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Old 17 June 2004, 01:33 PM
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My MY04 WRX has still only covered 500 miles after 4 weeks of ownership.

When the car is standing still and the engine running, I sometimes feel a very slight rocking motion in the car. Is this just the engine ticking over ? I presume that it is made worse by the fact that the car is nowhere near run in yet.
Old 17 June 2004, 01:52 PM
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Another thing to bear in mind is the design of the engine means that it naturally rocks from side to side
Old 17 June 2004, 02:31 PM
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A feature of the 'flat four ' engine means the pistons move from side to side rather than up and down like most engines , hence a slight rocking motion when on tickover ,shouldn't be too noticable though


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Id turn down the speed to setting 1 to stop that throbbing in the Pants!!

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Old 17 June 2004, 04:25 PM
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I get exactly the same in my MY03 STi.

The tickover is very low at 500rpm so this will increase the effect.
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