# 95 Legacy eating plug wires **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 26, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539 "2012-04-26T06:15:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/1 "2012-04-26T06:15:30Z")
I’m curious as to what would cause a EJ22 1995 obd1 Subaru Legacy to run through a set of plug wires every 3-5000 miles or so. The car has been driven for 20,000-30,000 miles since august of last year and its gone through 5 sets of spark plug wires. Each time I get a Flashing CEL and hesitation above 50 mph change the plug wires car is back to normal. I have tried all different brands of OEM and aftermarket standard replacement wires Is it just junk wires or is there maybe a short in the car that is burning them up cause I have had the same junky set of wires on my EJ18 in my Impreza forever now ---
**Author:** ![RTrac1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rtrac1/32/6312_2.png) [@RTrac1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RTrac1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/2 "2012-04-26T06:19:10Z")
are they near a heat source like a header? ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/3 "2012-04-26T06:21:27Z")
not a a subaru motor. They run over the intake manifold in into the top of the valve cover on each side of the motor. The exhaust exits from the underside of the motor. I was just working on the engine bay the other day and the plug wires looked mint. The little red boots aren’t even dirty or discolored ---
**Author:** ![Johawk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/johawk/32/6284_2.png) [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/4 "2012-04-26T06:35:25Z")
Coil/pack, disty cap? The fresh wires may be masking a different problem. close up the spark plug gap a little and see if that helps… Also make sure the wires dont run too close to each other causing arc over. Sometimes you can see little gray marks on wires where arc over has been happening. Don’t zip tie them together! ask me how I know. It seems odd that the wires are going bad that fast. I have the stock GM wires on both my cars. one with 92k and the other with 151k. both are near heat sources as well. The wires cant be that cheap. there isn’t that much to a plug wire. ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/5 "2012-04-26T06:41:38Z")
Car has a coil pack mounted dead in the center of the top of the motor. Plugs are fairly new and were pre gapped ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/6 "2012-04-26T06:54:02Z")
Get a set of n.a.p.a beldon wires there a blue jacketed wire and there good . Lifetime warr as well . Run n.g.k plugs and ya should be ok ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/7 "2012-04-26T06:55:52Z")
its NGK plugs and Napa wires in there right now. So should I just take the wires back to napa and be like what gives ---
**Author:** ![crAppAchic0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crappachic0/32/6306_2.png) [@crAppAchic0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crAppAchic0)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/8 "2012-04-26T07:10:19Z")
I’m not too sure on the 2.2 coilpacks, but the 2.5 coilpacks used to just drop dead at some pre-determined interval. Do you have access to another coilpack you can test/try? ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/9 "2012-04-26T07:14:28Z")
I’ll have to check the compatibility between my 1.8 coilpack and the 2.2 ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/10 "2012-04-26T07:55:12Z")
If changing wires works I don’t see it being a coil pack issue , yeah just bring wires back and get new ones . ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/11 "2012-04-26T08:03:54Z")
Mice under the hood? Cars don’t eat, they drink. ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/12 "2012-04-26T09:49:38Z")
I think I still have an OEM set of wires off my EJ22 if you want to give them a shot, they are used but worked fine when I had them on the car, I just wanted to upgrade the wires. ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/13 "2012-04-26T12:02:46Z")
just checked on lunch. 3 out of 4 plugs were fouled with a ton of carbon. The wires seemed to be sparking just fine. Swapped plug got no results. Going to have to try and pull codes at advance when i get off work ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/14 "2012-04-26T17:37:07Z")
ok I have a po302 cylinder 2 misfire code current and pending. Not plugs, not wires i lost car is barely running. plugs in 1,2,3 are carboning up something fierce. There is an exhaust leak behind the cat at the flange. car absolutely dies between 3-4000 rpms . I unplugged the maf and it stalled immediately so i don’t think its maf. O2 sensor seems to be working as i unplugged that and it immediately threw a code for malfunctioning o2 po133 or something like that ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/15 "2012-04-26T18:45:13Z")
lol ar is gonna stall if ya unplug maf with it running . ya should unplug it and then start it ---
**Author:** ![dc2nick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dc2nick/32/6289_2.png) [@dc2nick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dc2nick)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/16 "2012-04-26T19:14:11Z")
Clogged up cat? ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/17 "2012-04-26T19:19:40Z")
No rotten egg smell and there is a strong exhaust pulse from the leak behind the cat ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/18 "2012-04-27T03:16:22Z")
My guess would be a bad CTS or o2 sensor causing the car to “NOT” go into closed loop and you are burning through plugs. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/19 "2012-04-27T04:42:40Z")
coolant temp controls closed loop operation ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539/20 "2012-04-27T04:49:33Z")
> [@By far the coolest thing I've hauled around so far](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/by-far-the-coolest-thing-ive-hauled-around-so-far/48091/135): > > coolant temp controls closed loop operation LOL I know, thats what I meant, had an early morning brain fart while typing! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-legacy-eating-plug-wires/263539.md?page=2)