What a start to my Sunday .

Was driving to the in-laws this morning when I tuned onto Harley Street (at approx 5mph) and the engine started to make a loud knocking sound

Pulled over had a look under the bonnet, sounded like the noise was coming from the engine area. RAC arrived (within 20 minutes) and also said the same thing Just been towed home..........

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Car: MY00 (with 44K on the clock)

Was not nice seeing her on the back of a flat bed.

 

What did the RAC guy say?
If the bottom end has gone, he should have been able to identify the sound quite easily. Hopefully it's not that serious (loose crank pulley or other ancilliary), but it doesn't sound good.
Best of luck.

 

RAC man just said to start the car and then said it " it sounds like its coming from inside the engine" - Then called for the flat bed.

 

Guted for ya m8.... nice motor you have there, hope u'll sort yourself soon....Good luck!

 

Souds like the big end, it happend to me a few years back and cost about £3500 to fix. Give david at API a call.

 

cheers Jer for the approx £.

Pm'd David as soon as it happened mate . Hope he can take receipt of my motor tomorrow

 

bloody hell mate not good news. Just showes that its not only high milege cars that go.

 

boy those RAC men are well trained!!!
"sounds like its coming from inside the engine" ??????????

classic!

 

My Type r just gave up too last week only 41k on the clock too, bottom end gone

 

IMO The only good thing was that he didnt give me any bull. Honesty is sometimes the best.

Yeah tell me about it - she only gets driven once every week or so. Cant believe she died on me. To top it all off my insurance and road tax are both due end of March

Does anyone know what type of turn around I should expect before she's back on the road?

 

happened to mine withen a few months of buying it (bottom end went at low speed as well) any way the garage i got mine from (fiat main dealer who took it in as a px) had it back in to look at it, and see if they could fix it within the warranty budget (no chance) of a grand, when they phoned me there conclusion was that it was deffinatley making some funny sounds WTF

i ended up having to put a grand towards it and managed to get it done for 2g

 

Alan Jeffery quote a fortnight for me, but that was going to be a planned 2.1 stroker conversion, sorry to hear your sad news.

Good luck with the new engine.

dunx

 

my uk 94 went on friday .

 

My 07 with 8,000 miles on the clock went a couple of weeks ago. Still at the menders now! Getting fed up of this diesel hire care... Seriously!

 

lol. this is a shocking thread!

What are you lot doing to them to make them go bang so often/quickly?

 

oh no mate this is not good news keep me updated what it is mate, hope its nothing big

darc

 

Not keeping your car topped up with High Grade Custard can lead to Chocolate Engine Failure.

i'll get my coat

Sorry to hear about ur bad luck fella, thats a serious amount of money to have to come up with on short notice

 

This is exactly what I was trying to ask..
I thought scooby is a reliable car but why suddenly so many go bang at such low mileage?
I'm a little bit shocked and worried now...

 

Does anyone know any good sites to read about the subaru Bottom end?.

 

sorry to here that mate , id say its bottom end failure tbh . seen a few do this

 

I'm not sure anyone's written anything definitive, but much the same happened to me a few years back - my MY00 went at 62k miles for no good reason. Dealer reckoned it might have been a dodgy oil pump, but nothing was ever proved. You have my sympathy

In the meantime, you might like to have a read of:
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...e-failure.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...lure-wahh.html

 

Tell me about it ...... Obviously I wont be coming to Ace-Cafe

Just never thought it would happen to me Thanks for the links...... best get reading

 

This is a worrying thread,ithought they were strong engines.

 

Tell me about it.... check the history of my car.

-Purchased in March 2001 (brand new)
* Serviced 1000K, and every 6 months by Subaru (-2004)
* Serviced by API every 6 months (to date)

-Mapped by Bob Rawle
-Warmed up and cooled down every time.

 

Sorry to hear it

if it makes it any better mine went to ,iwas going to change the engine but the same could happen again.

So i choose to have my ra closed deck block rebuilt

i must say i opened a can of worms i to say i got carried a way a bit ,

i choose to rebuild it to take a safe 500bhp if wanted, but only running the ra at 350 bhp would be bullet proof i hope

this is what i choose for my build;

Mrt race rods (a spec) forged

forged pistons mahle

new ra crank

acl full race set bearings

uprated motorsport oil pump

uprated gasket set

new uprated plugs

fully rebuilt heads and rehoned

fast road clutch

cambelt and tensioners

the only problem with this is it comes at a price £3570.00

you could rebuild with standard parts for cheaper, but if you think about it they have already failed you once!!!!

the question i found myself asking a lot was while its apart now i may aswell do it.

got to drive 1000miles under 4k revs but ive only got 700 left to do ,then its happy days

cheers nathan

any help give us a shoot ive just gone though the same thing over the last 5 weeks only picked mine back up last weekend.

 

Gutted bud

but buying cars with £40k on etc and on a 2000 orsomeare on 2001 plates dont yiou think the mileage is too low ??

yes the jap`s dont drive them much and yes japan is small but its so easy to clock these im reconing most have been with 40k and big ends going !!!

 

happened to my friend last week, only had his classic just under two weeks.

The RAC arent much use, he was going on about tappits etc, his report just said "engine fault"!

 

Cheers for the info lockley...... (may give ya a shout )

the Rig - I purchased the car brand new (zero on the clock) mate

Had a chat with the Mrs today and its a for getting the car fixed .

RAC also confirmed this evening that they will gladly transport the car from N.London to API as soon as I give them the thumbs up . Must say RAC have been great today.....

 

david at api will see you good.

hope youve got deep pockets

any help just shout nathan

 

Had a good chat with David @ API this morning - Thanks for the all the advice and options mate (sorry but really not mechanically minded - give me a PC anyday of the week )

The big question will be How far do I go?