Rough idle on new WRX

Thanks for the info. Its a nice award to win.

Cheers.

Glenn

I've got an 04 WRX as well, and it doesn't shake at idle.

I've had other turbocharged cars, that didn't shake at idle. The turbocharger, which has virtually no influence on any engine operating parameter at idle, you state is to blame---how?

It may be "well documented" somewhere, but not on NASIOC, the world's largest Impreza owner's forum, that's for sure.

On 2006-06-06, kaboom penned:

Yeah, I dunno. I don't remember it being a problem in the first few months. It's a little over two years now and a little over 30K miles.

Believe me, I tried. I couldn't drown out these noises at any volume I could stand -- and I can stand my music to be pretty loud!

Can't say that I have. I don't recall how often we've taken my car on extended trips, though, and usually I plug in my iPod via one of those FM/charger thingies.

I guess you could make a bigger stink about it. My dealership did all sorts of things, including having the service manager ride with me while I drove. He wore this funky headphone/mic setup that allowed him to listen to very specific places in the dash. I also got a loaner for a week whle they fiddled with the car. It was the coldest week of the winter, and the brand new Outback they loaned me had heated seats (which I foolishly didn't get for my WRX), so I can't say I minded.

Mine is just slightly off. I'm not sure its bad as the rest seems perfect.

Cheers.

Glenn

I can't explain why, I have no idea what the connection is. That's what I'm looking for here. It doesn't seem quite right but as I said, its not a terrible thing, its just slightly less than perfect. I wish it ran like a sewing machine, but maybe it won't.

thanks for the opinion.

Glenn