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Originally Posted by regal
I really hope the rumors are true that a fix was put in place this January.
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If that was the case then I see no reason why any cars that were manufactured prior to that point would not be called back in for a reflash.
Also, that should be easy to check. The person that put forward the "transient table" theory as the root cause of the injector seal failures should be able to take a look at the ECUs on cars produced after the January date and verify that the tables are different above 5200 RPM.
However, if the failures are actually related to excessive heat in the area of the direct injectors then the problem cannot be solved with simply reprogramming the ECU. It would require a redesign of the block or head. I can understand why Subaru would not want to acknowledge or address that.
I wonder how Gazoo Racing and Swiss Racing solved the problem? Are they using a different engine management system? My understanding was at least some of the cars run near stock engines. Are they using additional cooling like Robispec? They have ran the cars at racing speeds for 24 hours straight and have not had all their engines fail due to detonation. Maybe the issue is not as inevitable as some believe it is.
Time will tell. As the facts and data comes in, the truth will come out.