Lol

It's the 2.0 Blobeye bud.

 

Blimey, that is good !!!

 

Thought I was doing well at £70 every 2 weeks,,24 miles mon to fri .

 

The mechanic is wrong then, I bought my car when your would have been new in the showroom, and mine doesn't use any oil.

 

Mine is a 2002 bug sti never uses any oil or water

 

I only drive sensibly on the commute it's not stop start so that helps, only if I have some old granny or tractor do I feel the need to open her up

 

Similar work drive as mine, just the odd blast but mostly sensible.
My £70 includes weekend running too, just did the sums and I'm averaging 28.5 mpg. Not bad I reckon.

 

any updates??

 

Hi bud, called in yesterday to the garage. Cylinder 1 is 0psi, cylinder 2 is 70psi , 3 & 4 are 100psi.
He's not 100% sure whether a repair or replacement is the best option until he whips the engine out on the 6th of Jan. he seems to think it could be worse than first thought, (damaged bore? i think he said) so he will start looking for a quality engine. Might not be, he said it sounds like it with the massive oil consumption of late.

 

No oil in any engine is obviously very bad, especially in an Impreza. Should be checked weekly without fail. But in all 4 Imprezas that I had had, none have used any oil. Either you have a leak somewhere or the rings have gone on 1 & 3 I'd say. Is there any knocking evident from engine when it was running?

As for the mechanic, it doesn't sound like he is too clued up on Imprezas. Don't forget that to strip a flat 4 engine takes over twice as long as a conventional engine due to the crank being the last piece you get to. (block needs to be split) So I would get a quote just for the strip down before you let him go any further. 10 hrs labour is not uncommon for a strip down.

Depends how much you want/can afford to spend. A decent rebuild with. New crank (which you will need) is going to be £2k minimum. A used engine from a good source is usually around £400-£500 plus fitting.

 

you have some options...
1. sell the car as it is
2. break it for parts
3. spend some money, get the engine fixed (by someone who knows what's wrong and knows how to fix it) having it upraded, could cost £2-3k ish.

All comes down to money.. what you want from the car.. how long you intend to keep it. If the rest of the car is sound.. you might want to get a 0% credit card for two years and pay it that way


don't buy 2nd hand engine unless you know who's selling it.. where it's from etc.. you could be going from the frying pan into the fire.


ring a few specialist..
David @ APi
Kev @ scoobyclinic

etc etc to name a couple, get plenty of advice!

 

+1.SJ.

 

any updates on this

 

Can't he get a bore scope to check the damage?