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Engine life
Just bought a 96 turbo wagon showing 149k, engine seems healthy and i believe original. My question is what is the life expectancy for these engines before a rebuild and is it safe to drive the car hard considering the mileage. Pretty new to scoobys so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
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Just bought a 96 turbo wagon showing 149k, engine seems healthy and i believe original. My question is what is the life expectancy for these engines before a rebuild and is it safe to drive the car hard considering the mileage. Pretty new to scoobys so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Although its also a luck of the draw thing and how its been driven.
Some blow well before 100K.
Is it a UK or import?
If an import,some of that number could be in km's.
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I find there is no real consistency to the life of a Subaru that’s for sure, we see spun bearings on 04 cars and on the other hand have cars in excess of 150k still on there original clutches. Service history is always a good thing but equally important is the mechanical sympathy of the drivers over the years
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Its a uk car with lots of histoty. Just sold my 01 plate bugeye with 75k. Bought this one as a cheap runaround, took it for a long run today for the first time and was suprised how good it drove considering all the miles, almost as good as the bug i reckon !
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