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Subject:Re: Subie Conversion Mystery ll
From:John Rodgers
Date:Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:16:43 -0500

Thanks for the tip! I have yet to have this happen when my car scanner is
on.

On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 3:52 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         For 1st Few Months after My EJ25 Conversion back in 2009 I ran it
> without a VSS
>
> & got those Same Symptoms,,, The HiwaySpeed ShutDown & Restart is the ECU
> trying
>
> to make sure that You are aware that You have an issue that needs to be
> addressed &
>
> on Mine it would allow about 13Mi’s before Repeat > It’s Limp Home Mode ~
>
>
>
> > On 18 Oct , 2022, at 10:23 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, guys. This message got chopped. Now trying again.
> >
> > At 65 to 70 MPH my 2005 2.5 engine starts stumbling. Slow down, and it
> > settles back down so I'm limited to 60 mph or less. My mobile car scanner
> > says it's the VSS. I tend to agree since I found excess movement in the
> > final drive axles coming out of the transaxle. I can get that fixed since
> > I'm pretty sure the VSS is picking up a bad signal as the shaft wobbles
> at
> > high speed since the magnetic signal comes from the CV bolt heads.
> >
> > The other thing seems to occur at any normal highway speed but random in
> > its occurrence. Cruising, the engine just suddenly quits cold - no
> warning
> > at all. Just like the ignition switch has been turned off. I have found
> > that if I instantly take my foot off the gas pedal and immediately apply
> > pressure again it runs just like nothing happened =- until 15 miles up
> the
> > road it happens again.
> >
> > Has anyone any suggestions as to what might be going on?
>
>