Category: Subaru Forum

After I stumbled over the Subaru BRZ in the AMS as an old BMW boy, I am suddenly interested in Subaru. Why? Because I like small, light, handy cars, which simply provide for driving pleasure. So with rear drive, hand-operated transmission, rotating suction motor, great feedback in the steering etc. Just everything that belongs to it. What I don’t need is a great equipment. Climate as an extra is quite enough. And except for BMW, I don’t think it’s for manageable money. P The Impreza is certainly a candidate, but it’s only with four-wheel drive or front-wheel drive, right? Actually, it’s unreasonable to drive a car like this because I drive 30,000… 40,000km a year. And as I know myself, I squeeze out the car at every opportunity and the turbo engines will punish me especially hard at the gas station And as I said, I’m sure I’ll be punished by the turbo engines. Which subrau do I find all the desired properties in? I guess the BRZ is quite ideal. Does such an engine actually last if it is constantly tormented? Warm up and then give it. At BMW I can confirm: You hold!!! All the family members have been driving with it for 20 years, with more or less strong lead foot. Thank you for taking me to the hand and leading me through the Subaru world!

Hello Subarufreunde, do you also have the impression that you are not so happy with repairs during the warranty period in the contract town? The latest event, after which the EPG Ventiel was changed a few weeks ago with my outback BM/BR (after not quite 20taus km), I had again error indication engine management and two other fault singulars on the weekend. After 3.30 p.m., again the error message.That before you can find nochs again, drive me right into the factory town.So turnaround after half an hour driving I wanted to register for sure just once, but the master gave me to understand that no one has time and overtime would certainly not do either. So I myself am working in the mechanical engineering service and must say overtime is the order of the day. What do you have for experiences, why do you think this is so, this story is only one of several in which I had the impression of wanting to get rid of one. Greetings mc outback,Axel with bourgeois nearness!

I drive a Forrester 2.5 xt built in 2005. After the inspection with timing belt change I drove to Italy. First a lot of the air conditioning. Shortly before Ravenna came to the breakdown cylinder head seal. Subaruassistance then let us wait two hours at 30 degrees on the road. We were then towed to a workshop Moreno car company in Faenza. From this Comany we got a completely dirty Renuald mode 76,000 km. Subaru assistance w It took 5 working days until the spare part could be purchased. The estimate amounted to 3,800 €. Unfortunately, no help from s. Assistance we would have to find someone on site who would translate the estimate for us. Surprise: the water pump and timing belts should just be replaced superfluously. When we made it clear that only the head seal should be renewed one pampig. When I botched after 10 days Urla ub pick up my car is the previously full tank empty. ( ca. 90 €) so empty that I can just still roll with stuttering engine to the next gas station. On the way home I then lost the underrun protection again 2 hours crafting on the rest site. I will in future completely renounce Subaru assistance and will become member of the ADAC again and whether after 15 years Subaru will be a Subaru again I do not believe today the quality has fallen and that I can now In addition, you can no longer buy the 2.5 liters in Germany. In the USA, the 12,000 € costs less. Subaru seems to have no interest in the German market, fortunately, there are manufacturers who sell and wait here with great interest.

Hello, a short question: I read here a good year ago n post, since someone claimed that the EJ20 85KW is a free runner…. so in the case of a timing belt crack the pistons can not beat against the valves…. Is that true? Background is that I bought my impreza from a pensioner a year ago who had all inspections in a Subaru workshop done properly… and according to my manual the timing belt change also belongs to every 4 years or 100 tkm. The problem is that the last one is already about 6 years ago, the car was moved in this time but only 20tkm… If now the danger of engine damage is low, I would delay the timing belt change a little bit, since I have absolutely no time for it in Momtent… What do you think about it? Greetings

Hello together, I bought a Legacy Bj. 99 2 weeks ago. I have searched for answers to a problem and ended up in this forum, in which it seems to be one or the other “Subaru-Crack” – but I did not find a suitable answer, therefore a little storytelling follows. The Legacy is first-hand, the owner is Bj. ’43 and has entered any service as well as repair of the Subarus in the service booklet: from 0km to 102’500km (with The equipment is luxuriant, but the interior is taken a little with him, either he had a dog who liked to scratch the leather or has unsecuredly transported deer antlers or both. In general, however, he makes a very well-kept impression, partly like a brand new car, if not a rather disturbing point: the engine clatters. I asked the Subaru dealer already after the test drive, why one hears the engine clattering, I find this rather worrying. He assured me that this is perfectly normal with these engines: it’s the same engine block as the Impreza WRX – they have overhead camshafts and they always make such a noise. I remember my first car, an Escort RS2000 DOHC, which has indeed also clattered, but I imagine that he did this about a few dB less. As I said, I only owned it for two weeks and can not yet think of “typical” engines. But I think it’s loudest after starting and as soon as the engine is warm, it’s less loud, but you can still hear it clearly. As soon as the RPM goes up, the volume of the flap goes up, unfortunately you can hear it more clearly than the “bubbling” of the 2.5 liters. The answers I found mostly have to do with hydrostumps… As you can see, I’m not a mechanic and don’t understand too much of all this, but I always went Assuming that the noise “normally” occurs only in engines which control the valves by means of the camshaft and tilting levers below and the noise results from the play of the tilting levers. Thank you in advance for the help

