iv found a nice classic turbo 2000 that i quite fancy buying but its on 140,000miles just wondering how many miles one these engines are good for

 

There is no real answer to that. An abused engine can let go any time whereas a well cared for can go on and on, but there are also instances where a wel cared for one can let go anyway.

On average a lot depends on what model it is, how it has been tuned, modded and driven.

I had a Uk car that I sold with over 100K on it and it was still going strong 50K later so yes they can go to those mileages pretty easily, but as I said depends on the car.

What's the model/spec?

 

if you like the car m8 then i wouldnt really worry about the engine as if it gave up you could get another for a few hundred

 

...which may give up after a few miles too.

 

then get another!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

it sounds like it has been well looked after it has just got the odd few mods like exhaust and sports cat

 

thats like saying theres no point getting your roof sprayed incase a dead body falls from the sky and lands on it, what if what if,maybe maybe maybe,we wouldnt get very far in life with your way of thinking would we any engine could give up at anytime!

 

Great advice. So the OP (who seems to be newish to the scene) takes your advice on buying some cheap **** engine if the one in his eventually bought car lets go. So that then goes boom as he's been done and you suggest simply buying more of the same engines - with no kind of history or warranty. Genius!! You have to fork out for the engine, removal of the old, fitting of the new

Great idea fella

 

if you like it and its the rite money m8 then go for it but just keep it in the back of your mind it (may) at some point need another engine or rebuild good luck fella

 

To the OP, it's advice like the above which you should ignore. If the car runs well and has a decent history with it, 140,000 miles isn't the worst thing in the world. But you have to take into consideration the suspension and gearbox components being worn at those kind of miles too. Unlike above - I speak from experience!

But if you bought a Scoob with said mileage and it went pop - my (and others) advice is to rebuild properly (and once), unlike the above advice which suggests pay cheap & pay twice.

HTH

Andy

 

if you,ve got nothing worthwile to say then why bother saying anything?? so in your genius way of thinking you,d go and buy the car for say 2k then spend more than that to rebuild the engine so he would of spent 5k on a car worth 2,o yeah thats deffinatly the way forward

 

just read the post above you mentioned gearbox and suspention i suppose he,d better buy those new aswell incase they fail so the 2k car is now looking like an 8k one

 

No disprespect to yourself but people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - yeah

My advice is worthwhile as it comes from experience. You simply suggesting to throw any old engine in is laughable. If it goes pop, you have a couple of choices. Yeah do as you suggest and risk that the second hand engine doesn't go boom too (next you'll be suggesting SMR engines LOL), or get your engine rebuilt properly, or sell it as is.

Just because you have a Scoob worth say £2k, it means nothing spend £2-3k on a new engine if you plan on using the car and keeping it for a long time. Your advice is flawed and when questioned all you do is throw some more crap forward

 

nothing wrong with my suggestions if there was money to spend on rebuilds then surely you would look for a car with 40k on the clock so it has less chance of needing 1? alot a breakers offer a warrenty with used engines,i my self have had imprezas for around 7 years so i do have some knowledge as you say you buy cheap you buy twice when buying a cheap high mileage car that is the chance you take you can buy rebuilt exchange engines for £700 delivered to your door these are all options that could be taken,i myself have had used engines fitted into 2 of my impreza 1 drove on and still is the 1 in my current car an sti8 scd lasted a few months so ive now spent 10k on a rebuild but thats not something i recomend doing unless the op is going to pass the car down to his kids

 

+1 Mr Chocolate_O_Brian

 

If its been looked after with stacks of receipts and fsh then chances are it'll be fine, providing you keep up the maintenance of it. I have a friend who has one with 165k+ (original engine) thats still going strong.

At the other end of the scale, you could by a used and abused example with less than 50k that would be more likely to go pop.

My advice is to worry less about the mileage and concentrate on condition and how its been looked after. A well maintained example should easily get to 200k with no problems imo.

 

No breaker will give you a warranty with a used engine, its take your pick and hope for the best, if they can show you the history of that engine then thats about as good as it gets, and throwing in used engines is false economy, after 2 in a short time you could have had a full rebuild and an engine thats going to do atleast another 100k if well maintained.

Tony

 

Here we go again. A relative newbie telling people who have lived, eaten and breathed these cars and suffered with them along the way how it should be and when they get corrected get all arsey too.

Instread of trying to be clever why not try and learn something? There is no such thing as a cheap Impreza engine!!!

 

Thankyou. That's all I was trying to get across. Unfortunately with some newbies, they may see the opportunity to save money on rebuilds as per suggested above BUT if this goes **** up, the people suggesting this suddenly go quiet leaving newbie with sour grapes and the Subaru name tarnished further.

 

Its not a blue MY00 is it? Ive seen one with that mileage and those mods you have listed for sale and it has pre facelift bumpers on it. A sign of accident damage.

 

+1 for Choco

 

If you like it, and it has fsh and in decent nick then buy it imho.I bought a 99 uk car that had 128,000 miles on it,fsh,and the bloke selling it was the only owner and was 62 yrs of age, and it drove like it was made yesterday. Even when it hit 135,000 miles and a remap it was putting out a healthy 316bhp.You could buy a car with half that mileage and it could still go BANG.

As for spending 2k on an engine rebuild for a classic uk car imho,you must be mad imho.If and when my engine decides to let go,i will simply go and buy another one. My mate has just sold a 2000 uk engine 2 days ago for £400,and there is nothing wrong with it as the previous owner lived 400 yds from me ,and he could not justify owning the car with a new baby on the way,so he sold the whole car for £1000 .There are plenty of classic and a few newage cars that have done more than 140k and still going strong,so you spend your money and make your choice.

 

I personally would spent 2-3k on an engine rebuild for a 2k car with 140k on it. Thats just nuts. You should see the state of some of the ones I strip that still had mot and tax when the skirts and bumpers are off!!!

If it goes pop, sell it as is. Ill buy it!!

 

Thats the beauty of free speech and able to view your own opinions ,I would spend that on a £15,000+ car,as i can easily justify that,but for 3k,i could buy 2 x late classics and have spare cash,and neither car would be a shed.There was a silver classic at the west mids tunnel run 3 weeks ago that was a MY 2000 on a V reg with full prodrive interior,wheels,exhaust,gearknob,suspension,ecu,an d more importly fsh with 92,000 miles which cost the owner £1000 . The car was not perfect there was a little ding on the passengers wing ,but hey ho. Personally i would take a chance and buy a car like this and if the engine went bang ,you could pay for a rebuild if you then wanted to ,by breaking your existing car,as that seems to be the case with many classic owners imho.

 

think im goin to go and take a look at its its got a good service history and i no what your saying about the steering and suspension components but will check all is ok when i veiw it

 

is it the blue one Im talking about?

 

duno mate its in shrewsbury on ebay

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Subaru-Impreza...item3f0bd2c1ea


this one?

 

ye thats the one what do you think of it

 

wrong bumpers on it. Those are pre facelift.

says hes fitted the crystal pack and 4 pots. They should have been on it on the first place.

Id say its been smashed, partly stripped and put back on the road or smashed and put back on the road cheaply just to get it up and running

Up to you though mate. Hpi it and check the front crossmember to see if its straight, pull the carpets back in the boot and feel around the inside of the quarters for dents