Rick B. Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 my car :( how many things can go wrong with this f*cking car! first a clogged cat in the up pipe then a bad right rear wheel bearing now a loud rattling sound coming from my turbo. so loud that i can hear it over my exhaust. now my car is parked out front, and i shall not move it unless its on a tow truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Dang....that sucks. That's the chance you take when buying a used car though. Time for a turbo upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C92hatchX Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 sorry to this, is it cause of the dune runs you beat the hell outta it?, or things just slowly went bad for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 sucks...but where is the noise coming from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 its because i bought it with over 100k miles on it and i dont know if the previous owner drove the crap out of it. the dune run i did in the car did nothing bad for it. imprezas are practically made for that kind of driving. but i baby the car on the streets. i dont need any tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 You moved away from cali, and forgot to turn your sh!t-magnet off when you left. Sucks dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 ^LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxscaxx Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 if your hearing a loud noise from the turbo, its probably blown. im guessing the compressor wheel is hitting the walls of the housing. sounds like there is a ton of shaft play. is there a loss of power? dont be too upset about the turbo. 100+k on the stock turbo is pretty damn good. and now, its a reason to upgrade:) go get a 18g and have some fun hehe. same thing with the uppipe. thats the crappy thing about cats, after a while they sh*t out on you. i wouldnt get too worked up. all the stuff going out is something that should have been expected (except the wheel bearing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS John Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 True^ And wheel bearings ain't no thang. That happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 come to think of it. when i made an earlier post about how i would sometimes floor the gas in 5th to accelerate on the highway and the rpms would just jump up to redline with the car barely moving, i didnt even think twice about it being a blown turbo because if i backed off and tried again, the car would accelerate fine. how hard is it to unbolt and take out a stock turbo on a subaru and replace it? im not going to upgrade my turbo yet, because it is a high mileage engine and i dont need to stress the internals without upgrading them. ill just get a used stock td04 and replace my broken one for now. i cant afford all the repairs ive been doing only to do more mods and get another tune. not now. i need to cut back on spending for a little while. spent well over 15k within the past month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxscaxx Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 lol, but upgrading is fun!! its not too bad. you already had the dp changed and usually the downpipe/turbo bolts are a PITA and seize. it sucks b/c the stock inlets are a PITA, so you cant just pull that off to check the shaft play on the turbo. you'll have to basically just take off the downpipe and the uppipe. the things you just had off one thing i hate, working on my car all the time, is doing just that...pulling things off i already had off about 20 times lol. the turbo inlet can just stay in place as you can't pull it out anyway without either taking off the intake manifold or cutting it up to pull it out. oh, and you have to pull off the top mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 well, i found out what was really rattling. maybe i should do a more detailed inspection in the future when i hear something wrong. it was actually a bolt at the top of my downpipe that had gotten loose and was rattling. i tightened it, and no more rattle and the loss of power while accelerating that im experiencing is probly just my clutch slipping. i need to calm down and think more often instead of just rushing to spend money on problems that dont exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C92hatchX Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 haha well thats good atleast you didnt dump pointless money to fix nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 tell me about it. now i need to figure out the cost to do the clutch. i can change the clutch myself. that wont be too hard and it cant really be all that different from a honda. a clutch is a clutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Wow good thing it wasn't anything major. Rick. oh em gee I'm psyched for Octoberfest...got these today Still goin to Boston with me? My friend called me yesterday and I told him I'd call him back when I figure out what I'm doin. I'll let him know if you're comin with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 when is the boston trip? im down for it as long as from the 8th to the 12th next month. oktoberfest is gonna be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I'm going to school in Springfield, MA on Oct 31 (Friday, Halloween). I have class for 2 hours in the morning, then I'm going to Boston from there. Costume parties at the bars all weekend! We can make some cheap costumes lol. Matter of fact, if I come down for Octoberfest, do you want to just come back with me and stay here for the week until Halloween? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxscaxx Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 rick, im dropping my tranny tomorrow to finally put my clutch in. so if you need a hand or whatnot, lmk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 joe, any help you can offer man, ill take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxscaxx Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 ill let you know how much of a bitch it is lol. i've got most of the things you need to take off, off, but im sure im going to have a grand time trying to get the tranny back up by myself and getting the release fork back aligned right lol. plus, idont have a tranny jack, so ill have to use my floor jack. fun lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 ill help you out if you help me out. how bout that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxscaxx Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 lol, its cool man. im pretty impatient though so ill probably have it done before you ever made it hear anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrIaN EG2 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 my car :( how many things can go wrong with this f*cking car! first a clogged cat in the up pipe then a bad right rear wheel bearing now a loud rattling sound coming from my turbo. so loud that i can hear it over my exhaust. now my car is parked out front, and i shall not move it unless its on a tow truck. Hey, its a subaru what did you expect, lol j/k cant wait to see how quick this thing is going to be when we meet up for a HF meet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 Hey, its a subaru what did you expect, lol j/k cant wait to see how quick this thing is going to be when we meet up for a HF meet ill have 300whp by the time we meet. maybe more depending on if i decided to get an sti motor swap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrIaN EG2 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 ill have 300whp by the time we meet. maybe more depending on if i decided to get an sti motor swap. you do know that me and you are going to have to have a little fun down the interstate when we meet up right? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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