Servus Subi experts! The cold has allegedly caught my 2.2 1991 Legacy. For a few days the engine sounds rather unpleasant. I suspect that the sound has something to do with the freezing of the coolant that I experienced a few times a few days ago. The engine has started to overheat a few times (but I stopped every time, so the pointer has never moved over more than 3/4). Listen to the recordings. Here is the actual sound:h ttp://soundcloud.com/vlad-syzov/tatsächlich# here – ca. 6 times slowed down:http://soundcloud.com/vlad-syzov/ca-6-2 times slower# You can hear that the sound consists of 3 beats. After calculations I have determined that the frequency of the stroke is 436 per minute. At the time of recording the idle was slightly below 1000 revolutions per minute. So I suspect that the sound comes from the piston stroke. And if so, then the question is: why does it not disappear when the engine (a And why/how did it even come about? Well, after a bit of generous addition of glysantin, the coolant temperature pointer doesn’t go exactly to the middle, but a little lower (I would say 40-45%). What can you do here? Thank you for your ideas and advice. sb PS: By the way, the sound is similar to that when there was no inside when changing oil. However, a luxuriant oil addition recently did not solve the problem.

Good day together, I’m facing the decision to sell my Forester 2.0D and instead get a XV 2.0D. In general, I’m very happy with the Forester, but I made the mistake of testing the XV once. As it’s lighter, it pulls better. Supposedly it also consumes 0.5L less on 100km. It’s VERY quieter, sufficiently large and doesn’t look like a car from the 90s from the inside anymore. Under my hand, I was only told that the new Subarus, to which the XV belongs, no longer have this problemlessness (will) like the old models. Maybe someone else is thinking of buying a XV diesel too? If so, why? I would be grateful for advice.

Hello together, after a long search and reading in the forum I’m unfortunately still not smarter. I’m fascinated by the boxer diesel in combination with the impreza, but unsure if I should leave my hands on the MY’09. What else than needed, MY’09, 50-90tkm is probably not in the budget; then I would have to look around for another four-wheeler. Are there serious problems/children’s diseases or only cosmetic, uU. Casual with which to live? The G3 test by Karle 1 I have read, also the comments about it. My daily work path is about 40km easy, so I do not worry about short distance. I do not know the history of the car. When did the change between open/closed filter come? I have not noticed anything so far during test drives (except a rather hot engine compartment, but am no expert on Subaru or Diesel), what should I pay attention to? Thank you for your tips or experiences. PS. I am aware that my question is not exactly new. Most threads on this topic seem to me to be a bit older. Maybe there are new/more experiences.

In order to save the battery, I changed the remote control, too, so that it doesn’t constantly radio in front of you, but after a time, it puts itself back in this mode, the car has to open itself when you stand in front of the door and operate the handle. Does anyone have a solution?

Hello together, for a few months we have the Forester 2.0X automatic Comfort Bj. 2010 with now 19tkm, as everyday / professional vehicle for my wife. Now over Easter we were on holiday on the North Sea, and since the dog box for her car was first finished, we made the 1,800-KM tour (in total) with the Forester. Here we summarized the experiences with the car as a dog car (Labrador, 37 KG) and holiday car (2 persons, large roof box, all full with luggage, dog in the rear). Below also some photos of the dog box… + consumption on average 9.2 liters over this route, we found quite good (2 people, Thule Atlantis 480 liters roof box, luggage, dog. 1000 KM BAB with approx. 130, otherwise 800 KM country roads and of which 20% city traffic) ++ enough space for a large dog, or 2 middle dogs in the custom-made rear box. That would have become difficult in the X1 BMW. For this box we have still a partition for shorter rides (not installed here), so that my Fra u the dog ladder can store separately in the box. ++ with 80% tint foil, as well as the plug-in dimming from Subaru is very low the solar heating in the rear. You also don’t need an autom. adjustable interior play anymore. +++ I’ve never seen a car, where after hours in the bang sun the interior was cool again so quickly, including the plastics. We had everything covered with apertures during the parking, but nevertheless. after 2 minutes window & roof-on it was good cooled to go off. The old E-Class was a stove inside, all plastics hot. ++ Long-distance suitability of the car even with the smallest engine: Sit a little short, but many parking options for the legs when driving with cruise control. Enough strength and pleasant driving comfort on the BAB (overland anyway). Contrary to many test reports (e.g. off-road) fast acceleration and overtaking on country roads ++ get on without descent or ascent. The seat is exactly on Popo height for r 1,80 people ++ also in the rear a rather low approach for the dog, the old ladder from the Limo. still fits. + Enough power of the audio system, from the loud-strong-limited Ipod output even with faster BAB to produce a reasonable, pleasant sound + wipe off (art) fabric cushions, seem quite robust and easy to care o plastic surfaces in the cockpit dusted quickly and can not be easily wiped away quickly with dry micro cloth O we needed small flaps ochrechen to mount and load the roof box O car can only be locked when all doors are closed O exterior mirrors are wet during BAB ride in the rain, but you can still look through reasonably (in our old E-classes the mirrors were not wet and, if necessary, automatically heated, so that they were always dry). + Side panes remained mostly rain-free Overall, we are still enthusiastic about the car and its versatility. now as a travel car and as a dog car super fits many greetings, Oliver