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Old 12-06-2012, 03:19 PM   #24
Steve.804
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Location: Richmond, VA
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So you started a thread before even getting the first update from the service department dragging this dealership through the mud and titling your thread "Bachman Subaru killed my engine" for all of NASIOC to read. GOTTA LOVE IT!

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Originally Posted by db97 View Post
just got off the phone with the neal the service guy. he tells me that subaru engines have a failsafe system whereby if the engine oil pressure gets low, then the engine shuts itself off (something to do with the variable valve timing??). his service mgr sherry is talking to subaru engineers to confirm this. he goes on to say that the loud bang i heard was that vvt thing shutting down (??? ...not sure i believe that, but that's what he said). additionally, they put more oil back in the car and have driven it 20-30 miles...and it is running w/o issue.
If the engine is running fine it is not blown. If anything, I would demand leakdown and compression test results and go from there. If you have lost faith with the dealership then take it some where else and have the tests performed. If there is still wind in the hole then you're good to go.

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Originally Posted by Paidfor View Post
Id be tempted to drive the piss out of it.......hopefully run it low on oil enough to burn a couple of bearing up......top it off and call em for a tow. If they wanna play hardball and give you a compromised engine that has been starved for oil.........then they deserve to buy a new engine.
Period.
Paidfor are you a trained subaru tech? I'm just wondering what makes you more qualified to tell the OP what has happend to his engine and what the dealership needs to do to make things right? Why do they need to replace his engine if the oil pressure light never came on and the dealership says it was only down a couple quarts? Did they PM you his compression and leakdown test results before calling the customer? Can you define your use of "compromise"? As in what components have the excessive wear and how are you coming to your conclusion? Did you hear the same noise the OP is stating to have heard prior to the car turning off? If it was not the AVCS (which I'm sure runs off of oil pressure which sounds like took a sudden drop) then what, in your expert opinon, was the noise?
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