hey all took the car for a spin yesterday on full boost for about 2 miles, and today when i took it out theres a very loud ratterling nosie coming from the engine and it gets louder going up the revs and it seems to of lost alot of power and i drove it and it stalled and lost power pulling upto a roundabout today, so i got it recovered home any ideas???

 

YouTube - CIMG1507 heres vid of the nosie

 

bottom end?

 

is that what the nosie is? im not clued up on any of this

 

ooooh,sounds like bearings for sure.my mates car had the exact same noise.bottom end re-build im afraid.but lets hope im wrong

 

how much is that to get done?

 

classic big end knock I,m afraid

 

Depends who you go to and what you want done (you could go for forged bits) since you're down south speak to Alan at www.enginetuner.co.uk as he's very close to you.

 

what actually causes this problem?

 

Holding a car on full boost for 2 miles.........................

 

really?

 

Doesn't sound good...

Hope you get it sorted mate

 

yeah im so cheesed off right now, im dreading what a garage is gonna tell me

 

oil starvation is a major culprit too.just takes a split second of dry running especially at full boost for the bearing to 'pick up'and the damage is done.you could source a second hand bottom end but its a gamble wether you are getting a good one unless you go to a reputable dealer.ive found grade a subaru to be a good dealer.

they have an sti engine for £800 complete.still alot o money to spend but you could sell old one for spares and claw some money back!!

 

Or get an engine from somebody who's breaking when you can see & hear it running. Then sell yours and re-new water/Oil pumps and timing kit....

 

yep thats another way.be good to hear it.

 

theres your prob, surprised you didnt hear it after a mile or so.. flat out youve leaned cyl 3 out and ****ed it.

 

i'm on my 2nd engine rebuild this year, doing all the work myself its costing £1000, replacing crank, con-rods, bearings, head gaskets and stretch bolts, would hate to think what a garage would charge!!!

 

yeah i know but i dont know what im doing and i just dont have the free time for it, i am really upset that the engine is knackered cuss i really like that car i'll probs sell it in the near future, because its costing me to much and im having other troubles with my life at the moment i might have to claim it on my insurance.

 

that is defo big ends. the classics can suffer oil pump failure due to the screws coming loose on the back of the pump. not saying it is that but its one posibility. other posibilities are low oil level, wrong oil or det due to wrong fuel or bad mods.

 

I feel for you mate, can get you down bigtime when your pride and joy breaks.

But like someone else said, best bet is a 2nd hand motor, then go to RCM and get a new water pump and modified oil pump for piece of mind .

 

gonna go to a garage right outside where im staying at the moment and see what they say in the morning ill let u know how it goes in the morning.

 

hes already explained how hes killed it up there ^ ^

 

just a quick update folks, iv asked a few garages round here and no one wants to carry that sort of work i phone one engine rebuilder and he said i need to source the parts, its knocked me right down now so i might have to sell the car has it is because i simple dont have that amout of money to get it fixed.

 

totally understand. same happened to my version 5 last month. getting it rebuilt as we speak. upon further inspection, thankfully it was only my crankshaft, so its not costing as much as a full rebuild. still a pain in the **** though!

 

Sorry to hear about that m8 i am always dreading my car going the same way as i use it as a daily driver for work etc and it is 13 years old now.

As another option you could claim on the insurance as my brother did just that when he drove his vxr through a deep puddle due to all the flooding up in scotland. He got a new engine eventualy after a long wait and has a local garage to carry out the work.

Or you could break the car up and sell for spares

 

mate dont give up... mine went, so i bought another scoob that was t boned, i heard the engine running befor i payed the £500 for it. changed the engine my self and the money i got from all the other parts of the donor car covered the cost of the £500. so basicly it cost me nothing but time and knuckles. most on here will say dont do it but if your not loaded like most on here you have no other choice!

 

full boost for 2 miles, how much boost was you running?

 

i was running 1 bar, but just a quick up date i phone alan jeffries up in plymouth and got quoute it would be upto £1600, so i said **** it lets do it getting the car picked up ina bit, now i gotta get friendly with the bank manager.

 

why not spend a tad more and go 2.1 forged? make sure it doenst happen again...its only another 400 quid or so