hello i was driving down the motorway giving it a bit of welly and the rpm meter just stayed at 5k revs and then lost power completely so i pulled over in the garage put some more petrol in as it was a little low went to start it and after trying to start for about 5 seconds it started then as i reved to pull to a safer place like 50 yards to a hotel car park where the AA would come and have a look he reckons its a hydraulic valve on the drivers side of the engine took it to a garage and now they are having a look does anybody know if this is a major job or just a tricky one and what sort of price should i be looking at paying

cheers for the help

 

wow I needed a long breath to read that!

 

How low was the petrol? There's the possibility you could have suffered from fuel surge which has resulted in engined damage.

 

I forgot to breathe in before I started, and passed out!

AA man didn't know your engine does not have hydraulic valve lifters!

JohnD

PS At 5k in top, you must have been doing 120ish?

 

The initial compression/leak down test probably wont cost all that much, dependent on what the find thats when you start talking serious money

 

where did all my full stops go ;-)

the petrol light just came on but i always keep it topped up but the nearest petrol garage from where i was travelling was about 11 miles away .

ye was doing some silly speed mucking about with one of me mates which ended in a fail.

nope AA man couldnt wait to go to be honest must of been there 5 mins if that .

just spoke to my bro in law and whatever it is he will kindly fit for me free of charge ive just gotta supply the part so not to bad i guess haha.

hopefully its something minor .........................<-------theres all my full stops FOUND THEM

has it not got a hydraulic lifter valve in these subarus
forgot to mention its a 2002 bugeye wrx

 

Lets hope its not the bottom end ££££ I had to do mine, it was a dark time lol, fingers crossed for you

 

apparently its not but fingers crossed its something cheap haha

 

bottom end and tappits the garage is saying it needs a full engine rebuild so very sad times

any one now a good plaace in essex i can take her for an engine rebuild .

 

FB Tuning 07595 493581 based just outside Essex, trustworthy reliable and has built some proper motors

 

cheers mate ill try them