Well after three weeks at the dealer I will be getting my WRX back. A valve decided to have a little party with a piston and as you could imagine they kind of wrecked the place. The service department has not really told me why this happened; all that they said to me so far is that a valve went through a piston, that’s it.

Right now they are replacing the whole Short Block as well as sending the Heads out for repairs, so for the most part I’m getting a new engine.

I really don’t understand why this happened; I was driving out-of-boost doing 15-20mph down a side street when I hear a hideous sound, the engine completely dies and the CEL comes on (P0340 camshaft position sensor).

The only power mods I have are up-pipe, down-pipe and intercooler hoses, so that’s not the reason.

Does anyone have an Idea why this could happen? Did I just get the one-in-a-thousand WRX with a huge engine defect?

I hope they have my WRX ready on time next Tuesday because I need it to go down to UCSF on the 28th to see a specialist, (disk problems as well as a new cyst growing on my spine).

 

If it makes you feel any better, my WRX was also one of those "one in a thousand" cases. Spun a rod bearing at 1600 miles while off boost. Powertrain was 100% stock at the time.

Never did figure out what caused it, but fixed under warranty (new shortblock, new left side of motor) and no problems since.

 

Yes it does help to know that I’m not the only one, thank you.

 

hehe...3 or 4 weeks ago, my car died on me liek that too. i was in the middle of making a U-Turn. i got it restarted after 10-15 minutes or so and limped it home. just took it to a dealership and found out i had a cracked head, a ring was stuck in a valve, and a connector rod was broken.

im in socal right now, but my dad is keeping me updated.

 

amazing they even covered it

 

yea tell me about it. i was stressin for the last few weeks. now im just waiting for the decision to see if my pops will let me keep doing stuff to the car, or will i have to sell all my aftermarket parts.

 

Well its going to be yet another week before I get my WRX back, (making it a month altogether). They said it was missing a shim-bucket (I don’t know what that is) and its going to take a week to get a new one.

I have a 2004 VW New Beetle as a loaner car now; because of this I feel like a 14 year old all over again, only this time I’m a girl.

Happy it’s a turbo though.

 

shim-bucket = part of the lifter assembly, it's actually a pretty minor part, but you can't really run the motor without it

 

me too. for me, it'll be about a month, or a little over without having my wrx. they are giving me a new shortblock instead of trying to repair the stuff. they also threw in timing and drive belts without labor since they are taking apart everything anyways. i think sometime next week, it'll be finished. then i have to drive back from socal in my 87 saab 9000 turbo over the weekend.