hello

its come to this time to either fix my engine or break he whole car

basically the ends have gone and some valve is gone aswell and now im in 2 minds

its going to cost about £1500 to fix the problem or shall i just break it as spares and buy another car its not a bad looking car either just the engine has let me down now and feeling a bit dissapointed with it

heres some pics what would you do
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Difficult decision mate, if you really like your car and can afford it go for it. But there are lots of nice motors out there to buy at the moment it's a buyers Market . Alot of people are breaking their cars which is a real shame even when theres nothing wrong with them I don't think I could do that but needs must sometimes . It's your call at the end of the day mate?

 

being honest mate i have had this car 5 months and as corny as it sounds i wake up every morning to go a work with a smile knowing im driving me scoob there

im going to see if my bro in law can fix it for a next to nothing price if so she will be back on the road in no time if not think im gonna have to let her go untill my pockets are a lil bit deeper lol

 

You are in a lucky position mate if you can get help to fix it at a cheap price if that was me I would go for it if you really want to keep it. Could always be worth forging it for future power if you can.

 

nice car bud, i was in the same position as you few months back and i have done a rebuild im running it in at the moment and dont regret it at all, like FINGERSCOOBY said if you can afford then repair it its a shame the amount of Subarus being broken at the moment.

 

thats true his coming down today to see what he thinks but his still got links in the motor trade so hopefully pick bits up fairly cheap aswell but he dont really wanna charge me

(his like that )

but he said he will show me how to rebuild which can be a good thing so hopefully we will get cracking on it by next weekend

gotta use the missus car now to go to work shame the sun aint out or id have the roof down on the megane haha

 

ye think i will be repairing it shame to see a nice car going to waste couldnt imagine standing out there stripping it for bits

 

Yea also dont think my neighbours be too happy with a car in bits on my drive

 

thats true they aint going to appreciate the banging going on all day either lol

but shes pretty placid and we get on well ive only got 1 neighbour so ill explain the situation to her and see what she says as i just wanna move the car as minimum as possible so i dont do no extra damage

 

Would be worse for mess if you had to break it mate believe me, rather than fixing it. Go for it mate your bro in law sounds like a top bloke take up his offer, just my opinion.

 

heres a bottom end here mate for a wrx mite be worth a shot cheap to
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/subaru-imp...item4aafd7a9f5

 

Buy it for 50 notes, rebuild it so it is sound, then swap into your car with new gasket set, cambelt etc, job done.

 

ye his a top bloke very kind

i have just added the ebay item to my watch list gonna find out how far hartlepool is and try and organise a courier

sounds good about the rebuild

whats the chances of this going wrong again i think the garage sold me the wrong oil i done an oil change on the scoob about a month ago been running fine but the oil was 10w60 millers was it too thick plus i been driving 100 miles a day in it up n down the motorway so prob didnt help

 

hey Dan don't break it, you can pick up second hand engines reasonably cheap, go for it and put another engine it her, you wont regret it. Chin up.

H

 

deefo gonna rebuild this one or put a new one in her just gutting knowing shes sitting out there and i cant even use her haha

 

if you buy that one i gave you the link for just check it all over before fitting the head or get your brother in law to check for you

 

blew the bottom end on my 2000 reg recently. £450 later and its just made 305bhp and 300 lb/ft on the Scoobyworld dyno.

Replacement engine, a few mates and favours, job done.

 

As above get a second hand engine. I bought a Scoob for £500 with a dead engine, dead box, and a fair few other broken things. Bought a Forged engine and box and its superb.

If you go down the route of breaking you`ll be in a world of issues, and rebuilding usually costs more than a second hand engine.

 

thanks for the help

i have been getting quotes on engines for about £1170 around that figure im gonna see what me bro in law says and sure he will give me a straight answer hopefully with his contacts in the motor trade i might be able to save some £££

ill get him to have a look on the ebay link tomoroow when he comes round cheers again

 

**** I paid that much for a forged engine

Phone around the breakers on here fella, you`ll save a packet.

 

I got offered 3 engines at £500 or less. Fitting takes about 4 hours out and in if you have plenty of help and do your prep work. Cambelt kit, filters and fluids adds a bit but gives you piece of mind.

 

1170 sounds good for all the parts you need for a decent rebuild, you could use 2nd hand parts but that really defeats the object of doing a good rebuild, the saying is, do it right, do it once.

Tony

 

Only problem with second hand engines is they can be a bit hit and miss, and if it's a miss and £500 notes down the pan X2 and you could of rebuilt it.

If you have the help of a good spanner monkey i would go for a rebuild,it's not that difficult, as tony says the parts for a decent rebuild comes in at around £1200 with quality parts that will run 350/400 bhp all day long, and then you have a zero miles engine.

Do it right, do it once, getting it wrong becomes very costly and your bro in law may not want to help you a second time.

 

all above is very true

what oil should i be using i have been told about 3 different oils now

but what one is perfect and what everybody else uses

the oil i was sold to use on my oil change was millers10w/60 fully synthetic

i have always used same brand but 40 could the oil i used have caused the problem

 

Try contact some breakers for engines or just have look here in For sale section.
Just don't break it,will be shame to see another car break


Jura

 

Biggest debate on scoobynet mate.

Depends what engine, mileage, mods, driving style etc.

10w 50 is a good all round recommendation. I have Mobil 10w 60 in my classic running 300 bhp, 88,000 mile engine.

The oil wouldnt have caused your problem(s)

 

not going to break it now was just peed off at the time

going to start work on it today so hopefully should be on the road very soon

 

not got many mods prodrive level 2 walbro larger fuel pump dump valve straight through no cat and remap

engine has done 92k miles

i dont rag it really just now and again

 

basically i need a new bottom end sad times but could be worse

 

4hours seriously 2 hrs max