Jamie_uk

Great when a mechanic turns round and says I should change the rear bushes, just after i thickly undersealed the back end lmao , strip down begins :D

Started playing with the classic, Taking some rust off underside and undersealing as much as possible, only to be greated by rot under the sil covers.....after swearing for a while changed the rear diff oil while it was up because no chance am I putting the back end on stands till its repaired. The amount of sand and grit etc that has come out from the sill covers is astonishing can only assume the car was owned by a *****. Scrubbed inside the wheel arches after pulling the rubber strips off so much crud in there for such a small place thankfully they weren't rusted up anyway Knew I shouldn't have trusted an add that said "NO RUST" .... still love it though

Lovely car, same colour as one I just bought. Hopefully get my body work up to the same standard, great shine

Evening everyone its time to part with my beloved hatch, its been a great entry into the subaru world but i now have a classic. price: £6000 ONO Well looked after and cared for Subaru Impreza RX 2.0 non turbo in gold, very low miles currently at 46764 but will increase as in use, mot until 8/10/17, full service history carried out at - 3133, 5504,10032, 11822, 22000, 30295, 39354. last service included replacement of engine oil and filter, coolant, air filter, spark plugs, transmission and differential oils, wheel rotation. *2 keys* stored in garage. Regularly washed and maintained to a high standard with no expense spared. Additional parts fitted superior to standard, front and rear strut braces, blue breather pipes, blue battery bracket, blue auxiliary belt cover, blue radiator fixing brackets, Mishimoto blue radiator hoses, Pipercross panel filter, HKS oil filter, front diffuser, blue car mats, all replaced parts can be returned to standard and are included along with oil for next service. Features include: · Keyless go and entry · Privacy glass · Factory fitted satellite navigation · In car entertainment FM/AM, CD, DVD, AV input. · 17inch alloy wheels · HID auto levelling headlights · Subaru Recaro style seats · Automatic air conditioning and climate control · All wheel drive hi/low range gearbox · Electric folding mirrors · Heated rear screen · Heated wiper blade · Headlight washers · Front and rear electric windows · Traction control and ABS · Isofix anchorage points · Cruise control

Could try import car parts? They have a fair bit for older cars

It's on the list of things to do mate thanks, having no experience of these cars or any turbo petrol doesn't help going to change the blow off valve gasket that looks like it's got a bit missing even without removing it. Idle is very calm now tbh before it would idle better when it actually got extra unmetered air coming in. Almost every pipe looks like it's seen better days tbf looking to change all of them once I sell my hatch

Wouldn't be the craziest thing I have ever heard tbh haha also on the list the Git before me removed the ac belt and tensioner but left in all the ac motor and pipes etc extra 20 horsepower right there

Ah that sucks how did you do that?? I have a button in middle of the console that says bright, all it does is make the clock brighter haha

lol haven't got a power button on my turbo or non turbo :(

It says sport so it's automatically a super powered 1000bhp monster in inusurers eyes lol , buy my rx hatch ;) cheaper on insurance

Before buying the car couple weeks back at most I put the no claims up a year and did a quote, got 795. Bought the car now Hastings renewal has come through post and it's 895. Had saved the compare the market quote I did and changed the start date for the insurance, came back with 735. All prices are Hastings premier, same extras same address same job etc etc etc

Refreshed the quote £731 now lol must be a bad supplier day at the office

Just got my renewal through for September surprised since usually get it 3 days before they try to take auto payment. Did a quick quote about fortnight ago before buying the classic said 795... renewal today, 895... exactly the same insurance details and Hastings cover level on both. Utter lunacy sure they just get the numbers from how much coke they sniffed that day

First thing it has was a drive from Manchester to durham thought tha would have cleaned it out, tbh I never noticed any black smoke it just endlessly dropped down and back up when stopped or slowing at junctions. It was likely running rich aswell because removing a breather pipe improved it before cleaning maf and idc. Going to do a service and underseal. Also got a loud sucking/whistle noise on boost which I read could be vacuum pipes so I'll change them they are original and aren't the tightest in places. Top that off with an irritating rubbing grinding noise when turning right which is looking like the brake dust shields that are rusted to hell and very close to the discs followed by trying to sell my rx hatch then some much needed love to the body/paint work and it will be a little Beauty

Contact cleaner and wyns air intake cleaner has 99% solved it. Kinda guessing the rumble on idle is just the engine and exhaust as normal? Don't have much to go on as how it should feel since it did it from getting it. How did the egr cleaner fair against the maf? Damn strong stuff that

Cleaned idle control valve, car didn't appreciate that did reset but didn't fix the issue. Cleaning maf sensor has as good as cured it, slightly lumpy idle but no more dropping revs or cutting out etc will get a new one next month. Cheers for the help

Strange, my renewal is coming round mid September so will see if my shoots up As well. Only cost £50 inc fee to change to a 2000 turbo and £37 to insure non turbo for 28 days. Sure they just pick numbers out a hat

Try Hastings, cheaper for me by few hundred on non turbo and turbo

No I haven't, I read a thread here about plugging the wires together and timing the light and will hopefully be trying that tomorrow. Would have thought if there was a problem the Ecu knew about it would bring up a light on the dash or something. just got used to tinkering with my rx hatch, didn't expect everything to be jammed in under the bonnet as much as this it's like an endless trail of hoses lol only driven it twice and I love it, after this issue is sorted a service and some tlc on the underside and body it will be my soul mate. Colin McRae rally PS1 :D wanted one of these since I was a kid and finally got one, will get some pics up too

Great thanks mate I'll try that

Hi I finally got a turbo and instantly ran into a problem. As in other posts it runs completely fine but when stopping at junctions etc the idle speed drops from 900-700/800 and then randomly to 500 or 0 usually picks itself back up but it wants to stall. It doesn't do it starting when cold only once up to temp and more so if driven. Needs a service but the air filter is pretty clean, goin to clean the throttle body and icv as suggested in most threads but the strange thing is if I disconnect the hose that goes to the underside of the intake pipe(presuming crank case breather) the idle issues stop or atleast calm down all tips or suggestions appreciated thanks

Hope it's just a mistake. Love my discount card saved me a fortune. Got the £350 socket set for £114.75 thanks to that card and Black Friday.

The 15% does come off afterwards :D tried and tested, Halfords hate me

Hastings have been the best for me with a 2ltr n/a Impreza

nice one cheers. usually mine post sideways. ill try holding the phone upside down next time and see lol