Suabru Servicing

[Terzo123]

I was wanting to keep up the FSH on my Impreza Turbo, its a 9 year old car with 97,500 miles. I had the car for nearly 7 years and been willing so far to have it serviced at Subaru

I phoned up my local dealer for a quote on doing the service (Oil & Filter change) only to be told it will cost £170

I think thats crazy, i could do it myself and save about £120.

For a car that old, is it really worth it to get the book stamped?

Edited by Terzo123 on Monday 10th September 14:35

[RobCrezz]

No way, just do it your self!

[stevieb]

Sorry to here that mate but my local club have manage a 50% labour discout on cars older than 3year. Plus 25% on parts..

Check you local clubs etc.

Steve

[Terzo123]

Think i will be going to an independant, given the age of the car and milage i can't justify £170 for an oil change.

Thanks anyway for the replies

[BIG DUNC]

Do it yourself, or if you really don't want to, then find a good local independent garage.
I look at it this way. If you don't have full Subaru service history, you may loose X% when it comes to sell.
If you can save a decent amount at each service, it does not take long to be better off including the "loss of value as no subaru FSH".
The important thing is that
A) you do service it
B) You can show a potential buyer that it has been properly serviced and looked after.
If I was buying one, and the seller could show me receipts showing it had been serviced I would be happy. To be honest, I would be more interested in what grade of oil was used, than who had poured the oil into the engine.

In case you had not guessed, I do mine myself as well.

[stevieb]

Terzo123 said:

Think i will be going to an independant, given the age of the car and milage i can't justify £170 for an oil change.

Thanks anyway for the replies

Have a look on scooby net seems to be some good indys up north, check there background and go with one you are happy with.

sTeve

[dave_s13]

BIG DUNC said:

Do it yourself, or if you really don't want to, then find a good local independent garage.
I look at it this way. If you don't have full Subaru service history, you may loose X% when it comes to sell.
If you can save a decent amount at each service, it does not take long to be better off including the "loss of value as no subaru FSH".
The important thing is that
A) you do service it
B) You can show a potential buyer that it has been properly serviced and looked after.
If I was buying one, and the seller could show me receipts showing it had been serviced I would be happy. To be honest, I would be more interested in what grade of oil was used, than who had poured the oil into the engine.

In case you had not guessed, I do mine myself as well.

Too right.

Buy Oil (good stuff), bung it in, keep receipt, note in service book, job done.

[ScoobieWRX]

Get yourself an OEM oil filter and buy some millers oil and don't forget to keep the receipts. I think Subaru garages take the piss anyway for any type of servicing but 170 quid is way ott. Even a specialist will charge 150 quid for an oil and filter change so do yourself a favour and DIY!! It's real easy to do.

[Terzo123]

I've got lots of other bit's and bobs i'm wanting to get done to the car,

so i'm just going to get my local garage do the work! Their hourly labour rate is less than half subaru's

i'll probably provide my own oil and get them source a genuine filter, should save me a bit

Cheers anyway

[kevo]

TERZO123.....If you do the oil change yourself...Its a must on a scoobie to fill up the oil filter untill it cannot absorb an more...Before screwing it to the engine....Fill up the engine oil to the top mark...(TOP HOLE ON THE DIPSTICK) Then it is very important to REMOVE THE CRANK SENSOR...This will stop the petrol pump from pumping among other things....And put your foot on the clutch to ease the starter motors job...And Crank the engine over in ten second bursts......and a small rest in between....Untill the oil light extinguishes...Then replace the crank sensor and fire up the engine....allow to idle for a minute or so then turn off and allow the oil to return to the sump 30mins or so....Then re-check....DONT FILL THE OIL TO THE TOP HOLE on the dipstick on the second check....Go to about 1/4 inch below the top hole....

The problem with the scoobie motor...Is,The engine starts on fast tickover when starting the motor...this and the fact the time the oil reaches the bearings is quite a while(ALTHOUGH IT DOSE`T SEEM THIS WHEN YOU JUST START THE MOTOR),But,Each time you just start the engine after an oil change ..It wears the bigend & main bearings.The bigend & Main bearings on a scoobie are only small in width,So anything you can do to help them is vital..I service a lot of scoobies...And,This is the correct procedure on these engines....Not a lot of garages do this...Becouse its time consuming...
Also...Take the car for a run to bring the oil up to temperature before draining...This removes the crap with it...MIND YOU DONT GET BURNED WITH THE HOT OIL....
Good luck......Kevo.

Edited by kevo on Tuesday 11th September 11:59

[dave_s13]

Seens as I'm more than likely to be getting a Scooby in the very near future, that was very usefull....cheers.



ps...Where's the crank sensor?

[stevieb]

dave_s13 said:

Seens as I'm more than likely to be getting a Scooby in the very near future, that was very usefull....cheers.



ps...Where's the crank sensor?

IIRC just below the alternator!