Subaru gurus out there?

joel48, Jun 19, 8:10am
i have a subaru legacy 2001 facelift gt wagon.
wife noticed it running rough and engine light flickering on and off on low revs also a smell that i thought smelt like burnt electrical. could the alternator have failed but why would the eninge run lumpy and engine light flicker, Any ideas would be great

bigfatmat1, Jun 19, 8:46am
could be the engine check light can be triggered from the alt and effect idle on this model. . But shouldn't cause a burning smell first thing would be to check fault codes to point you in the correct direction

joel48, Jun 19, 6:30pm
thanks it is in at Subaru this am, just thought id try to get me head around what happened and what it could be.

joe-996, Jun 20, 10:17am
should of let it burn to the ground