Would you sell your scoob if..........?
22 January 2003, 12:43 PM
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Or you could become a mechanics apprentice with Andy F
Piston rings on a seized VW beetle in my younger years
was the extent of my mechanical tinkering and even then with assistance from step-brother 
Andy's (or anybodies!) patience would never last
22 January 2003, 01:17 PM
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LOL, I'll never forget my first technical conversation with andy!
We pulled out of his garage and I asked:
'So what have you done to it'
We drove for about 5 miles as I got the technobable of 'turbo this, injectors, that' - 90% of which (at the time, not so much now) went right over my head.
Andy realised this, dropped a cog in the nicely warmed up scooby and showed me what he spent 5 mins explaining! I though he made his point rather well Warp speed mr Forrest
We pulled out of his garage and I asked:
'So what have you done to it'
We drove for about 5 miles as I got the technobable of 'turbo this, injectors, that' - 90% of which (at the time, not so much now) went right over my head.
Andy realised this, dropped a cog in the nicely warmed up scooby and showed me what he spent 5 mins explaining! I though he made his point rather well
Warp speed mr Forrest
22 January 2003, 01:34 PM
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In light of Subaru voiding the warrenty one of our members whos car blew up (MY02!!!) because he had a TSL back box - i'd say - have you ANY mods - cause if so why bother cause they arent going to repair anything for you if you do..... and that include the odd dump valve here or ITG Filter there...
I asked my dealer about the mods this weekend - he eventually conceded that whilst "we would put a claim in even if we knew you had a mod"... that he wouldnt be able to put that in writing for me.
Mod and forget the extended warrenty.... but dont mod and go for it i say!!
Jza
I asked my dealer about the mods this weekend - he eventually conceded that whilst "we would put a claim in even if we knew you had a mod"... that he wouldnt be able to put that in writing for me.
Mod and forget the extended warrenty.... but dont mod and go for it i say!!
Jza
22 January 2003, 01:44 PM
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Jza
Good advice but I presume your post is general advice and not directed towards me
My car is long out of warranty (1999 - 86k miles) and lightly modded so makes not a toss of a difference to me mate
Cheers
Good advice but I presume your post is general advice and not directed towards me
My car is long out of warranty (1999 - 86k miles) and lightly modded so makes not a toss of a difference to me mate
Cheers
22 January 2003, 02:05 PM
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If it were me I wouldn't get the work done and would trade it in with the dealer for something newer with lower mileage. In my experience once a car starts to cost you money, more and more things go wrong. You get into the mindset of thinking that you have spent a lot of money on getting it fixed so why get rid of it? Then something else goes wrong and you think that you have already spent a lot of money on it so you may as well get this fixed now. etc. etc.
I had this when I bought my Peugeot 205 GTi which came with a massive pile of bills, infact it had had £750 spent on it a few months before I bought it. Why had the previous owner got rid of it? Because he had obviously spent so much money on the thing he had had enough and wanted rid of it while it was running OK. Once I got it I don't think a month went by where something didn't need replacing on it. I was so sick of the car I traded it in after 10 months for something else. A few months later I saw the car in the car park of the local Peugeot dealer, obviously waiting to have something else fixed....
I had this when I bought my Peugeot 205 GTi which came with a massive pile of bills, infact it had had £750 spent on it a few months before I bought it. Why had the previous owner got rid of it? Because he had obviously spent so much money on the thing he had had enough and wanted rid of it while it was running OK. Once I got it I don't think a month went by where something didn't need replacing on it. I was so sick of the car I traded it in after 10 months for something else. A few months later I saw the car in the car park of the local Peugeot dealer, obviously waiting to have something else fixed....
22 January 2003, 02:12 PM
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Joey
I know what it feels like to just pour money away whilst thinking that this will be the last big bill, had this on a Laguna [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] but the annoying thing is that I do like the scoob, and following bump-steer mod, downpipe, back-box, the last thing I want to do is trade it in for an underpowered fugly and with the hit I'll take on the trade in there ain't no dosh left for mods to bring it up to diesel speed 
Cheers for your opnion m8
I know what it feels like to just pour money away whilst thinking that this will be the last big bill, had this on a Laguna [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] but the annoying thing is that I do like the scoob, and following bump-steer mod, downpipe, back-box, the last thing I want to do is trade it in for an underpowered fugly
and with the hit I'll take on the trade in there ain't no dosh left for mods to bring it up to diesel speed Cheers for your opnion m8
22 January 2003, 06:28 PM
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Oi SiPie!
Can't say I like the way you're bandying around derrogatory comments about the new age Impreza!
Looks waaaaaaaay better than those Nissan Bluebird Executive things they call the classic Impreza
Paul
Can't say I like the way you're bandying around derrogatory comments about the new age Impreza!
Looks waaaaaaaay better than those Nissan Bluebird Executive things they call the classic Impreza
Paul
23 January 2003, 12:25 PM
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Doofus...
Just called at 12:15 and I quote
, so maybe they are still at the stage of doing the mental preparation
Just as well it isn't anything important that they are doing
Will post on here and let you know as soon as I hear anything mate or [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Cheers
Si
Just called at 12:15 and I quote
"we haven't physically started on it yet"
Just as well it isn't anything important that they are doing
Will post on here and let you know as soon as I hear anything mate
or [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]Cheers
Si
23 January 2003, 01:13 PM
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I would have reservations about keeping it unless the cause for it is determined and rectified. Some dealers have just repaired the engine and the underlying problem remains, putting the new one at risk.
