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Col.

Usual KH, morning spent hiding from the wind and rain then getting sunburnt in the afternoon!

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Colin.

You been living on Mars?!

Never got round to seeing it myself, cant stand the main character bloke he's a shocking actor.

A new MAF sensor was fitted and made no difference.

The 2psi boost reading was taken on the road.

have had a few with ECU problems,i take it after plugging in the select monitor that the boost pressure registered is the same as you are quoting,cat collapse a few times and(i hate to say it) the 2.5 problem ring land,all of the knackered engines have had no power but have driven fine,have you noticed any 'blue puffs' on cold start.The symptoms sound exactly the same as the many 'piston problem' cars we have had and had to rebuild.

Gav

I mentioned to one of the salesmen today that there were rumours that the 2.5 had chocolate pistons but he denied any knowledge of it...as you would!

Thanks for the info,

The air intake etc has been checked with no problems,

Cat has been off and is fine turbo wheel is spinning so not jammed.

I am assuming wastegate has been checked. I think the engine is fine as its running normal i.e. tickover etc and pulls fine through the gears just without any turbo!

Hi fella,

You mentioned in your first thread that the turbo is making only 2 psi, there are only a few things that would cause this to occur,

1. A restriction in the intake (pre filter, resinator box) or post turbo (in the intercooler).

2. A restriction in the exhaust ie a collapsed CAT or Baffle

3. A knackered turbo (quite rare)

4. The wastegate actuator linkage not being connected or the wastegate plate has detached or partially broken preventing significant spool. (this would require the removal of the exhaust down pipe to prove the condition or attachment of the wastegate plate.

5. A very weak/broken wastegate actuator spring.

If all the above is ok the very minimum boost level you should see is a mechanically goverened (via the wastegate actuator) 0.5 BAR (7 to 8 psi).

Because your boost level is so low it would suggest that one of the above would be the cause, assuming that your engine is ok etc.

Cheers Iain

4 weeks!! you have more patience than me, take it' it wasnt under warranty? My car has only done 25k miles but does sit around for weeks at a time so maybe waters got into something somewhere. Wouldnt be bothered too much if they gave me a decent courtesy car, i'm running around in a 3 cylinder Corsa! when you thrash it it sounds a bit like a V6 though..haha!

It will no doubt turn out to be something very simple in the end. I hope you have a nice courtesy car in the meantime?

Nope! the Subaru used car warranty only provides £25 per day towards a hire car as long as the warranty claim is successful!! great eh?! In fairness after I was in today they tried to get me a car but the soonest was the 28th of August!!

It can only be something simple as the Cat and turbo seem fine.

Just had the dealers on the phone...

They still cant find whats wrong with the car and have contacted Subaru UK to see if they have any ideas!

and so it goes on...............................

I'll be there as usual! I'll be trackside taking pics usually near the first few corners or in the pits with the brolly Dollies

I bought one of these last week, got delivered this morning. Used to be a mad keen biker but its been a few years since I rode so expecting a few 'offs'!

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrym...=c003155c002909

Only had a quick blast around the streets but feels pretty good if a bit twitchy which is prob my fault as i got the shop to chop a bit off the bars as I felt they were too wide! Its from the Edinburgh Bicycle coop shop in the meadows, very helpful and full of bikes/gear, even let you have test ride!

I was going to get a Specialized but decided on this as the spec was better for about the same price, its one of thier own frames called 'revolution' but looks really good quality, time will tell as I used to wreck bikes back in the day!

Latest update!

Car has been in the dealers all day, I called them at 3pm to find out what was happening and was told they dont know whats wrong with it! Road tested it and plugged the diagnostics machine in but no fault codes came up, this would have taken all of half an hour at most.

I passed the garage at 11am and the car was in the workshop with the bonnet up so god knows what they were doing the rest of the day. They asked me to leave the car with them and they MIGHT get a look at it tomorrow! Or I could take it home and bring it back next Thursday! a dealer recommending you to take a car away with a faulty engine? doesnt sound right to me.

Obviously friday afternoon and nobody giving a toss, god knows why I came back to the Subaru brand this is definately the last been nothing but bother.

Rant over!

Breakdancing biker !

Hi Gav,

I called your place after booking it into Perth to see if you could get it looked at any quicker but I guess your busy too as the earliest was Thursday.

PM me with buy back options!

Cheers.

A couple of nights ago I went out in the car and noticed it was really sluggish, felt like there was no boost at all.

I had some local experts look at it and it turns out its running at 2 PSI!! Ticking over fine, no smoke or anything different than usual just really slow.

Fitted a new MAF sensor and checked airbox for any blockages but no success.

The next step would be taking the downpipe off and checking the turbo so I've booked it into the local dealers as I have an extended proven warranty on it, when I informed the dealers I had this they got really a***y and started demanding paperwork for the warranty! a real attitude problem in there the only reason I am going there as it is 2 mins from my house, and they cant look at it until friday!

Car is 55 plate Hawkeye STI with 25k and totally standard.....for sale soon!

Where about in Louisiana are you? I worked in Morgan City for a while...was an interesting place!

There wasnt many cars around when I was there just pick-ups! Whatever you buy it wont need to go round corners much as there arent any!

Roush Supercharged Mustang??

Or this!-

This used to deliver pizzas to our hotel, driven by a local redneck who looked about 95!

Whats the advantages of running without a DV?

Nice looking P1.

Awesome! wonder what it looks like after a heavy rain shower!

Theres another battered looking red AX at Knockhill that regularly scares Evo's and Scoob's.

I've been the first to slag off the new shape but my neighbours just bought a Black WRX-S with black rims and I have to say it looks pretty damn nice!

Superb workmanship, this things going to be bonkers! Hats off to you Peter you mentalist!

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Forgot to add, the Subaru got hit pretty hard by the Evo engined Fiesta near the end of the race at the hairpin and is quite badly damaged.

Yeah Andys Focus, stupidly quick...he has done a 50 second flat lap of Knockhill which is a good 2 seconds quicker than any of the GT's cars were doing over the weekend.

Unfortunately the fuel lines came loose during the race and he had to retire, after covering the whole circuit in petrol for a few laps!

He got lapped twice by the Focus - needs to quicken up a tad!!!!

Gary

The suspension definately needs sorted it was all over the place but it was his first race so no doubt it'll get fixed.

As for getting lapped twice by the focus!....theres no shame in that! The focus started last and was 3rd after a lap and winning after 2 laps where it then fell to bits! I very much doubt theres more than 2 or 3 cars in the whole SIDC that wouldnt get lapped by it.