The declining quality of Subarus
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I'm surprised no one has brought up the ringland issue. Ever since the second half of 06, the pistons have gotten weaker and weaker and Subaru has done nothing about it. That bothers me more than any rattles or squeeks personally.
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Wow, really? Anymore details? I've never heard this before... and that IS much worse than my hood falling off, lol.
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Nice part about the first gen impreza odd squeaks and rattles, now THAT is problem that will never go away, lol. The interior on mine is actually really good aside from the noises I get. But then again I have changed some of it from stock...
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The problem is in the inconsistency of the piston castings. Some of them have impurities which cause a major weakness at the thinest part of the piston (the ringland). Combine that weakness with a bit of knock from bad gas and/or a poor factory tune and you start developing small cracks through the ringlands. The first symptoms are oil consumption and eventually the ringland cracks further and causes missfires in some cases. They're completely hit or miss... some motors run great with lots of abuse and others break pistons bone stock within the first 15k miles.
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You haven't heard of the ringland issue?? Its been a common well known weakness in all of the turbo 2.5l motors, but got significantly worse in the second half of 06. 07's used to pop bone stock and 08's were not much better.
The problem is in the inconsistency of the piston castings. Some of them have impurities which cause a major weakness at the thinest part of the piston (the ringland). Combine that weakness with a bit of knock from bad gas and/or a poor factory tune and you start developing small cracks through the ringlands. The first symptoms are oil consumption and eventually the ringland cracks further and causes missfires in some cases. They're completely hit or miss... some motors run great with lots of abuse and others break pistons bone stock within the first 15k miles.
-- Ed
The problem is in the inconsistency of the piston castings. Some of them have impurities which cause a major weakness at the thinest part of the piston (the ringland). Combine that weakness with a bit of knock from bad gas and/or a poor factory tune and you start developing small cracks through the ringlands. The first symptoms are oil consumption and eventually the ringland cracks further and causes missfires in some cases. They're completely hit or miss... some motors run great with lots of abuse and others break pistons bone stock within the first 15k miles.
-- Ed
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Ed have you seen any ringland issues on cars running e85? I read that with a good tune, it's hard to get e85 to knock.
I've had friends that have blown a ringland due to bad gas, which is a big reason for me to move to e85. I've heard it's more consistent than pump gas.
I've had friends that have blown a ringland due to bad gas, which is a big reason for me to move to e85. I've heard it's more consistent than pump gas.
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Ed have you seen any ringland issues on cars running e85? I read that with a good tune, it's hard to get e85 to knock.
I've had friends that have blown a ringland due to bad gas, which is a big reason for me to move to e85. I've heard it's more consistent than pump gas.
I've had friends that have blown a ringland due to bad gas, which is a big reason for me to move to e85. I've heard it's more consistent than pump gas.
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/prays my engine was perfect to begin with
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Wheee now my blinkers stopped working! No electrical gremlins here!
I was also sitting outside the Subaru dealer in Napa with the noises being made but it was 630 :/, i swear if i get to the dealer and its not showing any problems, my brain is going to do a barrel roll in my skull.
It is not a problem with my iphone, its not a stereo issue, its a ground issue and theyre too ****ing scared or lazy to bother doing it IMO.
I was also sitting outside the Subaru dealer in Napa with the noises being made but it was 630 :/, i swear if i get to the dealer and its not showing any problems, my brain is going to do a barrel roll in my skull.
It is not a problem with my iphone, its not a stereo issue, its a ground issue and theyre too ****ing scared or lazy to bother doing it IMO.
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