Engine blown on Impreza Turbo
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Can anyone offer any recommendation for a replacement engine for a 1999 classic shape Impreza Turbo. I have just fallen off my seat after someone has quoted 4K for a rebuild. This does include heat shields and anything else that looks like it should be replaced ie brakets etc but still thats about all the car is worth.
I guess a second hand unit would do the job but need some advice/direction
I guess a second hand unit would do the job but need some advice/direction
Have a chat with Andy at Grade A Subaru. One of the biggest if not the biggest Subaru specialist breakers in the UK.
Tell him Francis with the WRX Bugeye who's just bought an STi engine off him recommended you contact him. He'll sell you a decent full engine at a cracking price that includes the Turbo and ancilliaries. All you need is someone to swop over a few bits and pieces over from yours like Flywheel and clutch, and then fit it.
Give it a service and off you go!! Easiest and cheapest way forward.
Tell him Francis with the WRX Bugeye who's just bought an STi engine off him recommended you contact him. He'll sell you a decent full engine at a cracking price that includes the Turbo and ancilliaries. All you need is someone to swop over a few bits and pieces over from yours like Flywheel and clutch, and then fit it.
Give it a service and off you go!! Easiest and cheapest way forward.
jonnye said:
they fail all time apparently
Some people haven't got a clue really yet they give their opinions, which we are all entitled to do and the reason we come to PH, however at least back it up by some proof or experience of as opposed to mere conjecture because you heard it off a mate in the pub, who in turn heard it from a mate in the chippy, who in turn got it off the cat, etc...etc...In other words you're talking s
t!!Scooby engines for the most part and general mechanicals are pretty damn reliable and faily bullet proof. This is the reason they get seriously abused from time to time and live to tell the tale. However, like anything else things wear out and when that happens something generally goes bang!! The bottom end on mine went but that was nostly due to over revving it and a stuck oil pump bypass plunger/piston, or possibly oil surge or a combination of the two which is highly likely. I won't know till i pull it apart but it's definately not a common problem.
If it was a common problem then as DNB has already said, we would all have gone through several engines by now and the manufactures name would be seriously s
t!! It's just one of those things!! If your statement was correct perhaps you can tell me why Subaru's top reliability surveys year after year after year!!
Rant over!!
ScoobieWRX said:
jonnye said:
they fail all time apparently
Some people haven't got a clue really yet they give their opinions, which we are all entitled to do and the reason we come to PH, however at least back it up by some proof or experience of as opposed to mere conjecture because you heard it off a mate in the pub, who in turn heard it from a mate in the chippy, who in turn got it off the cat, etc...etc...In other words you're talking s
t!!Scooby engines for the most part and general mechanicals are pretty damn reliable and faily bullet proof. This is the reason they get seriously abused from time to time and live to tell the tale. However, like anything else things wear out and when that happens something generally goes bang!! The bottom end on mine went but that was nostly due to over revving it and a stuck oil pump bypass plunger/piston, or possibly oil surge or a combination of the two which is highly likely. I won't know till i pull it apart but it's definately not a common problem.
If it was a common problem then as DNB has already said, we would all have gone through several engines by now and the manufactures name would be seriously s
t!! It's just one of those things!! If your statement was correct perhaps you can tell me why Subaru's top reliability surveys year after year after year!!
Rant over!!
ScoobieWRX said:
jonnye said:
they fail all time apparently
Some people haven't got a clue really yet they give their opinions, which we are all entitled to do and the reason we come to PH, however at least back it up by some proof or experience of as opposed to mere conjecture because you heard it off a mate in the pub, who in turn heard it from a mate in the chippy, who in turn got it off the cat, etc...etc...In other words you're talking s
t!!Scooby engines for the most part and general mechanicals are pretty damn reliable and faily bullet proof. This is the reason they get seriously abused from time to time and live to tell the tale. However, like anything else things wear out and when that happens something generally goes bang!! The bottom end on mine went but that was nostly due to over revving it and a stuck oil pump bypass plunger/piston, or possibly oil surge or a combination of the two which is highly likely. I won't know till i pull it apart but it's definately not a common problem.
If it was a common problem then as DNB has already said, we would all have gone through several engines by now and the manufactures name would be seriously s
t!! It's just one of those things!! If your statement was correct perhaps you can tell me why Subaru's top reliability surveys year after year after year!!
Rant over!!
t jonnye said:
...however there is a problem with earlier sti engines which resulted in a redesign at around sti6 . Oil starvation to piston no 3 was generally the cause . Maybe not complete st
B0ll0x. No3 is last on the fuel rail (and closest to the turbo unless I'm thinking backwards again) so is the one that leans out and goes bang first if something does go wrong. The things that go wrong and cause this to happen are most often caused by mistreatment such as thrashing from cold, running on poor fuel, bad modifications etc. Yes there are exceptions, but not as common as the internet rumour mill would have you believe (except possibly the P1).t PS Watch out, PHer Johnfelstead sporadically humiliates people who spout crap about STi engine problems.
Edited by GravelBen on Friday 11th April 11:15
Having given this a lot of investigation it would appear that one of the main reasons classic Subaru engines blow (mine is a 1990) is the failure of the air mass meter which if faulty can be missed at service time.
Mine is an untouched UK 2L Turbo.
This has resulted in the faiure of one piston which i suspect has taken some time to occur which says something about the build quality.
I am informed that the failure of the piston has not been helped by their design on the top. The four corners of a square indent on the top of the piston are very close to its edge.
Thanks for the advice. API have been most helful.
Mine is an untouched UK 2L Turbo.
This has resulted in the faiure of one piston which i suspect has taken some time to occur which says something about the build quality.
I am informed that the failure of the piston has not been helped by their design on the top. The four corners of a square indent on the top of the piston are very close to its edge.
Thanks for the advice. API have been most helful.
GravelBen said:
jonnye said:
...however there is a problem with earlier sti engines which resulted in a redesign at around sti6 . Oil starvation to piston no 3 was generally the cause . Maybe not complete st
B0ll0x. No3 is last on the fuel rail (and closest to the turbo unless I'm thinking backwards again) so is the one that leans out and goes bang first if something does go wrong. The things that go wrong and cause this to happen are most often caused by mistreatment such as thrashing from cold, running on poor fuel, bad modifications etc. Yes there are exceptions, but not as common as the internet rumour mill would have you believe (except possibly the P1).t PS Watch out, PHer Johnfelstead sporadically humiliates people who spout crap about STi engine problems.
Edited by GravelBen on Friday 11th April 11:15
taffstalini said:
Having given this a lot of investigation it would appear that one of the main reasons classic Subaru engines blow (mine is a 1990) is the failure of the air mass meter which if faulty can be missed at service time.
Mine is an untouched UK 2L Turbo.
This has resulted in the faiure of one piston which i suspect has taken some time to occur which says something about the build quality.
I am informed that the failure of the piston has not been helped by their design on the top. The four corners of a square indent on the top of the piston are very close to its edge.
Thanks for the advice. API have been most helful.
It would appear that mine has done exactly the same thing and I have an engine waiting for me at API.Mine is an untouched UK 2L Turbo.
This has resulted in the faiure of one piston which i suspect has taken some time to occur which says something about the build quality.
I am informed that the failure of the piston has not been helped by their design on the top. The four corners of a square indent on the top of the piston are very close to its edge.
Thanks for the advice. API have been most helful.
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