Nah mate, usuall dingles bollox havn'e even looked at it yet! got a loan car off them though so i doubt its going to be as long as the 12 week wait to get the car in the 1st place! ill put a post up when i find out what is wrong with it!

 

I heard anymore about this mate?

 

Mate did u get your car fixed in the end?

 

Nope its off to auction. engines had it, luckily robin at dingles has done me a very good deal on a un-modified sti! its only been remapped and 350bhp is enough (for the time being lol)

 

It makes you wonder, i came to the conclusion that people only mention things that go wrong, where as the masses without problems haven't got anything to report,at least that's what i keep telling myself.

 

Got to admit after my last one why am i even thinking of buying another one, but as you say there are subarus that have done 150,000+ miles and are still going strong, thats why i have gone for a just about standard sti this time instead of a modified wrx

 

Yes, to an extent but you can draw certain conclusions from reoccurring problems, i.e. there is no denying the rear strut knocking problem or the 2.5l engine failure.

 

Yes as you say certain models do seem to have recurring problems,ive been lucky with my 2litre 60k trouble free motoring (touch wood).

 

That's a better bet stronger engine and unmodified so a safer bet

 

An RB320 for 14.5k ??? Damn ive seen cat D's go for more than that. I would expect 19-23k for an RB from a dealer depending on mileage ans interior ect. Big ends from my experiance normally rattle more with revs. im thinking oil pump or water pump.

 

this is what i thought when mine had the same symptoms,but unfortunatley it was the big ends,at one stage i was sure it was coming from the top end,ive had bottom end failure on my first scooby and it was a definate low down thud thud sound,audible at idle only to start with and then as time went on a solid knocking through out rev range without any power loss,my latest one ended up sounding proper rattly with intermitent gradual power loss in the higher rev range.in total ive had four lots of big end failure(anyone want to lend me their car),in three different cars,all have had different symptoms and sounds.