madey

I,m looking for a hawkeye sti, did the 2.5 engine in these suffer the same problems as the later hatch? The engine problems in the hatch stops me from buying one of these.

Billet

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i think all 2.5 engines suffered from headgasket failures.

madey

The 08 onwards hatch had a lot of piston problems, or the piston area anyway. I don,t know if this was ever solved.

Mrfastbaz

mine is a 57 plate hawk stiwith the ppp pack and when i bought it had 9000 miles on clock.... i put 3000 miles from april this year till end of july mixed motorway and town driving bottom end went and was replaced under warranty took 8 weeks to sort out though now done 3000 miles since septemebr run in the replacement engine had a n oil change after 1200 miles and seems okay so far...

L.J.F

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All the 2.5 sti's had either problematic pistons or headgaskets.

SpecDscooby

MY 07 Spec D has never had an issue. I'm the 2nd owner, but have every peice of history, and indeed it only ever been to the same main dealer for services, and they are the same garage that supllied the car new. I spoke with them.....Nothing aside routine services has ever been done....

madey

Thanks for the replies, perhaps I,ll go for a RS focus instead and play safe!

stevie1982

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Or by a hawkeye jdm sti and away you go plus it's got more toys out of the box so a win win situation! Trying to find one will be the issue though

stevie1982

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Or if you have 25k to spend on a RS then buy a hawk and drop it off to someone ole API and let them forge it stick a bigger blower on it and still have 10k left in the bank, few choices to think about

madey

Problems! Why can,t Subaru make a car without problems.I want a fast and reliable car, another subaru would have been nice (05 sold) RS focus, vxr ?

stevie1982

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Age old question pal, why can't Subaru get it right but I am sure it's not all and just some go pop problem is we only remember and focus on the negative.

With your budget you can hold out for the right car so keep on looking and hold out for the right car for you

Best of luck

andythejock01wrx

I looked into this - ie by searching all the threads on here.

Consensus was that all 2.5s are prone to head gasket failure but the 08s on also suffer from more expensive piston problems.

It's disappointing, but I still plan to get a Hawk Sti in the summer.

TonyBurns

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They do but leave it for their market only
Anyway, new 2ltr and 2.5ltr engines due out next year

Tony

andythejock01wrx

Lots of good info on this thread last month:


https://www.scoobynet.com/859950-how...-go-pop-2.html

Herbie.

23k on my Hawk 2.5. 4 year old and the whole car has been 100% reliable so far.

madey

Perhaps I should look for a jdm then, was this piston problem ever solved with the 09/010 hatch,s?

F1 CJE UK

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my headgasket went. get a JDM

DJ_Jon

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My spec d has had no issues either & is for sale!

wokkatech

It just so happens that I am the proud owner of a Blue Hawkeye JDM STI (2.0L) which I have just shipped back to the UK on my return from overseas (RAF based in Cyprus). It has just been registered, IVA'd and MOT'd, 13,000 miles on the clock and was serviced by Subaru in Limassol. Sadly I have to part company with it and would prefer to see it going to a genuine enthusiast rather than a boy racer type.

madey

Unfortunately I have a car to px so it will be a garage buy.

Aaron1978

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http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1549445.htm

wokkatech

No probs, i'm in no rush to part with it

ritchiritch

24,000 miles on my 56 plate hawk sti.... no engine problems!

chopperman

I thought the problem with the 08/10 hatch was down to engine mapping causing piston failure. I also thought it was pre 2003 cars that suffered from head gasket internal and external leaks. I don't think the hawk in standard trim is prone to anything. I wonder how many of these engine failures are on tuned cars or cars that have had the DIY touch?

Flaps

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I was thinking the same thing.

Out of interest, is there anyway of telling if the car has had any previous engine problems/repairs if there is no record of it in the service book or any receipts?

Terminator X

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Scaremongering fella, you hear about the few problem cars yet there are thousands that are fine. In saying that though I'd be reluctant to buy a hatch / P1 without rebuild funds in my back pocket as there does seem to be a lot of problem cars

As Stevie says though, JDMs are bullet proof.

TX.

Budgie

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ish

EmzWRX

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49000 on my modded WRX 2.5, no issues at all, I've done 35000 since I've had it!!