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The weather is colder so there will be some drop. Take it you checking when cold, in mornings? Have you checked regularly and seen it drop slowly or just once 2000 miles ago and now? Keep an eye on it. Hopefully just the cold weather. Did you change the coolant yet?

Whirring noise in rear more likely wheel bearing given age and mileage.

You will be fine. Worst you could do is cross thread the plugs.

The old italian tune go out and thrash it. It never works so don't do that. Sounds like your losing oil so do not thrash it. Need to monitor the oil usage after doing the checks from Jay, obviously if the oil level is dropping your leaking somewhere. I would check for any signs of oil near the exhaust if not burning it out the tail pipe. A drip on to the hot exhaust would do this.

So there IS an advantage to being old lol. Ouch 4-5k.

He is 19, only if he declares it. At 19 I had nothing to lose like my house etc.... Wander how many modded cars are not actually insured. Just changing the wheels counts if you read the small print. Out of interest how much is a quote on a WRX for you?

You will be better off with a different turbo car that you can map. You still have to declare it to the insurance so your premiums will rise. I would keep saving money till I could afford the STI and just drive a banger around till then building up you no claims bonus. What you want to do does sound fun but not going to be worth it.

Welcome. Pics please

Clever stuff but I don't think it is a deal breaker like the equivalent of DRS but will give them the advantages above. Maybe give them an extra lap or two during a stint which could work out to be a big advantage. Only seen them use it on the straights so far, interesting to see how easy it is to use in certain corners. What it does tell the other teams and the world is Merc are still pushing the boundaries even though they are currently still the kings of F1. It's an old problem really as all F1 cars run with toe out on front, scrubbing slightly down the straights (and aero footprint) and Merc's solution is quite basic as formula 1 goes. I am surprised now I have seen it that it has not been done before. Still most RD goes into the packaging and aero. I am not surprised by the ban cause the cars are changing a lot in 2021 and it all about driving costs down which I am for. We need the little teams to be able to upset the apple cart every now and then. There is also the safety aspect of a moving steering column and the drivers ability to do this as well, they have enough to think about. I think we are in for a good season, Ferrari need to sort there heads out and Redbull look like they will be stronger this season, Honda have bridged the power gap it seems. Lets hope so anyway. Bottas is proving to us all how good Nico was to actually beat Hamilton. He deserved that championship no matter what the Hamilton Fan boys think, Nico beat him fair and square through pure determination. Shame he could not face it again.

Welcome. I do like those, don't see many.

Now that is a good question. Anyone that gets recommended another person will have there issues with them. Hard to get this answered. All I will say is as Tidgy told me best to get someone who does dyno and then checks it and if needed tweaks it on the road. Makes perfect sense to me now. My mapper only did the dyno (Tidgy told me after) and if I mention his name I am sure he will get flamed. TNT lol. I went with him cause he dynoed it on RCM's rolling road and I thought how can it be a bad choice. I imagine anything RCM don't know about Scoobies ain't worth knowing.

Yes this is a thing. Many horror stories. Takes them seconds. One guy popped into fish n chip shop and they stole his. Hybrids are targeted as the cats are in best shape. Nissan sell an addon I think to secure your cat.

That Thermostat wow. I guess it did not work (open/shut) and someone just permanently opened it. Did someone have your trouble with trapped air and thought this would help. Mine is a PIA (as most scoobys) to fill and with the slowest poor I still managed to get air trapped in it. Option B may end badly, is all I can add.

If ain't broke don't fix it springs to mind. There was a stand at Goodwood FOS and we spoke to the guys. As soon as I mentioned WRX they eye lite up and they were not interested in my dads diesel anymore. They said they have really good results with Subarus. Hmmm I guess they thought, oh WRX guy with some money blah blah. Remember they are salesmen and they will tell you what you want to hear.

I thought about this and it probably does work but think about it the carbon build up will just return rather quickly. If your car cannot pass emissions then go for it. Terraclean probably the best one out of the bunch but not worth it IMO.

I am also an untrained eye and the play in the turbo looks bad to me. Has anyone else watched the video? They spin a 100K rpm plus so ther should be virtually zero play no? Ok I have just checked and it does seem ok. You learn something every day. Ignore me Edit: the play is taken out with the oil when it is feed into the turbo bearing and shaft. It makes sense now. The Garrett full ball-bearing turbo is designed to have clearance between the bearing cartridge and center housing for hydrodynamic damping in addition to the internal clearances of the bearing cartridge itself. Hydrodynamic damping uses the incompressible properties of a liquid (oil in this case) and the space around the bearing cartridge to dampen the shaft motion of the rotating assembly. When the turbo is new, or has not operated for a long period of time allowing most of the oil to drain out, the rotating assembly will move more in the radial direction than a typical journal-bearing turbo because there is no oil in the center housing. This condition is normal. As long as the shaft wheel spins freely and the wheels don't contact their respective housings, the assembly will function properly.

I don't know how you manage it lol. Had to use my PPP STI how awful and then off to Iceland. Have a great trip anyway.

Welcome You will be better off starting a new thread. This one started in 2014. Sorry I cannot add anything useful to your situation.

He sure does but the Toyota seems to have lit a fire underneath him. Was the Ford that slow? Meek has the skills and was superfast but got dropped. Probably almost unbeatable if he could finish. He took the Colin mentality too far I suppose, shame. Evan's Dad must be so proud but also think damn he has out done me, lol. I nice dilemma to be in I suppose.

Not only did he win he beat seb and Tanak. Evans seems on fire in the Toyota. I have been in a rally car with his dad and it was totally surreal. Can he take the championship?

You say it was over filled by 1.5 litre but do not sound sure. Overfilling that much is not good. If it was me I would check all the breather pipes and clear them out and live with it. As it was overfilled I would expect these to be full of oil too. It may just go away once it has cleared. Maybe someone wiser can point you in the right direction.

If still over filled then drain some out, the oil expands when it gets hot. If you drain some and the smoke stops then your ok. Remember it is a flat engine so probably even more important not to overfill. (never overfill any engine)

Spark plugs, Coil packs. Is it spark or fuel?

This is a UK club but you never know someone might help you.

How badly was it overfilled and how long did you drive it like that? Overfilling is bad news as oil gets pushed through the seals? I overfilled my gearbox once ended up pushing oil past seal and contaminated the clutch, I learnt that lesson over 30 years ago. Took me ages to clear out the bellhousing. You live and learn, hopefully not the hard way. Youth knows best lol