Originally Posted by Nfsundrgrnd (Post 3415847)

I'm curious about the amount of people who got the recall done and did not get a catastrophic failure resulting in a blown engine. I'm also curious about who has the highest mileage done after the recall. I got my brz in february and brought it to my local Subaru dealer to get a few things fixed and they mentioned the free valve spring recall so I figured why not and had it done.



This was before I read up on all the catastrophic failures that had happened. Since then, I've put nearly 6000kms on my car with normal driving and hard driving from time to time with not much issues.



I just want to know if I have a ticking time bomb or if a bunch of people have driven with the recall with no issues.



Thanks!

Originally Posted by henry.haden (Post 3415848)

I have almost 70,000 miles with a supercharger and no issues


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Originally Posted by Dadhawk (Post 3415929)

Mine was completed on 1/15/2019 with 136,305 miles/219,362km on the odometer.

I now have 181,718 miles/292,447km with no issues.

As @TommyW says, it was either done correctly (as most were) or it wasn't.

Originally Posted by Ashikabi (Post 3415854)

BUT the vast majority of failures seem to be from Toyota dealers so you should be fine

Originally Posted by Petah78 (Post 3415949)

Impressive mileage! How was it driven and maintained? Track use? OCI?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Nfsundrgrnd (Post 3415847)

I just want to know if I have a ticking time bomb or if a bunch of people have driven with the recall with no issues.

Originally Posted by Dadhawk (Post 3415955)

If you are really concerned either you or your favorite mechanic could drop the the oil pan and check the screen for "debris". There are photos on here of a bad one, but basically your mechanic will go "oh, what the hell" as soon as she sees it if it's bad.

Originally Posted by Nfsundrgrnd (Post 3415973)

Do you think I'd see metal debris if I'd cut open the oil filter? If it was indeed failing that is.

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 3415976)

If you see metal debris it is already too late.

The majority of the ones that failed do so within a thousand miles. If there is enough material blocking oil flow you are not going to get far before things go bad. It isn't a gradual wear situation but a rapid and catastrophic one.
I would not worry much after about that thousand mile mark. Not to say it couldn't happen but the probability is strong that it will not.
The only true way to check is (which has been mentioned) to pull the pan and check for silicone pieces. Checking the filter won't substitute for that since they are so big they don't even make it that far.