You are right to give the garage a chance to put right what they did wrong. The work they carried out should be put right "at their cost" and time. I just hope that the work they did hasnt done any damage to your engine. If you can get it put right at their cost, youve got a result.
If we were all to "name and shame" garages where we have been unhappy at the quality of work carried out on our car, we would open a right can of worms. Its just down to you as the owner to never take it there again..

 

im hoping they havnt done any damage mate tbh i cant see what they could have done as its not smoking or anythin like that it just seems to be holding back if that makes sense and when you first pull of it really struggles ive got a suspicion there is a boost leak some where like they havnt tightend something up properly but like i said i will see what happens first but i refuse to believe jet washing the engine would cause all this it would of dried by now easily

 

Where was the oil leak maybe it was the turbo or could they have taken the intercooler out for better access and not refitted correctly. If I were you next time it comes out I would run it over to someone like thwaites just to cast an expert eye over the work they have done

 

right picked the car up still juddery he reckons he cleaned out the inlet (sprayed a bit of cleaner in there) and then on the way home the car wouldnt boost any higher than 0.5 where as it usually boosts at 1.3 i turned it off and on again and the boost came back just real juddery still so avoid FORESTERS SUBARU BILSTON like the plague they have ruined my car

it was mainly leaking from the rear main oil seal they removed the entire engine to work on it apparantly

 

One of the same garages that mis diagnosed my diff!!

 

Ahhh Ivan

 

im guessing he is known then

 

time to get a second opinion and put a letter to the foresters garage stating the full problem with the car and that they have 14 days to put the car right, otherwise you will be taking it to an independant garage of your chosing to get the car fixed and give them the repair bill, but to do that it will have to go through a small claims court to recover your costs. i hope u get it sorted.

 

im taking it back there again tomorrow and no more mr nice guy im gonna go mad at them and refuse to pick up the car until its sorted its not on when the car was dropped off yer it had a bad oil leak and the clutch juddered but running wise it was mint and pulled really well but now its like im driving a completely different car i went out in it again tonight and it wont boost past 0.5 bar and is kangarooing and juddering like hell

 

I've known him for years mate. when you are there call me and ill speak to him

WMI traders are WMI traders for a reason

 

dont let this experience make u regret buying the car.you have experienced how good the car is/can be, you have just had a real crappy experience of a poor garage. there are plenty of garages that u can trust that are local to u that once this is sorted, you can use there services. msv ( i live in brum but will be traveling to msv to have my car serviced in wolverhampton)- thwaites developments.
there is a local one in redditch that is fitting my H brace for me on tuesday that is specifically subaru that opened 6 months ago that i didnt even know was there.

 

cheers buddy dont get me wrong he seems a nice bloke and that but just seems like he's fcuked my car up because like i said when the car was dropped to him apart from a oil leak it ran perfect and the intercooler didint hit the strut brace but now it does and he is saying its because its to big?? and jon where is the scooby place in redditch haha

 

its off the a435 heading towards m42 motorway. its the turning for ullenhall heading out of redditch. it use to be martin motors.
spoke to a chap called paul, had a good chat today and he gave me a couple of cards. i asked about servicing and how much a cam belt change would be ( hence me knowing the price of a genuine cam belt ) seemed a nice bloke and a very clean setup but abit over-priced compaired to other available sources

 

ahh i know where that is never knew it was a subaru place now cheers for that mate let me know how you get on and thanks for the previous positive comment im trying my hardest not to let it put me off my car its just hard as i brought it on the 10th and 3 days later it was back in the garage yesterday was the first time i'd driven it since taking it back was a bit dis heartening as it was kangarooing and misfiring and then today when it was supposed to be fixed its even worse than before just really gutts me and is really stressing me out

 

i live 2 mins away ,if you need me to take a look over it more than happy too, in all day mate.

i wouldnt let them fix my mountain bike

 

Maydew, hows it going mate

 

 

cheers guys dropped it there this morning he seemed really moody towards me tbf i just told him i dont want it back till its sorted

 

Just to change the mood. many of you have probably seen it but for those that havent..... enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbNuyubhz0

 

haha watched it loads of times hilarious got a flat four you know the score

 

hows it goin mate you got another scooby now?

 

well just had a phone call they plugged it in and its coming up with air mass meter apparantly but they cant get one till monday so i guess its more waiting lol oh well least it will be sorted

 

I had a very similar problem with my car It drove me mad for weeks, tried MAF switch at Scoobie world still not fixed, eventualy found a poor connection in the loom of the MAF connector. On my car it was the wire with what I can only describe as a co axial type wire it is only thin but has a sheath arround it, this was broken made new joint an bingo. Took some finding tho'

 

Nothing wrong with a bit of a wait to get things done right. If it turns out to be that, they fix it and dont charge you, then I think they havnt done too bad. Hope it goes well for you matey...

 

yer i dont mind the wait pal i just dont get why they didnt plug it in in the first place to save me driving back and forth fingers crossed it sorts the problem

 

Just got back from the Race Retro show, awesome day, amazing cars!

Spotted a couple of Scoobs on the M6 at J6 on the way back, silver Bug with VERY dark tints joined right next to me and there was a WR blue Blob going south on the other side.

 

Yes mate 03 silver sti

 

WMscooby/Craigybaby are you both registered with WMI?

drop us your details via PM

 

hopefully catch up soon then at future meet

 

let us know the out come,like i say if you need me to give a once over for piece of mind more than happy too