You haven't answered the question. The question is as post nr 24:

Will you be rebuilding his engine for £500 then?

TX.

 

with the risk of agreeing with 'him' again, Pete never offered to rebuild anything for £500 - it was a finger in the air guesstimate of the rough costs of basic parts that would be required for a self build

 

He never offered,I asked him to ! Have either of you looked at the price of parts for a rebuild ?

What I said was if Pete thinks it's SO easy to rebuild the engine then maybe he should do it to prove it to everyone.

 

no i haven't looked into the cost of the required parts, i have never needed too. The parts list also relies on the outcome of a strip and survey so i would guess would vary wildly (£500 being as good a guess as any other then) depending on why the rebuild was required and if you wanted to uprate while doing so.

I'm simply agreeing that the mechanical process of the built is not above the capabilities of a reasonably competent home mechanic. Happy to step out of this arguement at that point

 

Why should I 'prove' to anyone??

I don't actually care if anyone believes that I can rebuild a Scooby Engine or not ...... I know that I could if there was some manual available to me.

The whole point being that it is an Engine - just like the Ford Pinto Engines I used to strip and rebuild for fun in the 70's or the Kent Engines, the Essex Engines and all the others that have been laid on my garage floor.

 

To answer the original question,I think API charge around about £2000 for a full rebuild.Zen charge around the same,maybe abit less

 

Imagine the pleasure of doing it yourself??

That moment of truth as it fires into life after you have been intimate with it for a couple of evenings??

It's a GREAT feeling ....................

 

I totally agree with you on that. I'm doing all the work on mine myself for that very reason. I would get no satisfaction from handing some company a blank cheque and just collecting the finished car !

 

right thatnks for the responces thus far. so around £2000 onwards for a full standard rebuild (again looking at worst case scenario, ie pistonslap, knackered crank etc)

think it may be time to sell the car. unless i find 5 weeks wages from somewhere (before tax )

 

hio mate iv just got mine done from a mate of mine ,,hes **** hot with subaru's,,,and it cost 1650 (all in) from him,,

if you get stuck and want to save a few quid pm me and ill sort you his number out

stu

 

thanks for that. without sounding snobby (apologies if this does)

1. is he reputable, or does he do this as a back hander?
2. following on from 1. would i get any sort of warrenty with the rebuild?

to be honest, currently i havent got 16 pence never mind £1600 so i doubt il be able to keep the car anyways.

 

hi mate he his a very well known lad in bradford ,,for what he does with subarus

hes got a garage but dont charge over the odds like most

as for waranty ,,he dont give any as you have to drive the car under 3k for 1000 miles ,,and if owt happend coz you was going like a mad man (5/6k) (not saying you would) ,,but im sure he would sort it if that wasnt the case

when he did mine ,,he got the car tuesday morn,,and i got it back on friday tea time ,,,it was ready thursday but i didnt have time to pick it up

stu

 

ps,,,he can also get hold of a sti/wrx/uk engines if you wanted to go that way ,,so it would just be a stright swap over

stu

 

no worries. appreciate the help stu. how comes hes very cheap, well comparing to the big guns on here>? is he starting out, or just making very little profit? sorry to sound so pedantic on this one.

 

hes been going about 2 years on his own,,and been a macanic about 25 years

and he is up there with the big guns ,but just works for him self and makes a wage out of what he loves

stu

 

furry muff, will defo keep that in mind. thanks again for the help. will just have to wait and see whats wrong with the car... as said earlier preparing for the worst, but im **** poor at the moment.

 

take the car to him ,,,as soon as you pull up he wil tell you whats wrong with it and how much its going to cost (he doesnt go in the back room and think,,,right 2+2 = 8,,,like some garages lol)

stu

 

Impreza cranks are a pig to clean properly after a regrind, the oil ways are all plugged at one end with a peened ball bearing. To be sure to get all the bearing material/swarf from the regrind out you ideally need to have these plugs removed (spark eroded) and replaced by grub screws. It is often far more cost effective to bin a damaged crank and replace it with a new one, which costs around 350 quid from a main dealer, less if it's a 2.5 for some reason

 

the engine isnt hard to take out either, i undid all the necassaries and then i undid the bolts holding the front crossmember on and dropped the engine/gearbox right out,i didnt have a engine hoist so lifted the car up over the engine, with plenty of padding for the slam panel area.

once out its as easy to strip down as any engine,as long as you have, and this is the important part, THE TIME AND TOOLS AND SPACE to do it !

when i rebuilt my gixxer lump,most of it was in the kitchen and boiler cuboard as i have no garage or shed !!!!!

that was hard work !!!!!!

 

i have not got the right tools or a garage. or the time to be honest. havent got a second car either. if indeed an engine rebuild was required, and i kept the car, all i could do is store the car somewhere, declare it sorn, and buy a banger for a few months while i save up/re-mortgage next year. that is my only sensible option due to current loans/credit card mortgage debt.

after loosing my first white sport to a freak accident, and then its replacement (silver wrx) to a failed engine, im really reluctant to let this one go without a fight. thats why i have looked after her so much. especially after the recent accident she was involved in. basically new paint on this car. refurbed wheels, newish exhaust, discs pads etc etc.

as you suggested on the other thread mr rig, how to or a quick piccy to explain how the air con belt comes off.

 

done,put aquick pic up on other thread

 

feel for you mate, it sounds like my worst nightmare as I'm in a similar position to yourself financially! The car never goes without no matter what, just to avoid the dreaded rebuild! I agree that the best way is a rebuild rather than stick another lump in there, at least you know it's all nice and fresh! Give scooby teknix a call in Fleetwood, he's just done my clutch for £375 + vodka and tonic! Really good bloke, and knows his ****!

 

follow the link...

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...have-leak.html

basically the same thing, think ive found the cause of the problem, and hopefully a cure too.

flix came round earlier, and it seems a problemtic fuel injector/tappet may be the problem. admittedly the sound/video clips i put up, excentuate the problem, not done myself any favours there.

hopefully not the dreaded engine rebuild will be needed.

 

you are as usual a total prat
mick

 

i not like the person in the previous thread put my money where my mouth is and will shortly going down to andys to look at his engine. andy is a mate of mine and it is about 260 miles round trip. ive been in the motortrade for 35 years and worked all over the world. i will diagnose and if poss cure his noise which sounds to me no more than a loud tappet. if someone says they could do it for 500 pounds bit expensive for a tappet mind why dont they do this?
andy see you about 2 o clock have the kettle on
mick

 

look forward to hearing the cure

good luck guys...........

 

whoo hoo. got get 'em tiger

 

you can always go round for me. but looking at your location you would proberly need a boat. i know andy and he can do with all the help he can get had lots of bad luck really. did your motor yourself. im well impressed. have you any training or just done it off the cuff.
i have my scoob in a thousand bits at the moment in the garage at home. wish i could have done it at work you do miss those hoists etc
cheers mick
will post on what i find

 

Andy,just looked at your view my scooby,looking ncie n shiny, get some engine pics in there !!!

 

yeah, a boat was needed a few weeks back,now its all cool LOL !!

not any real formal training, the NVQ was just what i needed to get the paperwork,knew all the course already so was pretty easy,just all hands on work/breaking things myself then learning by that ha ha ha !!

its the tools that make the jobs,sounds daft but with little tools, an easy job can take hrs and hrs !

p/s, i now fix computers, alot warmer in the winter and sometimes, easier to fix ! and my nails look alot better for it ha !