Ive killed the scooby

Post by **Ben** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:35 am

How many miles has it done? - Thank god you've got a warranty.

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:26 am

Sorry to hear the news, another Scoob bottom end bites the dust!!!

if its an insurance warranty you have from an independant garage for heavens sake ensure they fit a new crankshaft rather than re-grind the orginal or you will be having the same bother all over again in amatter of a short time.

If you intyend to keep the car for a long while and intend to use it hard then I would be tempted to see if you can choose a place to do the work, it may cost your pocket a bit more but then you know you are getting it done right!

martin · Post by **martin** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:07 pm

murano3 wrote:How many miles has it done? - Thank god you've got a warranty.

Its done 105000

Once it is rebuilt im going to get rid im already on the lookout for a new car something that can handle me i would like an evo hopefully i can do a deal with mine once it is repaired :-D

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:26 pm

martin wrote:something that can handle me

Nothing is indestructible Martin...........I appreciate that this may well have been tongue in cheek, but are Evos any different in the respect of reliability at a basic level of tune? Surely before you write the Impreza off in terms of engineering integrity, you'll need to know why it failed. Good luck with whatever you get, just in my opinion and experience any car can break down and have failures like this, let alone a high performance car with a few miles under its belt.

martin · Post by **martin** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:10 pm

stuartstaples wrote:
martin wrote:something that can handle me
Nothing is indestructible Martin...........I appreciate that this may well have been tongue in cheek, but are Evos any different in the respect of reliability at a basic level of tune? Surely before you write the Impreza off in terms of engineering integrity, you'll need to know why it failed. Good luck with whatever you get, just in my opinion and experience any car can break down and have failures like this, let alone a high performance car with a few miles under its belt.

i have been informed wheather it is correct or not that if the bottom end is not replaced with a new unit its more than likely to go again as aparantly they dont take well to being re built is that correct

GTT Dave · Post by **GTT Dave** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:12 pm

Nightmare, sorry to read this

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:53 pm

Martin, where ever you read that is wrong, it depends on the components and the people doing the build. A good rebuild would see your car go for another 105k I would say. again its all down to budget. When mine went I looked at loads of options, standard replacement build, buy a secondhand one etc, at the end of the day i decided if I had done it on the cheap then flogged it I would end up having another car that I wouldn't know the history of how the engine has been treated so decided to have a full forged build done, only thing then is you get carried away :!:

Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

jdening · Post by **jdening** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:37 am

Hmm. I had a type-R version IV from new to 24000 miles then sold it to a mate. The bottom end went about 3K miles later - they do seem to be prone to this.

I drove it pretty hard, but did warm it up and do oil changes etc....

I'd think twice about a secondhand high compression Scoob now, TBH.

Anyway...

Post by **Ben** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:52 am

Remind me not to lend you my car