brookerss

This car of mine is getting on my **** now,bought my hawkeye sti about 11 weeks ago and have had oil issue's sinse day one, should have took it back really but the car drives great anyhow to cut the story short its been useing about half a litre to a litre per 1000 miles but take it past 6000 revs and its going down quicker than that with a puff of smoke in the morning for good measure.
Its now under the eye of prosport now who dipped the car's oil and said you need to reverse the dipstick to get a accurate reading, in this case there's been to much in so is it burning of excess.
In the end i'm reluctant to sell the car as it drives so well but i feel its going to be a warrenty nightmare which is up in 6 months.Is this engine a ticking timebomb ready to blow or is it going to act like this for years,anybody experienced symptoms like these.thanks for any advice.

dj219957

if its under warranty take it to the dealers and let them worry bout it.
then when they make their decision you can make yours, i.e to sell or not.

brookerss

But its in subaru's guidelines the oil its useing but floor it and it goes excessive is there shell helix to thin, anymore ideas anyone.

legacytt

i havent heard that one before it shouldnt be using as much oil as that ive done 3k miles since my last oil change which i will be doing again shortly i use shell helix 10w40 semi and ive used about a quart of a litre in that time take it back and tell them that this is not normal.

The Rig

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what the hell is meant by reverse the dipstick to get an accurate reading?

bob r

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So now you have reversed the dipsick as Propsport have advised, is it still burning/using oil?

The Rig

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What am i missing

coolangatta

Means; take out the dipstick and rotate it 180 degs (clockwise or anti-clockwise ) before inserting it again. IMHO

stanmo

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Out of interest, do you have a couple of stickers inside your petrol flap ?

I noticed my JDM STI (also around 11 weeks in my possession, but 4+ years old) had 2 stickers telling me to check oil levels every week. One on the filler cap, one on the inside of the flap.

When I contacted Powerstation, I mentioned oil usage plus a puff of smoke at startup, they said some of the STIs do that. I'm thinking of a compression check, as I'm wary about caning it, given the mileage (60k), and that it's had a replacement turbo.

brookerss

People have told me allsorts of info and to be fair its left my head spinning,reversing the dipstick is a new one to me too but the guys at prosport are very knowlegeable and are also subaru dealers,and yes the oil is still going down but not past the half a litre a 1000 mile unless you take it past 6000 rpm it goes down a lot quicker and will then cause this puff of smoke on first turnover in the morning.
The sti itself has done only 11000 miles and had 8000 on the clock when purchased it just seems strange to me a car that drives this quick and smooth has got symptoms relateing to something that's knackerd.
I suppose its heading for a short motor unless anybody's got anymore ideas.thanks.