# Subaru Strobeing Check Engine Light/Ticking Noise?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-strobeing-check-engine-light-ticking-noise/24696>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 17, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-strobeing-check-engine-light-ticking-noise/24696 "2007-02-17T12:59:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![SilverGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-strobeing-check-engine-light-ticking-noise/24696/1 "2007-02-17T12:59:42Z")

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So…I’m trying to see if I can get my parts car running  
Its a 1992 subaru legacy wagon, 5spd  
I was going to jump the car because the battery was completely dead, so I charged it up for like 1 min,  
I go in to crank it it turns over once but shuts off imediately,  
And I don’t know why the battery dies after that even without the jumper cables being taken off, so I’m like wtf? Anyways, I put a 12v battery charger on it with the jumper cables still attach, I don’t know if this is a problem but I turn the key to the on position,. All the dash light work, I then hear this Ticking sound, I lsten to where its coming from and it seems to be under the steerng column, and the check engine light is strobeing like a techno party, I did a preliminary search on google and it came up as maybe a fuel pump or a alarm, I don’t have a alarm so…the fuel pump seems to be the problem. Do you guys with experience think its the fuel pump? Or something else? Like ignition relay? Or something.

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**Author:** ![AngryHero](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/angryhero/32/7495_2.png) [@AngryHero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AngryHero)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-strobeing-check-engine-light-ticking-noise/24696/2 "2007-02-17T13:34:27Z")

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i would try throwing a fully charged battery in there.  
or possibly -My friends grand prix gas lines frooze so we added some unfreezer stuff and it did the job

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**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/subaru-strobeing-check-engine-light-ticking-noise/24696/3 "2007-02-18T07:24:17Z")

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you need a fully charged battery.