What should i do?
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What should i do?
Need a bit of advice.
I have a classic turbo (uk car) on a 99/S.
While pulling into the carpark at work yesterday i noticed the check engine light came on briefly then went out after about 10 seconds. My journey to work is around 13 miles mostly A road so fairly constant speed.
I contacted my local dealer and took the car in. They performed a diagnostic and told me the knock sensor had put out an error code, they had reset the ecu and i should go away and come back to have the sensor replaced if it happens again.
Well i drive home and as i turned into my road the check engine light came on for about 5 seconds then went out again.
Took the car back and im now told that the engineers think its nothing to do with the sensor and they can hear a slight knock which will require them to strip the engine to check confirm the problem (5 hours labour and a bill for £350 even if they find nothing! )
My concern is that i'm being had or that the engineers dont have a clue what they're on about (vague description of a problem in my opinion). The car runs like a dream and i can here no strange knocking and the car certainly isnt down on power! and until the check engine light came on i wouldnt have had cause to take the car in to be checked.
What the hell should i do?
I have a classic turbo (uk car) on a 99/S.
While pulling into the carpark at work yesterday i noticed the check engine light came on briefly then went out after about 10 seconds. My journey to work is around 13 miles mostly A road so fairly constant speed.
I contacted my local dealer and took the car in. They performed a diagnostic and told me the knock sensor had put out an error code, they had reset the ecu and i should go away and come back to have the sensor replaced if it happens again.
Well i drive home and as i turned into my road the check engine light came on for about 5 seconds then went out again.
Took the car back and im now told that the engineers think its nothing to do with the sensor and they can hear a slight knock which will require them to strip the engine to check confirm the problem (5 hours labour and a bill for £350 even if they find nothing! )
My concern is that i'm being had or that the engineers dont have a clue what they're on about (vague description of a problem in my opinion). The car runs like a dream and i can here no strange knocking and the car certainly isnt down on power! and until the check engine light came on i wouldnt have had cause to take the car in to be checked.
What the hell should i do?
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dont know of any that i would trust. before the scooby i had a ford under warranty so always got it done at the dealer.
im in basildon in essex if you have any suggestions?
im in basildon in essex if you have any suggestions?
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just did a search for the website and says they've ceased trading!
anyone got any other ideas? anyone had the same/similar problem?
the car is booked in at the dealers on friday so need to decide what im doing before then
anyone got any other ideas? anyone had the same/similar problem?
the car is booked in at the dealers on friday so need to decide what im doing before then
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call api or andy F
or another well known subaru tuner
u will find out they will kow more about your car than subaru do......and they are not money grabbers like subaru!!!!!!!!!!!!
also i dont know what they would find in 5 hours, i would have thought it would take a lot longer than that.... but once they have your engine in bits they basicly have a a blank chech from you dont they!!!!!!
or another well known subaru tuner
u will find out they will kow more about your car than subaru do......and they are not money grabbers like subaru!!!!!!!!!!!!
also i dont know what they would find in 5 hours, i would have thought it would take a lot longer than that.... but once they have your engine in bits they basicly have a a blank chech from you dont they!!!!!!
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For those interested i took the car to the dealership and asked to speak to the engineer who explained he thinks its piston slap and number 4 is probably on the way out. His advise was that i should monitor the noise (which i still cant hear) and if it gets worse to bring it in but either way it will need a new short block if the piston is ****ed at a cost of £3000 + labour when it eventually goes!
i took the car straight to Xtreme Scoobies and the very helpful guys there diagnosed the noise as the cam belt tensioner (use of a long screwdriver applied to the block and i can now hear the noise!)
so im now over the moon that there is actually nothing wrong and have the car booked in at XS for a Hayward and Scott exhaust and new panel filter
i also enquired how much for them to rebuild the engine with uprated parts and have been quoted £2800 for a strong 320-350 bhp! I know where im taking my car from now on!
i took the car straight to Xtreme Scoobies and the very helpful guys there diagnosed the noise as the cam belt tensioner (use of a long screwdriver applied to the block and i can now hear the noise!)
so im now over the moon that there is actually nothing wrong and have the car booked in at XS for a Hayward and Scott exhaust and new panel filter
i also enquired how much for them to rebuild the engine with uprated parts and have been quoted £2800 for a strong 320-350 bhp! I know where im taking my car from now on!
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"A strip down" seems to be Subaru's answer to everything..
Customer: "Excuse me my front offside indicator isnt working.."
Subaru Monkey: "Ahh thats very serious sir, we'll have to strip down the engine and inspect the bores for that one"..
Customer: "Excuse me my front offside indicator isnt working.."
Subaru Monkey: "Ahh thats very serious sir, we'll have to strip down the engine and inspect the bores for that one"..