An engine repair should IMHO have lots of things checked:
All sensors especially the MAF sensor
Fuel pressure, probably the injectors too
Knock sensor
Boost control
.... and if you are keeping the car fit a Knocklink. Sorry Mikey
An engine repair should IMHO have lots of things checked:
All sensors especially the MAF sensor
Fuel pressure, probably the injectors too
Knock sensor
Boost control
.... and if you are keeping the car fit a Knocklink. Sorry Mikey
23 January 2003, 01:45 PM
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An engine repair should IMHO have lots of things checked:
All sensors especially the MAF sensor
Fuel pressure, probably the injectors too
Knock sensor
Boost control
All sensors especially the MAF sensor
Fuel pressure, probably the injectors too
Knock sensor
Boost control
Thanks for taking the time to reply
If it turns out be any big repair or full replacement
then I was planning on a new MAF (will get all other sensors checked too) and running OEM air filter in future (not condeming ITG,just not taking any more chances). However I will be especially keen to determine the exact cause (for other reasons also [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] )Will post as soon as I hear and hopefully someone on SN will offer some advice once the dealer finally lets me know the full extent of things as my head is spinning with all the whats and what if's
First refusal on the ITG
23 January 2003, 02:31 PM
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Much sympathy extended. Similar thing happended to me.
Following a long and very expensive service I took my MY96 STi on a roadtrip to celebrate. 20 miles from home the engine went bang. Irreperably damaged, big end went and basically blew the engine to pieces - aparently this has happened to a lot of STi's!! The cost of a replacement engine, fitting etc was only just short of the value of the car.
End story is it was broken up and sold off in parts at a considerable loss to my bank balance.
I feel for you - good luck with the car.
Following a long and very expensive service I took my MY96 STi on a roadtrip to celebrate. 20 miles from home the engine went bang. Irreperably damaged, big end went and basically blew the engine to pieces - aparently this has happened to a lot of STi's!! The cost of a replacement engine, fitting etc was only just short of the value of the car.
End story is it was broken up and sold off in parts at a considerable loss to my bank balance.
I feel for you - good luck with the car.
23 January 2003, 02:51 PM
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I take it GemmaDog , there was no go-back from the 'service' ?
I would have been fumming if mine did that after
Steve
p.s. good luck SiPie - I would repair it & make it twice as good!
my experience is that you'll get just as much expense if you were to change the car - coz atleast yours has had that work done! others might do exactly the same as yours has! - or worse!
[Edited by ScoobyDuck - 1/23/2003 2:53:48 PM]
I would have been fumming if mine did that after
a long and very expensive service
p.s. good luck SiPie - I would repair it & make it twice as good!
my experience is that you'll get just as much expense if you were to change the car - coz atleast yours has had that work done! others might do exactly the same as yours has! - or worse!
[Edited by ScoobyDuck - 1/23/2003 2:53:48 PM]
23 January 2003, 04:26 PM
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If only the dealer would have the decency to get in touch/start on the car then at least I would know where I stand [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Hate being stuck in limbo [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Scoobyduck, cheers
Stefan.... This has been debated long and hard mate, that dodgy fuel line etc Cheers anyway mate
then at least I would know where I stand [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]Hate being stuck in limbo [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Scoobyduck, cheers
Stefan.... This has been debated long and hard mate, that dodgy fuel line etc
Cheers anyway mate
23 January 2003, 05:42 PM
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Don't mean to push my luck but will you fit it correctly for me
Kenny, why not enroll yourself on the 3 day intensive course to learn how to remove and replace a panel filter correctly?
Blue
23 January 2003, 07:42 PM
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If you want instructions/help, then have a look at the bottom of this post:-
http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadID=125910
You can also have mine FOC if you want to practice
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http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadID=125910
You can also have mine FOC if you want to practice
Stefan
27 January 2003, 01:09 PM
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Well....update time
Got the long awaited call from the dealers this morning
Piston No. two
absolutely blown to bits with bits of everything everywhere else 
They recommend a new short block but will call later this afternoon once they have identified what actually caused the fault.
Samaritans phone number or a nice sharp razorblade anyone?
Got the long awaited call from the dealers this morning
Piston No. two
absolutely blown to bits with bits of everything everywhere else They recommend a new short block but will call later this afternoon once they have identified what actually caused the fault.
Samaritans phone number or a nice sharp razorblade anyone?
27 January 2003, 01:53 PM
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I wouldnt trade it in or leave it at a dealer, especially if the warranty's expired. I would replace the engine with a second hand one (relatively cheap, I heard under £1,000) at a rally place and have them measure AFR, knock and EGT. And check if the MAF is dirty / broken etc.
27 January 2003, 02:00 PM
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Cheers Claudius
It's definetely going to be a fix
I plan on keeping the car because with that mileage it's worth feckall to anyone else and as other peeps have pointed out here, I could get as much trouble with a new car. So basically I'll have a 86,000 mile car with a brand new engine, clutch and gearbox
So as you mentioned, coupled with a knoclink and a new MAF I'll get everything checked to ensure this doesn't happen again and toddle off on my merry way
Cheers
It's definetely going to be a fix
I plan on keeping the car because with that mileage it's worth feckall to anyone else and as other peeps have pointed out here, I could get as much trouble with a new car. So basically I'll have a 86,000 mile car with a brand new engine, clutch and gearbox
So as you mentioned, coupled with a knoclink and a new MAF I'll get everything checked to ensure this doesn't happen again and toddle off on my merry way
Cheers