2002 WRX sedan aspen white (needs work)

I'll start the price at $5,000. Sounds fair because if the car was running properly I'd think $7k would be about right. The price is obviously negotiable.

Lets start with the bad. The car has rough idle misfire in cylinder #1 and sometimes #2. I just drove it and it cruises great at freeway speed, but very rough in city driving. I had the car at RS Motors and they could not solve the problem. It was there for weeks and they checked everything. Coils, ecu, sparkplugs, injectors, valves, timing, etc etc. Timing is right on, valve clearance is good, the engine checks out and is in proper mechanical condition!!! So.... that's the deal. You are getting a car that is in good mechanical shape, but for some reason just won't run properly. I have no more time or money to deal with this. IT MUST GO.

The body looks fine from 20 feet, but there are plenty of scratches and dents. I bought this car about 3 years ago and the dents were there from the previous owner. The car also had a roof spoiler which the previous owner bolted on ONE SIDE ONLY and therefore it ripped off one day on the freeway. It has a hole on one side where that bolt used to be.

Now THE GOOD. There is plenty of good.

120k miles
New RA gears at 100k miles with new clutch at 100k (car shifts perfectly)
New front and rear pads and rotors 5k miles ago
Spark plugs 10k ago
This car was fully cleaned up by Dan (Turbo turtle from MNsubaru) a year, 10k miles, ago. He spent 2 days on the car replacing hoses, lines, boots, etc. He did the fluids and even cleaned up the foggy headlights. Basically last year every detail of this car was inspected and cleaned up.

Modifications:
Cobb V1 AP
Invidia TBE to Skunk2 muffler
AEM intake
Mishimoto radiator
JDM hood scoop and Zero Sports GDB/GGB Cool Action hood vent
STI big wing and 06/07 tail lights
HIDs and yellow fog lamp (non HID fog lamps)
Viper alarm system
radar detector
6 gauges (pillar has volts and oil pressure with AEM A/F wideband)
clock area has Prosport boost, oil temp, and h20 temp
large (ebay?) intercooler with HKS style bov
Nice stereo system:
Alpine IPOD style deck X300 REALLY NICE!
Profile amp 1000w
2 12" audiobahn subs in box in trunk

Always 93 octane BP gas. Always fully synthetic oil. The car will come with stock rims and very good snow tires. I have BBS RK's, but I would rather sell them separately.

PICS...(note roof spoiler is gone as stated above)









4 point racing bungy roll bar, lol...

 

I don't know cars. I let the professionals handle that. RS had the car for a while and tried all they could easily think of.

 

I would agree with Josh, mine was running rougher than I liked, clean that baby up,a new 50 cent gasket. Smooth as a baby's bald butt. But in your case sounds like you might need to replace it.

 

If you know someone with a compression gauge check that 02-03 motors notoriously had valve issues...are you getting and misfire codes etc?

 

Just re read the post slapped forehead with palm misfire on 1 sometimes 2

 

any rust on the car? rear panals?

 

can you pm me info on the bbs rims

 

Just to clear up some more questions.
I figured out what the car is doing but I couldn't pinpoint exactly why. The car loses injector pulse only at idle and very low throttle. It took me hours to find out what it was doing wrong but I couldn't come up with a fix.
At idle, the car doesn't fire cylinder number 1. Specifically does not fire the injector. I tried different crank sensor, different cam sensor, different ecu, traced the harness. Fix some soldered wires and still the same issue.
Prior to finding the problem, I did check the compression, replaced the plugs, tested injectors, tested coils. Once I found out it was the injector pulse missing, then I did all the other tests needed.

Yes this cost the owner an arm and two legs( of an insect). I ate this labor pretty much. All three weeks of it.
In sure there's a fix but I'm packed with cars here and have to move on for now.

 

I forgot to finish. From idle, if you open the throttle, it will get the injector pulse back.
I know there are plenty of guys here who likes problem solving. This is good candidate.

 

I haven't noticed rust. This car's history shows it was originally from Texas and I bought it in Chicago. But as stated there are plenty of dings. This is NOT a clean body.

I would like to thank RS for putting in a lot of time trying to figure this car out. If it doesn't sell for a reasonable price I'm going to have to consider keeping it and getting it fixed regardless of the cost because I love this car. The BBS rims will only be available if/when the car sells.

 

I would love to take all those toys and put them in my next car, but I can't part anything out. I agree on the wiring. We just talked about that as the next step last night and this morning.

 

I could definetly keep the subs and amp. That would be very easy to remove, but the other stuff not so much. The Cobb AP is easy too, but not worth a whole lot to me. I'm really just looking to start fresh. I'm getting a wagon if possible too. If I knew that a certain amount of money would get this car running great then that is one thing, but I'm not able to go spend a bunch for a shop to fix this and that in the HOPES that it will work.

 

I'd go 3.5 with out the subs and amp and access port... I'd want the head unit. LMK Also 2.0 5MT?

 

Thanks for throwing a number out there, but at this point I'm looking for very near $5k, otherwise its just not worth it to me to sell.

YES 2.0 5MT has a nice momo knob and (I believe factory short shifter).

 

The gears were done at Subaru just before I bought the car. I got that info from a Subaru tech (off Subaru's computer record system). That's all I know. The timing belt was "suposedly" done around the same time. No info on water pump or valves. According to RS, everything looks good. Dan did a ton of LITTLE maintenance things. (tightening loose items, fixing pressure leaks, new O2 sensor, some suspension components, and the brakes). He had the car on two separate occassions.

 

Without knowing exactly what's wrong with it anD having to pay Sheens high price for a detail I couldn't go any higher...GLWS

 

3800

 

And the car is sold. Just now, cash money... Shopping for next car starts tomorrow

 

who bought it a member here???

 

No. Craigslist guy.