Subaru specialist Southampton/Portsmouth

[Owenc2088]

Right I'll cut to the chase. I've put a new lump in my car after mine ruined it's bottom end. Swapped over new engine. All sensors manifolds and ancillaries went on from the old engine as they all worked.

 

Now the car doesn't start and I'm throwing good money after bad trying to figure this out.

 

So to end my woes. Someone suggest me a garage I can throw her at and say fix my !Removed! up.

 

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[Subaru Owners Club]

You could try Triton at Bournemouth Airport (industrial estate) not too much further from Southampton

[Owenc2088]

Cars not running so has to be towed. Bournemouth is a little far. I'm right between Portsmouth and Southampton

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[Sirspidey]

I too would recommend Triton. Have use them a couple times and will go again. And I live an hour away. For the cost of someone to transport your car to them is minimal to the cost of someone local that doesn’t know Subaru’s, well.........

[Subaru Owners Club]

19 hours ago, Owenc2088 said:

Cars not running so has to be towed. Bournemouth is a little far. I'm right between Portsmouth and Southampton

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Worth asking them to see if they can recover the car on a trailer and bill you a bit extra for it

[Tidgy]

you in derby?

[Jay762]

I would pay to have it recovered or I have hired a trailer from Hire it for £25 a day if you can source a vehicle to tow it

[Owenc2088]

you in derby?

I'm based in derby. But the car is currently in Southampton. I could get the car recovered to derby tonight. It's running again now but misfiring.

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[Owenc2088]

I would pay to have it recovered or I have hired a trailer from Hire it for £25 a day if you can source a vehicle to tow it

Unfortunately I don't have the required license to tow a trailer big enough for this. I've got breakdown. Think I'm going to try and get it recovered back to my home so I can work on it.

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[Tidgy]

23 hours ago, Owenc2088 said:

I'm based in derby. But the car is currently in Southampton. I could get the car recovered to derby tonight. It's running again now but misfiring.

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ah fair enough, was gonna say theres plenty of choice up this way

[Owenc2088]

ah fair enough, was gonna say theres plenty of choice up this way

Well it's now in sunny spondon in my garage as of today. Haha gave her a clean (she's been sat on the farm for a while) and she's of to L E Scoobie tomorrow afternoon.

After speaking to a couple of garages I suspect it's an inlet manifold leak. Was going to test it with some brake cleaner but not had the time

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[Owenc2088]

So the car is now with LE Scooby. Turns out that the engine which was sold to me as a straight swap bolt in plug in run. Turns out it never had a chance. It's from a forester not an impreza as I was told by the garage.

Fingers crossed this is the start of the end of a very expensive "adventure"

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[Tidgy]

bummer, they giving you your money back?

[Owenc2088]

It's alive! LE Scoobies have fixed her. She's not perfect but I suspect that's something to do with the history (recent Included) of the engine.

I'm going to talk to the previous garage. It cost me a **** tonne of money to just get a running engine. And it's still not right.....

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[Tidgy]

sounds like it needs a good once over by someone in the know.