bigphilbaby

driving motorway this morning at 70 and bang the emissions light comes on and stays on. No missing what so ever and still drives as normal. Car pi##ing me off so much that ive parked it up and not looking at it all weekend as the car annoying me that much.

lucky i hve 300bhp astra gsi to lend this weekend to cheer me up lol

KJD Mk1

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Suggest get a fault code reader as a first step.

bigphilbaby

ye will do monday, car really pi##ing me off so not even looking at her till monday, way going be selling her soon as i am fed up with it grrrrrrr lol

Other than that this astra i have goes really well, quite impressed, not s quick my old one but very quick fair play

The Sheep Worrier

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Havent you had DC work on this recently??

Rob Day

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And your car is?

bigphilbaby

No one worked on her yet

bigphilbaby

Bugeye Sti prodrive

Cannon Fodder

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Just accept that problems happen, you've got an unknown fault which might be a relatively cheap repair and you now want to sell the car?

Get a generic OBD II reader on it and see what happens, I had to have my engine rebuilt but I kept it and spent the money.

Performance motoring costs money and gives you grey hairs, but it's worth it and better in an Subaru than a Vauxhall.

Infected by sti

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Phil bring the car up and ill plug it in on the ecutek monitor to see what's what with the fault codes, stop throwing your toys out of the pram

bigphilbaby

it one problem after another. My Astra was over 300bhp(standard is 190) not one problem, this scooby i have is standard and i am having problem after problem. List of problems i have is knocking when driving and get alot louder when i slow down to stand still. Another noise i have sounds like super charger, engine managment light on, rear shocks are knocking and i have lots movement in gears when driving, mostly in 4th and 6th.

I thought i had a gem, test drive was lovely, full main dealer history, just over 71K on the clock.

4 months later the car a nightmare.

The Trooper 1815

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Phil,

Did you have any knowledge of Scoobs before you bought it?
Was it bought from a Dealer?
Is the person you bought it off local?
Are you running it on decent fuel?
Is it standard?

As Ty said you need to have a code reader plugged into the OBD port to see what is going on (Infected is offering his help).

The shock knock is a know and very common fault.

The engine knock may be something bigger and may cost a lot and may be related to the CEL.

bigphilbaby

I have good knowledge of cars(i work for Vauxall Parts) but not huge amount of knowlegde of subaru,

I bought it off a dealer in bristol in november. I have code reader in work so i am going plug her in dinner time(huge thanks to infected great guy!!)
Rear shock i can deal with for now. cars runs on shell V power and 100% standard

Wried thing is the knock not coming from the engine, rev her and there no noise from her, it when the car in motion and soon start slow down it knocks it **** off, feel it though the car.

JDM_Stig

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If honest a car is a car, id go thru the same procedure for finding a issue if it was a ford, Vauxhall or Subaru, Im never sure why people think these are complicated tbh,

If its road noise then you need a car park to do some lock to lock circles to rule out CV joints etc, like any car.

Cannon Fodder

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I am surprised you have a problem with the gearbox, as the 6 speed gearboxes are capable of running 500+ bhp without issue. Are you sure it's not something as simple as wear/play in the linkage?

It sounds like you have bought a 'pup' and everything has gone wrong during your ownership, even with a full main dealer history you can't tell how it was driven/abused by the previous owner(s).

The knocking rear suspension struts are a wear and tear item especially on an Impreza, plus don't forget you have an 11 year old car which will have components failing a lot more regularly due to age related failure.

Infected by sti

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Phil, make sure you do a ecu reset after reading the codes, if you still want to pop up I can plug the monitor in and you will see alot more values and what's going on with the management, what the advance multiplier is doing, airflow voltage etc,

Knocking rear shocks is a pretty simple fix bud with the nipple mod, and pretty straight forward to pull apart.

Are you using the car now? If so and you get 5 mins, pop up even if you ain't got a management light on, we will still plug it in and see what the cars doing under load on the move with the values from the monitor, can have a listen to the noise your experiencing at the same time then.

bigphilbaby

Right the code i had was P0420-catalyst system effciency below threshold and 7500 G sensor signal stick, ive deleted the codes and taken her for a drive and nothing come on,


Can you drive the car on the ramp on these? so i can hear where noise coming from, i have nasty feeling it come from the transfer box.

Im waiting for misses get paid to come pay your vist infected, i am having expensive month but you been a living legend!!! ever need parts for vauxhall let me know!!

Infected by sti

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You don't need money to come see me pal more than willing to help anybody out in the same position, as said previously I would rather help with things I know as there is going to be a time where I need help or advice and would like to think people would do the same for me

Yes you can get the car in the air with wheels off the ground and start it, probably the best way to source the noise your hearing If you think its transmission related, that's how I pinpointed the problems with my diff as i thought i may have had bearings on the way, you can run it through the gears to see if its more prominent in a certain gear then, just don't be going nuts with the loud pedal

The Trooper 1815

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Which dealer Phil? Have you spoken with them?

bigphilbaby

ive had car close 6 months so i cant see me having any kind of warranty with the dealer. Motor village i think it was called, will have check papar work

bigphilbaby

right well had the car in the air with someone driving, I had Vauxhall master tech with me to give me a hand and sounds like the noise is coming from the gearbox were the shaft goes into the gearbox, hell of a noise in that area to say I am gutted is an understatement

The Trooper 1815

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Get it to Three Arches who are Subaru guru's.

bigphilbaby

do they rebuild gearboxs? had a quote of 900.00 from scoobyclinic to rebuild gearbox with labour and parts

Skaven

They do everything , recently had the clutch plate, bearings and synchro done on my gearbox recently, great guys and good quality work

bigphilbaby

just gave them quick email, cant ring until later, keep getting caught on here by my boss, have my *** handed to me lol

The Trooper 1815

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02920 752101 Heather or Emma on the switchboard. Dean and Dan on spanners .

bigphilbaby

Spoke to peter and the car booked in and being dropped off tonight My brother knows him really well too, could not speak high enough so must be good!

The Trooper 1815

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Pete's a good man.

Skaven

Any news on the motor matey? Got my fingers crossed for ya