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Andy Stocker
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9th Mar 07 at 16:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
After speaking to the guy at APi it looks like the car is off to be repaired next week
I explained to him what happened with the car and it spilling its oil everywhere and he said it was a common problem that if the oil filter isn't done up super tight on them that they can loosen themselves and thus do what mine did. He did not seem to think that theres a hole in the engine as he said the car would be unlikely to run if there was a hole in it. So thats better news
Looking forward to getting it back, gotta be run in for 1500 miles, but i'm getting used to cycling everywhere at the moment
Daimo B
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9th Mar 07 at 16:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Woooooooo, scoooby doooby dooo back on the road.... (nearly).
Andy Stocker
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9th Mar 07 at 16:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Will probably take me 6 months to run it in
Daimo B
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Run in periods suck, only just about to finish the bikes run in period tonight

13,000rpm here i come

Still, whats happeneing with the old engine as it must have had something done to get that time you did?
Robin
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9th Mar 07 at 16:50   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Run it in at Santa Pod Andy.
Andy Stocker
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9th Mar 07 at 16:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Engine is/ was completely standard. Fee got a 13.2 in her one and Marc who is running similar bhp to the STi has also run a 13.2 before.
As for Santa Pod, the Impreza will not be gracing the strip again
Stu
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9th Mar 07 at 17:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Good news matey!!!!

Ive gotta do 1000 miles in mine when I get it back too!!!! Gonna try and do it in a week tho!
Steve
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9th Mar 07 at 17:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so theres nothing wrong with the engine just the oil filters fallen off?
Steve
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PS you dont need to run an engine in, youl get a better performing engine if if you drive it hard straight away, a lot of bikers ride new bikes hard
Andy Stocker
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It's been a month since it went pop aand tbh I haven't really struggled without it thus far, plus i'm getting fitter cycling 30+ miles per week!
Andy Stocker
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9th Mar 07 at 17:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
so theres nothing wrong with the engine just the oil filters fallen off?


Won't know til they take it away, but thats what he thinks it is
Stu
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
PS you dont need to run an engine in, youl get a better performing engine if if you drive it hard straight away, a lot of bikers ride new bikes hard


You dont need to run some engines in, especially modern ones. But TVR and Subaru engines definitely DO need to be run in more so if they have been rebuilt!
BAZ 1256
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9th Mar 07 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
deff do need run in
i run in mine for half the milesa it should have been then gave it some and bang i went again
this time its been run in at more than what its supposed to and its runnng fuckign ace now.
your going to get pissed off sitting on the duelcarrigeways at 60 to, start takign bak roads everywhere, 60 doesnt seem quite so slow then, well not quite as slow anyway
Marc
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9th Mar 07 at 19:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bet thats a relief, who did the last oil change?
Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
PS you dont need to run an engine in, youl get a better performing engine if if you drive it hard straight away, a lot of bikers ride new bikes hard


1 word....


warranty! it dont matter if it fucks up as they will fix it.
Andy Stocker
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9th Mar 07 at 20:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Marc
Bet thats a relief, who did the last oil change?


I shall find out, it may have been them once it got over here, it certainly wasn't me though
ainsley_brader
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9th Mar 07 at 21:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wasnt it knocking before it dumped its oil?
Andy Stocker
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9th Mar 07 at 21:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Once & then went away
SportBoy
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prob the oil filter hitting to cold unforgiving road
j7 gkk
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9th Mar 07 at 23:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
keep us updated on what the problem is matey, just bought myself a version4 sti this week, she'll be in a scoobyclinic for ann oil change soon, when i sold my wrx i didnt have a scoob for about a month an missed it
Andy Stocker
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10th Mar 07 at 04:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Will do
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10th Mar 07 at 09:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
PS you dont need to run an engine in, youl get a better performing engine if if you drive it hard straight away, a lot of bikers ride new bikes hard


there is alot of controvicy about what ways best. AK ran his in on the rollers, we will only fulfill warentee work on an engine if its been run in for 1000 miles, rev limiters are set to 4k etc! i dont believe its wise to kill it out the door

 
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