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Its affecting 10's of millions of cars, seems to be affecting most manufacturers, List from america (but seem to be going world wide now) with some models to put it into perspective, Acura BMW (3 series world wide, 2000-2006, roughly 500k units a year so 3million cars) Chrysler Dodge Ford GM Honda (civic 2001-2005) Infiniti mazda nissan subaru Toyota

Should always be road tested even if dyno mapped, any mapper not doing a road test is one to avoid. Also so post map boost cut shouldn't be an issue, if so need to go back to the mapper and get them to fix it.

just for info 1 Litre every 1000 miles is the point at which subaru say the engine has a problem and needs investigating.

Sounds like maybe hitting boost cut, sounds like an issue with mapping if it stared doing it after that.

Im doing about 180 miles per 45L which works out at 18.2, given what it is alot better than i expected

Tis a sad state subaru have got themselves into :( the bad news is even the new one still has the same crappy engine, there onto revision 4 or summit and all they have changed is the liner grooves :( Mind you build it right and the 2.5 is a cracking engine. whast the plans for the new one chap?

Welcome scoob is a scoob :D

What makes you think you need a new one?

bummer, sorry to hear its gone, pretty normal failure for a 2.5 though. While your having it done i would seriously consider closed deck converting as well as the usual, forged pistons, rod, headstud upgrades :D Very few places i would use to work on my car, ET being one of them so they will look after you :)

welcome

It's a sealed system so air shouldn't be getting in, typically it's spat out if there's a hole somewhere due to it being a pressurised system. you can get a sniff test kit yourself http://www.uktools.com/block-tester-p-12508.html

in reality for 99% of people the widetrack and dccd means sod all to how it drives, to take it to the point where it makes a difference you have to be a very very good driver and more or less pro. If i was going to do the change I'd look at a hawk Spec C

Will need alot more than just a map, GT is just the euro name for a turbo 2000, so will need turbo, injectors, fuel pump, decat and map at least to make 340.

if theres water in it still should be working. Top it up and bleed it properly and see what happens. Other option is sniff test

From what i can gather its a bit of a fad, older diesel can see some improvement due to internal build up, but most cars dont see any difference and even if thought so tends to be a placebo affect. Bear in mind it isnt giving you anythign extra, just cleaning whats there,

That in itself is the issue. People tend to make there story to read one way or another depending on perspective. Some situations is very clear cut, robberham is a good example of that, you only have to look how much sealant in the pictures to see how bad the work is. But, lets say for example a pulley fails 6 months after a cambelt is changed, whos fault is it? the owner of the car will blame the company who did the cambelt, however in 5 months alot can happen to a bearing.. SO in reality its not really anyones fault, however the car owner will see it differently. There are stories i coudl tell you all day like that

Is one up for sale fopr 60k as well :o

Brave man haha, that started on scoobynet untill one of the traders decided to post negative reviews about all the others :o why allot gets vaped now

echo above, nice car and place

The engine take about 10 mins to get to temp properly, yes really that long. Bear in mind driving it means more load on the engine, which means more heat. The cooling system is a sealed so it shouldn't be using any, if it is something is amiss. Also it takes the oil alot longer than the water to warm up, so its goo to drive it steady for 5-10 mins before giving it large and then riving the last few miles steady to let it cool down. Leaving it sat to warm up and cool down inst ideal because it doesn't allow all the fluids to circulate and warm up evenly. Colour wise will vary according to brand, so is a bit irrelevant

The fronts fit ok, but they sit high up in a classic.

Welcome

Chuck the new maf on (make sure its genuine), do an ecu reset and see if that solves it.

First port of call get it to a specialist, get them to give it a once over and also put it on the dyno, make sure its running alright

2.5 ftw welcome :)