dan83590

As above.

The car in question is a JDM S/tb Forester about 80k miles (not km's). From the photos it looks like the front seal leaking over the exhaust and has been for a long while, the underside of the engine bay is a mess. Apart from this though it looks to be in fairly good nick. STI struts, lowered a bit, and has rota's fitted with good rubber.

Asking price is £1000 lowered from 1300 a few months back.

What do you think?

MOTORS S GT

iTrader: (2)

If its just the front seal its no problem, the cam belt can be changed at the same time & only adds a few more minutes to the job.

Steve T

iTrader: (14)

I wouldn,t. If the leak looks like its been there for a while ,it seems to me that they have not looked after the car very well.

jameswrx

iTrader: (4)

If it's the rocker cover it's no big deal, half the people on here wouldn't have cars if nobody bought an impreza with an oil leak from the rocker cover. Just factor it into the price.

dan83590

So 2 to 1 votes

I was more thinking along the lines of what could have been damaged. Obviously I'd have a good listen whilst looking around.

Would there be any way of knowing if at some point a low oil level had hurt the engine or turbo?

dan83590

Yeah I enquried about this. £400.00 at a specialist in Bristol to do seal and belt..

jonny_693

iTrader: (5)

Its a thousand pound car.

I would have a go at tackling it yourself not a major problem and very common. So yes, I would buy it.

my94wrx

iTrader: (4)

seems abit steep for that price im sure api charged around that for the same job including a modified oil pump as well.

stedee

iTrader: (4)

cant believe no one has said this but depends on how bad the oil leaks is????

a few drips on the drive no probs, losing a litre a day -hmmmm