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Any news Big Mac?

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Alan MaC

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Frtaid not.

The boys @ Foresters are a bit busy @ the moment.

I will give them till next Tuesday & thenn call in to see how my pride & joy is getting on.

Thanks for asking.

ATVB


Alan MaC

mdg

Mmmmmmm Big Mac. I'm off to Mac D's.

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Alan MaC

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Watch out for these speed cameras & the lasagne burgers little Fiz

sahunt

Out of interest how many miles on the clock when it happened?

-- Steve

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mach

did i hear my name mentioned?

sorry to hear about the new glitch,just remember a good saying for a subaru owner "you can't take it with you" i've got a set of good sti rods left, and 3 good pistons if you need em!(the first was serious the second a stab at making you chuckle).

i ended up with ringland issue it was running fine but burning oil(exon valdeese had nothing on me)once apart crank was slowly grinding itself away on swarf and that much sh*t had gone through the heads they were done for aswell.all the forged parts and full gasket set(cosworth gaskets) were £1500 from litchfeilds and the rest of the job was left with scooby clinic (last e-mail below)

"Hi costings as below..........


Skim block, hone cylinders..............£250.00
Crankshaft..............................£499.00
Toothed idler...........................£34.95
smooth idler............................£36.95
Timing belt.............................£39.50
re fresh heads..........................£350.00
oil pump................................£139.95
fluids and filter.......................£199.95

Total parts ..........£1510.80

Labour originally estimated at £1500.00 I seem to remember, so as it stands we seem to be around 3K + vat, if you want to havbe a run over let me know as we are open tomorrow

cheers
Kev"

then last couple of hurdles the turbo turned out cracked and exhaust got an advisory

there were certainly a lot of area's i could have saved money idlers,rod's etc. but was thinking about longevity,could have just dumped a 2nd hand 2.5 in and sold it on but that's not realy me, once foresters have yours dianosed you'll obviously have a better idea,got my fingers crossed for you.hagd,
mik

Pindie

Even repairing it from near death is cheaper than a new car....

mach

especialy now they seem to be going up in price,paid 9k for mine and they are up for 11-14k these days bogo standard.

Banstead Stig

No they aren't.... they are advertised for that!

mach

got to justify in my head one way or another

Bod

If its any use I have a set of pistons and rods from my dead Legacy's EJ253 engine (block and crank were damaged but the rods, pistons and heads are fine) - though I have a strong feeling that wont be a lot of help for a turbo 2.5 engine?

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Fozzie Matt

Major reason why the Foz is the ultimate back road explorer. If you hit a yump a bit faster than intended (it didn't look that fierce...) you don't smack the front end on the ground when you land!

Mine's off on the 22nd for some panel beating, a new rear bumper and reinforcing bar after some nitwit in a white van ran into the back of me. Glad they're actually going to repair it as it seems very hard to find a late SF turbo with under 120k on the clock at the moment.

Alan MaC

Thread Starter

Hi only 74k mainly motorway cruising. Seviced bang onwith oil/injector flushes @ Foresters.

Pretty miffed I can tell you.

ATVB

Alan MaC

Alan MaC

Thread Starter

Thanks for all the Kind regards offers/heads up etc. I find out a week today what my options are. As I said Foresters have a lot ofwwork on at the moment. They will have the engine out, show me what damage, options etc. If it isa new engine (lord knows where the £ will come from) I love this motor, its tthe best I have ever owned. I have NEVER scrimped on it in any way. It will probably be forgedpi stons goodd rods etc.this is our 6th forester (is thta a record?) So there you go.

ATVB

Alan MaC

Pindie

As its the best you have owned it makes even more sense to repair and keep.

Time to sell anything you can? Tell the bank manager its a future classic and museum piece much sought after etc.