FadeToBlack

Hi all,

Mew member here, keeping it brief. Won’t bore with the details but just bought ‘03 blobeye impreza and long story short, oil starvation (that I didn’t realise at the time), car cuts out, tow home, knocking sound.

I’m currently looking for advice on engine rebuilds - I live in South London (near Croydon), and have never undergone going about a rebuild before. Just wanted to know if anyone has any recommendations for companies relatively nearby (or further away that can do pickup/delivery, and any cost estimates? (I know to expect a couple thousand).

I’ve spent the weekend googling and looking around, but won’t be able to call potential places until Monday, so I thought in the meantime I would come here for advice on how to go about this, as well as what I should look out for, how this all works, etc.

Thanks very much in advance for anyone who replies!

lockheed

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Buy a new short block from a.s performance or icp.

Vxr2010

Give Len at subaru4u a call , oil pick up pipe maybe , a full rebuild is quite a lot ☹️

Hawkeye D

+1 for Len.

stockcar

if its from a dealer then throw it back as they should' have checked everything over albeit Impreza's are not known for oil starvation as such.........

Matty81

neil case at slowboy racing down at brands hatch. hes been faultless everytime ive used him

Filski

Another option is to get a long block from the breaker (reputable one) so you know its not gonner, and drop that in, obvs before u do that do quick service on it, sump, rocker gaskets, plugs , clutch and cam and you will least have a motor that will be going for a while. rebuilds are expensive, but so is everything now labour intensive, if it is not your main mode of transport then i would say have a go rebuilding yourself but i would go against reusing your own crank, there is plenty of information of how to rebuild it yourself and as long as you are methodical its doable, given the time and effort.

IdonthaveaScooby

Len was good for me , this was a looong time ago ( 2004) - didnt know still going

only up the road from me, in Berwick


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