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10-09-2019, 10:01 PM | #1 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 503682
Join Date: Jun 2019
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Holy crap
So I've lurked awhile and I'm finally posting.
I bought my 2004 impreza obs in February of this year. PO had already put uel header, tsudo catless 2.5" stainless steel exhaust with large muffler, typical badly adjusted ebay coilovers, wrx hood, and sti bumper ends. It was a great deal and had only 152k miles on it very little rust I could see, other than the rear quarters. Then I found an oil leak. I thought it was the pan gasket, rear main, or oil separator cover. My wife kept insisting that I put it off so she can have a break from the kids. That ended up being not a good idea...the pan had rusted and when I parked at work I lost more oil than I knew. On the way home she died, but started back up. Only to die again and not start back up just 30 yards from home. Cylinder 1 and 2 had spun rod bearings! Get that taken care of new pistons, oem rods, remanufactured crank, etc...but figured the timing belt was replaced recently so that service could wait... Nope...the the damn thing jumped, took out the exhaust valves, spark plug, and combustion chamber for cylinder 1... And it gets better. Hypereutectic pistons can not take much...as the piston exploded. Connecting rod bent, then snapped, and finally wedged into the case. The piston debris made it to the other side of the engine. The best part, the nice crack in the cylinder wall.
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10-10-2019, 02:39 PM | #2 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 251046
Join Date: Jul 2010
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Mostly at my home
Vehicle:2004 WRX Wagon Stage 5.1.2a.2 |
That is "catastrophic failure" at it's superlative right there. Dang son.... sorry.
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10-10-2019, 02:55 PM | #3 |
Add Lightness
Moderator Member#: 13699
Join Date: Dec 2001
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Location: Hopkinton, MA
Vehicle:2021 Building It Better |
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10-10-2019, 02:56 PM | #4 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 439586
Join Date: Feb 2016
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Omaha, NE
Vehicle:2015 WRX ISM |
Holy hell.
I get what you're saying because i never get to work on my car now that i'm in a relationship. |
10-10-2019, 02:56 PM | #5 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 439586
Join Date: Feb 2016
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Omaha, NE
Vehicle:2015 WRX ISM |
Holy hell.
I get what you're saying because i never get to work on my car now that i'm in a relationship. |
10-10-2019, 09:16 PM | #6 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 503682
Join Date: Jun 2019
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10-11-2019, 02:46 PM | #7 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 439586
Join Date: Feb 2016
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Omaha, NE
Vehicle:2015 WRX ISM |
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10-13-2019, 09:38 AM | #8 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 503682
Join Date: Jun 2019
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Used ej253 with 50k miles on it's way!
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10-18-2019, 06:45 PM | #9 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 459312
Join Date: Dec 2016
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Vehicle:2004 WRX Wagon Hybrid 6MT Swapped WRB |
Fram filter didn’t do you any favors either ;P
Man that’s a winner hope the rebuild goes well |
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