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Originally Posted by strat61caster
What really sucks is this should have been a 2-4 day fix tops with zero hassle from your dealership.
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Just imagine that many Toyota dealers didn't ever have the chance to fix a boxer engine before. This is a reason to buy from Subaru or if possible make your service in Subaru where they have many many years of experience with the boxer engines! I am not saying this to you, but to all the guys which think that Toyota vs. Subaru is just a matter of aesthetics.
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Originally Posted by strat61caster
I have a car built 12/12, in January of 2015 at ~30k miles I got P0011 at the track on a totally stock car (except tires and brakes).
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I cleared it, continued my track day and it has not returned in two+ years, another track day since then, and two seasons of autox and I'm over 57k miles with no issue.
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Exactly, this is what I am saying. You didn't have a serious issue, because you were stock. If you had an aftermarket tune, then the probability to have a real problem and a broken engine would be much higher. So, you can still enjoy your car and I hope to enjoy it past the 100k mile limit.
I have a reason to write all these. There are many tuners in Japan which are much more conservative than their Western counterparts. I was discussing lately with an engine manufacturer and tuner who is studying our engines for years. What they suggested was to keep it stock! They make an ECU tuning only if they change the internals. Why? Because they prefer to be honest and to avoid issues than to sell more.