Hi all,

My last BMW recently failed its MOT and before I had the chance to buy another I was offered a Turbo 2000 by a friend of a friend for £1000. I agreed to a test-drve and, as Iv'e often fantasized about a scoob ever since the first gran turismo came out I ended up buying it. Naturally, after a week of ownership I have a few questions..

The car is a 98 R with 136k on the clock. It drives worrying well for the price and the body is very good, only a filled corner of the bumper needs painting and a spotlight is missing, the interior is immaculate. It also has a Prodrive WRX style spoiler, twin rear-light clusters, dump valve, induction kit, custom cat-back Peco system, DVD player, subs, the list goes on.. so I'm still very skeptical.

I put 4 new tyres on yesterday and the mechs said the chassic was pretty good, but the rear shocks would need replacing soon. My local Subaru approved garage, over 40 mins drive away, have quoted me £109 each for the OEM shocks and I can only find 'uprated' ones on eBay, but these are cheaper at about £80. Does anyone know a good place to get OEM parts? Or a good Subaru breakers?

The engine runs great and pulls very, very, hard, but i've had to top the oil up on the weekend. I'm using 5, 30 but i'm wondering if this is too thin for the age and mileage of the engine? Or have I just ragged it too much?

Finally the exhaust is too loud and already my neighbors have complained so obviously I'm thinking about a nur spec R baffle. Will one fit my 5" Peco tailpipe? and will it improve economy or badly stifle the engine?

Sorry to write an essay for my first post, but I've stumbled out of the middle lane and onto the rally stage a bit blindly, and I'd love to keep the car going a while longer.

Many thanks

 

a m8 of mine breaks classics m8
he posts in the for sale section on here - MattyBr5 based in wolverhampton

as for the exhaust , u can go to a exhaust centre who should be able to fabricate a bung for yours

 

Or buy a nur spec r complete with bung! They're awsome

 

At 136,000 miles, I'd be surprised if any car didn't use some oil. Can you say what sort of miles are needed between top-ups? You could try thicker oil, might help.

The spotlights aren't. They are foglights and not worth replacing. If you want two, buy a set of driving lights

The problem with used shockers is that you just don't know what you are getting. Why not save up, get a new pair and be secure?

 

Your using a 5w30 oil??!!
do NOT thrash that car and get that oil out ASAP and revert to a 10w40, a 5w30 is too thin (as stated in the handbook) and should not be used at all in a classic.

Tony

 

Also, if the exhaust is too loud forget the bung and the Nur spec and flog it on eBay to someone who doesn't like their neighbours/doesn't care and get a decent box you are happy with.

You won't lose any performance but you might stop someone letting your tyres down!

You sound like a good responsible owner, hope you enjoy the car and as stated - drop that oil asap.

5t.

 

Agree with Tony, 10W40 semi is the oil for a near standard Scoob engine of this age.

New OE shocks can be purchased from Camskill here KAYABA 33 SERIES : KYB EXCEL-G SEALED GAS STRUT - Standard Rear Shock Absorbers - Pair - IMPREZA 2.0i Turbo GC8/GF8 EJ20G EJ205 93 TO 2000 Import :: £114.38 :: Subaru Impreza Turbo Parts, Tuning, Spares & Accessories :: 2.0i Turbo GC8/GF8 93 TO 00 Im
£115 for the pair

Recommend the Prodrive back box for the neighbours sake LOL

And welcome to the club

 

Thanks for the advice, I will be swapping the 5,30 for the thicker oil as soon as possible. Unfortunately I've been getting mixed dip-stick readings, something in the manual says it needs to be inserted facing a certain way? how could that possibly make a noticable difference?!

..either way I'm a bit over filled and im forced to limp around at 2000 revs til the weekend so you live n learn i guess.

 

Didn't mention park on level ground, goes without saying.

 

Thank you very much his-n-hers that sounds exactly like the culprit I will give this a try!

 

subaru always read mixed oil readings when cold it looks low which then people top up but when warm it's overfilled ???
There are cold oil min/max indents on the dipstick and its also 1 litre between min - max

 

Hey all, I've been buying my oil off Oipe website. And they have recommened 5/40 Fully Synthetic. Mines a MY99 V5 STI is it ok to use that oil for it. Ive used it for last 3 sercices though I change the oil every six months.

I also did use there oil recommender