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Old 04 August 2003, 04:49 PM
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Got my car back again today, lightened my wallet of £667 for 3 hours diagnostics an air flow meter and an oil and filter change,

got warned that they could hear some detonation so i am now planning to use octane booster, also the usual its a subaru so even though you service it and pay for anything which is even half broken and it only has 30,000 miles it will blow up soon and the crankshaft is noisey and and and and....

anyone know how much and how often and which is best octane booster and where to get it???

does take the fun out of driving sometimes
Old 04 August 2003, 04:55 PM
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What year of car is it?

UK/Euro or Japanese (WRX/STI)?
Old 04 August 2003, 05:27 PM
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Oil and filter change = £90

MAF sensor (not complete housing - not necessary) £67

3 hours labour with or without diagnostics = 3x£50 = £150

= £360.72 inc. VAT

Would have a quiet word with them prior to selling the bill
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Oil and Filter = £65
3 hours labour = £120
Ornage 3 pin MAF Sensor with housing £365

all Prices without VAT

is a WRX Type R V limited Non STI i have put Millers CVL in it but it says you should only use it occasionally with a CAT i.e for track days
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no more input?
Old 05 August 2003, 05:08 PM
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Yes you have paid £298 unnecessarily because you only needed the MAF cartridge.

Get a knocklink, boost gauge and use NF octane booster always, along with Optimax.
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Wounder

i have a boost guage it pulls 1.2 bar

where is the best place to get the NF booster and how much is the normal price?

Thanks

Ray
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