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ill be back, eventually, probably with a sti thanks for all your kind words. ill be putting it up on a popular auction website and letting it go for 1 pound with no reserve.

just read this thread and shamefully it makes me feel slightly better. i am not the one one suffering losses in his search for a beautiful impreza

so i have an update eventually (after 16 days) the car got looked at hypertech. duncan said the headgasket is indeed gone and also there is a very slight vibration which could mean the start of a big end problem. he said it would cost 3200 quid for a full engine rebuild and he advised me to sell the car and buy one for around 4000 in good shape. i paid 1400 for the car so i guess its time to cut my losses. im guessing i overpaid for a car in this condition. guess its not my time for my impreza dreams to come true.

UPDATE its been 2 weeks and 1 day. unfortuately hypertech are too busy to look at my car. they tell me a few more days everytime i ask. i spent 65quid towing it there and 65quid on a new battery. only ever driven it from clydebank when i bought it to queens park. how much more time is reasonable to give them before i take it back and torch it. (forgive my anger)

UPDATE. bloody battery went flat so couldnt bring it to hypertech, bought another one because couldnt get anyone to give me a jump and my bmw has the battery in the back. when i tried to jump start off the new battery it sparked loads and the alarm went off constantly so i gave up and have arranged it to be towed to hypertech. the keyfob doesnt seem to work anymore now. will update you when i know more.

i just tried to bleed the radiator, alot of air came out at first. did it for 20minutes and less and less air came out until at the end air would only come out if i revved hard. the temperature only went to half on the gauge as well. but i didnt drive it. i read somewhere it may take longer than 20minutes to bleed. decided to go with everyones advice and bring the car to duncan at hypertech instead of eaglesham subaru the main dealer, doing that this afternoon, going to go via the back roads because i dont fancy having to pull over on the m8 in case anything bad happens. will update you all after duncan has seen it.

looks like fun, where in aberdeen is that at ?

playsatan2 - thanks for the advice, could you suggest any? cheers

thanks for all you replys, i contacted eaglesham subaru and spoke to chris there who i am going to take the car too to inspect and give me some advice. sti_steve - i did give it a test drive but it was snowing heavily and i really didnt know what to look out/listen for, i looked around the bodywork and underneath and it seemed to be good so i took into consideration it may need a whole need engine + gearbox and exhaust etc. i researched on ebay and saw people were offering engines including fitting for around 1200. this is probably a very expensive way to do it, but it could be fun ? and im hoping to learn a few things before i spend real money on these things, i am niave but i will learn. hopefully myles - all information/advice noted, after i hear back from chris i would be really interested to hear what you think i should do, eg resell car on ebay, take a little loss and a lesson and buy another better checked out one or replace all the parts which i prefer to do. WRXMANIA - hey thank you for welcoming me to this community, i havent built up the courage to bleed the coolant system yet i was just going to leave it for the experts. my plan was to take a very slow and easy drive to eaglesham and see chris. i probably need to learn how to bled the radiator for future use so i will see if chris will do it there and then for me. DR Motosport - thanks for the useful tip on the turbo, no doubt i will need to stop half way to eaglesham so i will look and see if the oil is coming from the top or bottom. StewartyBoy - Im in southside in govanhill, i did some research on google and tried to work out which garage was best to send it to, i choose eagleshams after considering scottish subarus in old kilpatrick, ian grieves in falkirk (a bit too far away to get a taxi back from) and hypertech with the same problem. i can imagine i will probably use them all at some point. do you know of any others? i will update you all when i know more, also pics of the beast to come peace

Hello all I am new to this site, just picked up MY96 classic import for £1400. I offered the guy £1500 but he gave me £100 off to get some road tax on his own accord (what a nice guy?). i repair laptops for a living and am a novice with cars. The guy who i got my impreza from in clydebank told me that the car had been sitting for 6 months and not driven, because it had some issues and he couldnt afford to sort them out. So now hes replaced the radiator, and turbo and something else that i cant remember to do with the radiator and turbo maybe air pump ? and that the radiator needs to be bled. the problems with the car i can report so far are 1. the engine temperature goes up to near maximum and the check engine light comes on 2. steam seems to be coming out of the coolant lid and bubbling( passenger side at the very front of the car) 3. oil burning from the turbo area (the guy said it had just been changed and was burning off) 4. the breaks dont work very well and makes a horrible noise when slowing down, the guy said the back pads had just been done and gave me pads for the front. but the discs didnt look in great condition but i dont really know. 5. when i press the a/c button on the dash some loud noise comes from the engine area 6. the wiring for the passenger side headlight is dodgy and comes loose and the light goes out(same place as the coolant lid) 7. the spoiler break light isnt working right now and water is getting through into the boot. I guess i need to bleed the radiator first. I read somewhere to turn the car on without the cap on, wait for it to bubble up or over and then top it up and close it ? and turn off the engine. if anyone has any time to spare to give me some advice or help me out thanks