, so, mine is a 1995 N reg {sept N reg 1995} subaru impreza 2000 turbo uk version with the 160 mph speedo & rev counter is on the left as you look at the facia.please help, thank you

 

Read the 'Manually Reading Codes' section

http://www.scoobypedia.co.uk/index.p...eadingECUCodes

or take it to a good Subaru specialist who would most likely have a Select Monitor (subarus own diagnostic tool)

Then go round to who you bought it off and ask if they know why the CEL bulb was missing because I would be pretty pissed off finding that out.

 

hi mate, thanx for the info, ill take a look at the section youve said about, i take it its on here? hope it is, coz i aint got a manual for it, i take it that it has to be a scooby garage then/ does that mean there isnt a plug in that my local diagnostics garage wont be able to do it then? also, im goin to see him, but also its part my fault as i shouldve checked it came on when i first looked at the car, but as its a 95 car, i thought wouldnt have 1. any more info would be great, thanx, its my first scooby, & though i love it, i just dont know nothing about them at all, so me thinks im goin to be on here asking lots of daft questions for a while. lol

 

The section you need to read is in the link

If there reader is OBD II then no they wont be able to plug and read it,but read the link I've posted and you can do it for free

Always worth using the 'Search' facility as woul dexpect many of your 'daft ' questions will have already been answered

These dashboard lights should show up when keys in ignition switched to on

 

just adding a small bit of text to myblackWRX...
I know the OP know how to suck eggs... but I'll say it anyway

...... but without the engine running.

hope you get it sorted.

Vik