a little premateur, but im preparing for the worst, when i can get my car to scoobybits next week some time.

thread in gen tech abouts my engine "think i have a leak" bit misleading but read the thread.

anyways if the engines on the way out (60k on this particular engine) due to piston slap perhaps, whats the general cost for a standard replacement engine? nothing fancy, just a standard replacement. if i cant afford it, the cars going basically.

help appreciated...

andy

 

i was offered a uk spec engine 50,000 mile on it.£1500

 

Re-Build it yourself - cost of parts? About £500

You know it's done right too

 

Andy:
If you can't follow Pete's advice then call David at Welcome to the API website for alternatives.
Won't be £500.

 

if i was you in all honesty i would have your engine rebuilt completely. I had an engine problem with mine and replaced it with a low mileage sti engine.. Only to develop further faults about 3-4 months later. The only way you know your going to have a good engine is if you have it rebuilt properly. I bit the bullet and did it with good parts, costs a lot of money but you know its done right and there shouldn't be any similar problems later. API are the best from all accounts if you want someone else to do it.

I guess the short way of what im saying is.. do it cheap.. do it twice!

 

Another useless post Pedro. You couldnt rebuild an EJ20 engine yourself and you have no reason to suspect that Andy could either. Why do you post crap like that: eh? This isnt a Morris 1000 A-Series.....

Youre not having much luck are you Andy?


Simon

 

I had my STi engine rebuilt back in 2003. Cost about £3k. Xtreme Scoobies did it & did a great job.

TX.

 

And why not??

It's a simple Engine FFS

Just because you couldn't unscrew a lightbulb, please don't tar us all with your useless brush

 

Why don't you rebuild it for him for £500 or so and we'll see just how good you are at rebuilding this 'simple' engine ?

 

a nut is a nut, a bolt is a bolt, a torque wrench is a torque wrench

You can either build an engine or you can't, a subaru engine is not some complex beast that only a specialist magician using fairy dust is capable of building.

The fundamentals are so similar that they really haven't changed all that much since the internal combustion engine was first designed.

I admit that a good reputation helps as does care as the engines are under more stress more of the time than most, you don't want Joe Bloggs to just throw it together but it's not that difficult to do yourself if that way inclined.

And it is in fact a 'simple' engine - it is simply is made up of nuts, bolts, bearings, pistons etc the same as any other engine.

If it was a Gas Turbine spinning at many thousands of rpm then you might have a a point - but its not. I'm sure there are quite a few owners on here who have attempted this sucessfully

 

SPOT ON!!!!

 

 

As has been said above - it IS a simple Engine - there is NO MYSTERY - NO MAGIC - NO WIZARD SKILLS NEEDED!!

Re-building an engine, any engine is simple ... those that say otherwise are looking after vested interests.

Good god, there are plenty of girls around these days parading as men Could not weild a screwdriver if their lives depended upon it You would not manage if it were the 1960's or 70's ... then, men were men and knew how to strip engines down and rebuild them - de-cokes were common.

It's about time men were men again and able to strip an engine and re-build it while listening to a footy match on the wireless!!

 

bugger me sideways - i'm off outside to shot myself in the head before my world crumbles around my ears. I agree with Pete and he agrees with me, i really must be doing something fundamentally wrong but i stand by both our comments

There is an awful lot of bull**** mystic crap posted about the arcane art of the rebuild - but honestly, with care, attention to detail, time, a good toolkit and space to work it really isn't rocket science

 

I'm with Pete on this one, if you can build an engine you can rebuild a scooby lump. I was rebuilding bike engines at 16 and porting heads and rebuilding mini engines at 17 all thanks to Dave Vizard Those day's seem to be long gone and the youth of today (and some adults) take there cars to a specialist to have parts fitted and mods carried out.

 

It is as simple as any other engine .............

Here's a gun amahrap

 

I must have missed the point here ! If you are saying the scooby engine is no more difficult to rebuild than any other engine then I agree with you.

Some people would have you believe that a Subaru engine is a specialist only item !

 

You Italian by any chance???

Drifting in the breeze with whichever view seems to hold sway at the time???

 

well some places charge £500 just to take the engine out!!!!!...but can he get away with re-grinding the crank??

 

Must be the first time 3 or more people have agreed with Pete.

 

As long as the crank diameter matches the bearing diameter then there is no reason at all why a reground crank shouldn't be ok ......... is it case hardened at all??

 

You should see my pm's most evenings ............... it's always far higher than 3!!

 

Nope,watching the telly at the same time as this thread

I don't care what anyone says,whether other people agree or not. The Subaru engine is no more specialist than any other engine.

 

Pete.

Will you be rebuilding his engine for £500 then?

TX.

 

I don't know what an emgine is actually???

 

How about an engine ?

 

Why would I re-build his engine for £500??

 

^^ Answer the question then Lewis ...

TX.

 

I have!!!

You, again, make yourself look stupid

 

Because you can prove it's SO easily done and if so,lots of people on here would come to you instead of paying £2k-£3k for a rebuild from the tuners !