Long story short...

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Long story short, I'm on my 4th Scooby and up till now they've been fantastic to drive, proper fun and bullet proof. 😁

 

My current STI, which I've owned for 18 months however has been somewhat problematic. 

It's a 2015 STI, UK version with no mods. Approx 55k on the clock and as far as I'm aware has had no history of problems. 

Unfortunately for me, last October on a return journey from Germany the head gasket went, only a pin hole leak, but gone nonetheless. 

My long time garage who I trust completely took control and off we went with a mixture of Subaru and RCM uprated parts: head gaskets (2 layer), head skimmed & pressure tested, high flow oil pump, water pump, timing belt, pulleys, clutch... you get the picture, and £4500 later we had her back and running like a dream. 

 

Fast forward to last week. 

 

On my way to work, under acceleration, she cut out and left me dead at 35mph... nothing, not even power steering.  

Got her started and limped to work with an unholy knocking when touching 2k rpm.

Had her trucked to my garage and they were stumped. 

Phoned me mid week saying that when they checked the sump we had a selection of different coloured metals to admire. 

They believe it's the 'Big End Shells' and in their opinion, and mine, we'd be better letting a Scooby specialist take her in and have a look. 

 

OK, that's not really a long story short, but I figured it'd be better than not having enough info. 😆

 

Repair? 

Rebuild? 

Pray?

 

So, what do I do & where do I get it done? 

 

Any advice would be most welcome. 

 

Ian