nik52wrx

Ive just been flicking through some technical threads and the ever present issue of engine failure cropped up.
I personally can't believe engines blow as often as is suggested, presumably we only hear the bad stories. There must be thousands of satified scooby owners out there....
I have spoken to dealers and they all tell me that the engines are bullet proof.
I have only owned a 2002 wrx for a week and am loving every minute behind the wheel but reading some of the comments gets me thinking.....
Fortunately my car came with a 2 year warranty from a main dealer but even so i would still like to think i own a reliable car.
Any positive comments out there for a change.
I think they are great cars!

little_idiot

most of the engine horror stories are from either classic grey imports that end up running on crap uk fuel when they are mapped for the jap stuff, so end up detting, or my99-00's where the MAF sensor has failed, again leading to detting.


I personally can't remember seeing a thread from someone who has had engine failure on a newage scooby

James

nik52wrx

Fingers crossed then James

CRAIGFIN

Nik,
I owned a MY99 STI Type-R for two years and it was faultless. The V5 are supposed to have weak engines and gearboxes and mine was brilliant. You will hear a lot of horror stories purely because of where you are, the concentration of scooby owners on this site are quite high and so are the horror stories. You may find a similar thing on other car forums. I miss my scooby so much that I am currently selling my £27,000 Nissan 350Z so I can get an STI Prodrive. You get an awful lot of car for your money with a scooby!!

Craig.

RB5 Paul

my maf sensor failed and it didn't blow up,must just be a lucky boy

zoney-WRX

ive only owned my 52 plate wrx for 5 mths now and so far no problems now then through my job and talkin to AA patrols subarus seem to be 1 of the cars we never really get called to any i have had in the past 2 yrs (3 of them) 1 was smashed up (2) had a none standard ecu needed taken from a dealer the place that done the remap work (3) high mileage blown valve but it had done nearly 150000 miles

from what i can see its only really high milage cars that get the problems apart from the odd unlucky few
its a case of take care of the scoob and the scoob will look after u

little_idiot

damn right, I have a my99 myself, changed the MAF the other week out of paranoia!

appart from that, in the year i've owned it that car has been fine (touch wood)

nik52wrx

Its good to read a few good reports.

Anyone know if Tesco premium unleaded is ok to run on my car.
Reason being there garage is 5mins away, shell garage is 10mins in the opposite
direction to where i normally head.

little_idiot

a lot of people don't trust supermarket petrol, I personally only put optimax in mine

Blue Babe

Don't do it....supermarket stuff is rubbish. Take the extra 10 mins and look after the baby.

wide

Put in supermarket stuff for last year its great and never had a problem

GaryCat

I had a MY99 Turbo for nearly four years and didn't have a single problem with it. My current 03WRX has been going for 18months, again with no problems whatsoever. They are very reliable cars.

Graz

Welcome to ScoobyNet paranoia (MY00 owner who changed his MAF sensor a few weeks back as something didn't feel quite right). If you're concerned best thing to do is fit a KnockLink, det is what seems to kill most Scooby engines, the KnockLink will tell you if you are getting any. Mine is going on this weekend

phelpsa

My dads MY02 WRX had an engine faliure. Im not sure if its what usually happens on scoobs, but a big-end went. Started making a horrible noise, but it must have been bad as Subaru replaced the whole engine under warranty just like that!!! This is at 12k miles.

Adam

Scratch

iTrader: (1)

If you're running a standard car, the supermarket pertrol will be fine. If you start doing modifications, then you may need to consider using Optimax as a precaution.

If you have the car remapped at any time, you could have it remapped for any fuel, supermarket cheap stuff or otherwise.

mudfrog

Just had my MAF sensor replaced on my JDM MY96 sti because of failure.
Didn't blow up the engine just idled like a yo yo and ran like a dog.

Getting a knocklink fitted soon so I can monitor engine a bit more.
Run optimax or Esso SUL + octane booster and engine should be alright.

sjfozzy

Whats the ball park cost for a knocklink including fitting?

Running 93 WRX on Optimax, no probs so far and love every minute of it!!

SyHightower

iTrader: (1)

lol my engine went about 2 weeks ago, did an off the clock run on a 'ahem private road, and used it for a bout 50 miles after with no issues. Next day after leaving it to warm up on the drive, about 1 mile down the road the big end went! the car was full of bin bags for the tip so was driving like a granny . managed to drive home but its sounds terrible!!! still... picking up a new engine on the weekend thats been improved from standard


Si

trails

iTrader: (41)

me too, every few tanks i'll bung some opimax through it just to alleviate the guilt ;o)

Aztec Performance Ltd

iTrader: (234)

I've done 50k miles abusive miles on MY99 and the engine has never missed a beat.

Most reliable car I have owned.

Obviously the technical forum is going to be full of techy probs.

Bob

iggy wrx

mine is an import,so should i only run it on optimax,and if so do i need octane booster in with it???????


where does the knock link connect to#???????has any one got a picture

JackClark

I had a company leased MY98 and tried to blow it up for 3 years, didn't manage it.

lordharding

iTrader: (1)

Maybe im getting paroinoid after nearly 5 years 30K from new ans will get a new MAF sensor fotted at the next service


Any idea how much they will be ? fitted ?

in my time ive had the green wagon i have had

New battery at 3 years

Alarm bracket fitted

all under warrenty

and 2 side light bulbs and a headlight bulb



Knocklink

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noticed the green light was not working so took it to bits yeasterday and found all the leds had worked loose /dry joints !!!!

so i soldered them back on


a good tip is too check that on knocklinks as it seems to be a common problem .

Graz

KnockLink - You can get them from BR Dev. (http://www.brdevelopments.com/index.htm), you need the Bosch sensor as well as the KnockLink itself.

Fitting guide for Classics here: http://stefanostadal.homedns.org/car_mods_gauges.htm

Hope it's as easy as it sounds as I'm fitting one to mine this weekend (+Samco turbo hoses, boost gauge, and LambdaLink. Planning to stealth fit both the Knock and Lambda link, think I have all the necessary bits from Maplins.)

Edmondo

done 22k in 18 months...got nearly 97k on my MY99......Runs sweet as a nut ( touch wood ). Thinking about getting an import once wifey passes her test.