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22 February 2018, 05:17 PM
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First ever Subaru
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I am due to be collecting a 2008 Impreza STI hatch next week. I am very new to Subaru and don't know much about them? Is there anything I should be aware of in terms of common faults? The car has covered 53k miles and am told the service history is full (subject to seeing this!) also cam belt intervals although I have asked that this is done before collecting. What's the life span of the 2.5 engine in these as I've heard a couple of times about engine rebuilds being done quite early on?
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I am due to be collecting a 2008 Impreza STI hatch next week. I am very new to Subaru and don't know much about them? Is there anything I should be aware of in terms of common faults? The car has covered 53k miles and am told the service history is full (subject to seeing this!) also cam belt intervals although I have asked that this is done before collecting. What's the life span of the 2.5 engine in these as I've heard a couple of times about engine rebuilds being done quite early on?
Any feed back is greatly appreciated
Thanks
22 February 2018, 06:46 PM
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22 February 2018, 06:59 PM
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the 2.5 is subaru's worst engine BUT once built properly is an awesome fast road engine.
sorry to be the bearer of bad news
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22 February 2018, 07:05 PM
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Wow didn't expect that. Like I say I don't know the cars that well but didn't realise they needed rebuilding. What are the first signs of giving up? Knocking or do they just give up?
22 February 2018, 07:09 PM
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dont be put off by it, just budget a rebuild at some point and make sure its done by a reputable company using quality parts. a hatch with a forged 2.5 running a decent amount of power would be an awesome road car, i have a 2007 hawkeye sti with a forged 2.5 built by scoobyclinic and in no other words its fantastic, loads of torque = great road car
22 February 2018, 07:22 PM
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To be honest I wasn't budgeting for it. We talking thousands I'm guessing? Basically the plan was to have something to play with for a few months between company cars then sell it in maybe 6 months time or so but wondering if it did all of a sudden need one I don't want to be spending ££££s. Hmmm
22 February 2018, 07:28 PM
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To be honest I wasn't budgeting for it. We talking thousands I'm guessing? Basically the plan was to have something to play with for a few months between company cars then sell it in maybe 6 months time or so but wondering if it did all of a sudden need one I don't want to be spending ££££s. Hmmm
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