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Originally Posted by new2subaru
What lead you to the connection? That would be a pain to figure out.
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Dumb luck, following the service guide we figured the maf throttle body and vvt sensors weren’t getting 12v power when they should - this was by following the codes I listed in the other post. Efi relay and the rest of the steps checked good but we were getting weird continuity errors, pins connecting when they shouldn’t (at least if my rudimentary electrician skills are worth anything). Pulled the intake off to see if there was any crushed harness which freed up the main plug so we could look into it. As I tried to probe the 12v pin on the main connector I noticed it was running away from me lol and then saw the bent pin.
Pushed the 12v in so it was seated and bent the pin back, put it back together and voila. Glad I didn’t have to cut open or buy a harness. Only lost a cup of gas or so lol. And honestly plugging into the obd2 port and paying attention, the maf had zero voltage, when the car is on you should be getting a minimum 0.127V, that’s the main tip we had a wiring issue and the solution wasn’t new sensors.
Starting an engine that had oil completely drained sounds nasty as fuck btw.