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Clutch will be heavier than your previous car especially if it has been uprated. Has it been uprated? Mine is still on original and it is not that stiff. Stiffer than my old punto. I hear the average miles on Original clutch is around 40K.

Don't take it to your local Subaru dealer if there anything like mine. Could not even bleed the air out of the cooling system correctly. Caught it all on dashcam and got a full refund.

Adding a sports CAT is a MOT failure as it is not Type Approved for the car. The only sports cat that is MOT legal is the Prodrive. Currently no one looks into this detail but I believe those are the facts. They will clamp down eventually, just like those new noise cameras that are being tested in the UK.

Any make of car has their own problems some far more serious on modern designs. Ecoboosts catching fire, same for BMW EGR valves overheating and catching fire both dangerous to your health. I believe both have caused fatalities. Blown HG is just a danger to your wallet.

Yep I am afraid so. It is usually a matter of when not if. Lots of failures on the web. Signs, pushing coolant out of the overflow tank, overheating but tricky to diagnose unless badly blown from what I can gather. Either head gasket or heads lifting underboost. I am no expert but I if you search you will find many HG blown on the 2.5. Frequent oil and coolant changes and make sure battery is good and clean. Make sure you have a oh sh** fund lol. Good excuse to forge the motor. Stop looking for problems or you will scare yourself from ever enjoying it.

My front lights are starting to yellow too. Goner polish and put some 3M clear wrap on them for UV protection. Once thats goes yellow just peel off and re apply new wrap. Mine has the Zunsport grills which do look nice. Other than that I am going to replace/upgrade things as they die, I am sorter hoping the suspension goes so i can justify the money, lol.

Something is better than nothing just be sensible and treat her nice. If I had oil temp gauge i would not boost until oil is at least 80 degrees maybe more. Looking into oil and pressure gauge next possibly. **** thread confusion cause we where talking live and i did not realise it swapped.

Nice motor. Mines completely standard bar map (270 bhp) and big brake kit, same colour. I take it yours is a Hawkeye cheaper tax version mines an 07 plate. Sort the brakes out if they are standard as they are rubbish. That was the first mod i did. Godspeed brembo big brake kit to fit standard wheels. Massive improvement no fade anymore or spongy pedal. As yours seems to have bigger wheels i would get some STI brembos and fit them. Think I am goner get the rear windows tinted like yours. More pictures please. It looks lowered to me so not standard, maybe the bigger wheels make it look that way.

You will get all sorts of opinions on this. I always let a warm up for at least a minute before heading off and quite a bit more until I will go above 3000rpm. No oil temp so just sensible guess work for me. I always let the fans run if they are on before switching off or tick over for a while if i have been hooning around to let the turbo cool down. The WRX uses coolant vapour to help with instant switching off but best to help it. See what others say. Modern oils are very good so just dont hoon until she is well warm.

Thanks guys

I was looking into Terraclean before my map. Searching around people said it improved the car but did not last long. I also asked Racedynamix and they said it is not worth the bother. If your failing Emissions it might be worth it otherwise if it ain't broke, dont fix it for me. Talk to terraclean sales and they will tell you that they get best gains from boxers and they run dirty, lol $$$$$$$$$

The manual for the 2 liter also states you have to remove the sprockets. I guess you can get the pump in but is made easier if you remove the sprockets to remove the plastic cover. Thank Bulldogs

Cheers. I will check the manual for the 2 litre see if that's reckons you require removing the sprockets. If it does I guess it must be an error based on your info. It does seem as if there would be room to clear the pump.

Someone here must know or have done it surely?

If you dont have boost gauge you could always get a cheap OBD bluetooth dongle and get a boost reading. Only around 15 quid off Amazon. I guess Mattie wants to know if you have a gauge fitted that is leaking.

Do you have to remove the cam sprockets to remove the water pump on 2007 WRX. The workshop manual states you do but it looks to me if you don't. Thanks

Oil and filter change. Also burped the coolant as the local subaru dealers made a right mess of it. They tried to bleed from radiator on my WRX, all caught on dashcam and I made them pay. This time I parked it on a hill (nose up) and got the last bit of air out (finger crossed). This is the 3rd attempt and hopefully the last. I think parking on the hill has done the trick. No gurgling noises in heater matrix yet (again fingers crossed). Anyone know the best source of the plastic clips for the engine undertray? Missing 2 and one is about to go missing. Thanks

Correctly bleed coolant system from filler tank after certain dealer made a mess of the job. See video on dashcam forum, current last video.

Look forward to seeing your other videos as long as they are wide screen. Using your phone like that will stop you gaining views I am sure. I did subscribe.

And i paid good money for these jokers. Why it takes 2 people to bled a car I don't know. The first time I picked it up I could smell burning oil. I stopped lifted the bonnet and there was smoke coming from behind the turbo. I got them to change the gearbox oil (right level I have checked) and they must of spilt loads around the dipstick to fill and made a half arsed job of cleaning it up. Car stinks of burnt coolant now too. The lady I dealt with emailed me to say it has been passed on to the manager and he will be calling me shortly. That was Friday morning, Still waiting for the call. Their test drive I am not to concerned about but anyone I have shown thinks it is appalling. I may post after I have spoken to them see what you guys think.

I have seen some people suggest undoing the engine mounts and jacking each side of the engine to get better access to the spark plugs. My only concern is that people jack it up on the oil pan. Is this ok? Going to tackle mine soon so any advice welcome. I have read on lots of forums and videos about how to do it, does not look too bad as long as the plugs are not seized. Car is a 2007 WRX. Also do you use copper ease (anti seize) on the plug threads? I have seen conflicting advice on this one. Cheers in advance.

Old thread but found these guys. Might help and looks interesting. http://zada-tech.com/products

Bleeding dealers Paid these guys to change my coolant and the next morning after the 1st time picking it up it bubbled like mad in the heater matrix. They took it back and after picking it up for second time I found steam coming from the bonnet after 10 miles. I presume that the system purged into the overflow tank and pushed some out the top. So still air in the system. Took it back and this is how they bled it. Not at the highest point using the rad cap, so tell me if I am wrong but this will never work, will it? I did it myself today from the FILLER tank near the turbo not the lower rad cap. This tank was completely empty when car was stone cold. I managed to get lots of air out and added just over 1 litre of deionised water so now my new coolant is diluted. This is just one 3 min video from the dashcam. It took them well over an hour to do a bad job including 2 test drives. They even put fresh coolant in the overflow tank which had fluid in it above the min line when i dropped it off.

Thanks Mr B. Yes I agree I need to find a better garage.

Thanks I agree to not jumping the gun and will recheck oil after another few thousand miles. I think the definition of swarf is used incorrectly by myself and this garage. Thinking about there must be some signs of wear in the form of tiny metal filings in any gearbox oil as you describe as paste. Placing a 5 pence size magnet under the paste you can see the metal filings following the magnetic field. Looks like fur. Surely this is fairly normal and not swarf as the garage has described it? I have not been given any more evidence than this rag and their word on the oil smelling burnt.