This sounds a little like the problems that caused cylinder no3's to go bang a while back. Do you know if it was No3 that went through the engine block.

The situation in common(as I recall) was a prolonged period of running at maximum speed and then slowing down causing oil breakdown/starvation.

I can't recall the thread in drivetrain that discussed it, only that it was one of the best SN technical threads ever

[Edited by Neil Smalley - 8/5/2002 11:30:41 AM]

 

Why did the engine blow up?...was it very old?...have you put the wrong fuel in?...has it done 300,000+ miles?..is it an import?...was it heavily tuned?...I thought Subaru engines were known for their reliability?...any more info?..I dont want to invest 10's of thousands of pounds in a performance car that blows up!!

[Edited by as400 - 8/6/2002 6:39:41 AM]

 

First message from the mainland:

At 154 miles per hour everything went smoothly. Then we slowed down to about 110 mph and after about 10 -15 minutes all those 250 horses went through the metal cage which they call engine.

To cut the long story sjort we had to buy a new engine and wasted 4 days in Germany awating repairs.

Now what a fun doing 60 mph on the motorway trying to run the new engine in, lorries over taking us at high speed

We only laugh and say to each other : OVER TAKE WHILE YOU CAN.

Tommorrow we are getting oil change and as we broke our 700 miles barrier we'll be flying again

Who can beat our story.

Anyway we send all our regards to everyone back home, we are thinking of you while drinking cheap beer and loads of fatty food

Kate and Robert

 

hey rob and Kate

Does this go into the record books as "most expensive holiday ever!"

eeeekkkkk!

take care and see you at the next halfway meet

Mark

 

Going to be some memories of this holiday!

Enjoy

 

Enjoy the rest of your hol

So, yet another Impreza engine lets go after high speed cruising, they really don't seem up to the job for that

 

well we are dissaponted that subaru didn't last that well in high speed even though it is a high performance car

but the holiday is going great now as we're drinking a lot and eating even more, or is it other way around

btw today we could spin the rpm higher then just 3k and thats what we were waiting for

 

Have fun!

 

Guys,

Real sorry to hear that!!! Hope the rest of the holiday goes without hitch and that you enjoy the rest......

I would give it more than 700 miles before thrashing though, just increase the revs by a few hundered rpm every hundred miles. (Just finished running in the STi today so I know how you feel in that department ).

Safe journey home,

See ya soon,

Matt

 

You 2 are great,good luck on lifes great adventure.

JIM

 

I don`t know abt an oil change a brain implant might be better value

 

Well we are now back, the rest of the holiday was great, really enjoyed it. The car is now good as well.

We are only left with memories, good and bad ones. And with a hole in our wallet.

Thanks for your support and hope to see you soon again

Kate and Robert

 

There were two of them and here they are!

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/Forum9/HTML/002503.html

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/Forum9/HTML/002752.html

Cheers,

Wrexy.

 

well hello you all...

actualy from what i understand from the germeno-english explanation it was the camshaft or the bearings (i don't speak english so forget about the spelling ) but i'm sure that they were talking about No2

well it has 2.5k of miles behind now and still going

see you all soon

 

Rob and Kate,
Sorry to hear about the engine

Glad you enjoyed the rest of the holiday.

Rob you have said in the past you like virgins but virgin engines?

Take it easy,
Mark