01 legacy misfire

Asked by Josh&Jen Jul 04, 2018 at 06:23 PM about the 2001 Subaru Legacy GT Limited AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

While pumping  gas the car starts to misfire. What
would cause this?

1 Answer
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Jeff answered 5 years ago

Tell me you aren't filling your tank with the engine running. The fact that the cap is off causes the computer to go haywire when it enters the vapor purge cycle.

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