Advice required: Spun out rod bearings.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

Depends on the oil. Some 0-20 oils are good til only 220F, others only to 260, a few go higher than that.

Mobil1, Castrol Edge, Pennzoil (whatever their top tier is). Name brand synthetic average consumer grade.



OP, sorry for off topic but this might help you out in the future. Also, I've got a 2013 that's running great and spends a significant portion of time over 4krpm. Only 35k miles though.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by nasrath007

I suppose I'll go that route if the stock engine + labor do not exceed the costs of just rebuilding the current motor (short block) with forged internals. I just honestly have no idea what the going rate would be for labor to install an oem engine on this car.

Yep, just call around for prices.

As far as a 2013 engine, first off, you don't know what the engine was subjected to for 128 thousand miles before you bought it. Maybe it was predisposed to fail before you bought it ...... and it failed because of previous abuse.

Most 2013 engines, properly maintained and left stock, seem to hold up just fine ....under average driving (including some spirited driving on public roads).

I hope you get-er back on the road soon ....... spring driving is here ......


humfrz

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Keeping RPMs high? SOunds like you may have thinned out your oil from not having an oil cooler.

Just replace it with a used stock engine.

OEM (Forester oil cooler) is suffice or need something more robust to keep thinning oil at bay? Asking because summer is around the corner and i could try a preventive mods

[wbradley]

Originally Posted by Teseo

OEM (Forester oil cooler) is suffice or need something more robust to keep thinning oil at bay? Asking because summer is around the corner and i could try a preventive mods

An oil cooler is recommended for FI or track use. Daily spirited driving is fine stock.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by wbradley

An oil cooler is recommended for FI or track use. Daily spirited driving is fine stock.

So adding an oem oil cooler will not hurt either

[Lantanafrs2]

On a budget, stock is best.

[Lantanafrs2]

My oil of choice is whatever the dealer has In the drum. Personally I think your car already had the shit beaten out of it long before you bought it. Even on this forum for enthusiasts there have been discussions on stretching oil change intervals to twice what the factory recommends. Imagine what's going on in the real world. Lol

[nasrath007]

I had checked the oil prior to driving it back, and throughout the whole 900+ miles drive back the car was fine. It is only after I reached back in Boston, I went out for a spirited back road drive that the engine started rattling. The previous owner told me that the oil was Redline 0W-20 oil changed about 1300 miles ago, so I assumed all should have been fine. Among several other possibilities, I may just have had crap luck. Now in the market looking for a used engine, with no luck on finding one yet, since every one that I find seems to be a auto trans engine

[venturaII]

Are the short blocks different from manual to auto?

[pgranberg11]

Originally Posted by nasrath007

I had checked the oil prior to driving it back, and throughout the whole 900+ miles drive back the car was fine. It is only after I reached back in Boston, I went out for a spirited back road drive that the engine started rattling. The previous owner told me that the oil was Redline 0W-20 oil changed about 1300 miles ago, so I assumed all should have been fine. Among several other possibilities, I may just have had crap luck. Now in the market looking for a used engine, with no luck on finding one yet, since every one that I find seems to be a auto trans engine

sorry to hear about what happened. I found an engine when mine blew up at the track on car-part.com. good luck!!!

[ATaraxias]

Originally Posted by nasrath007

I had checked the oil prior to driving it back, and throughout the whole 900+ miles drive back the car was fine. It is only after I reached back in Boston, I went out for a spirited back road drive that the engine started rattling. The previous owner told me that the oil was Redline 0W-20 oil changed about 1300 miles ago, so I assumed all should have been fine. Among several other possibilities, I may just have had crap luck. Now in the market looking for a used engine, with no luck on finding one yet, since every one that I find seems to be a auto trans engine

I'm going to put on my "conjecture hat" for a moment.


Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, puts Redline 0W-20 oil in a stock FRS.


Tell us who you bought the car from, and we'll tell you how much they modded it before returning to stock...

[Summerwolf]

Originally Posted by ATaraxias

I'm going to put on my "conjecture hat" for a moment.


Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, puts Redline 0W-20 oil in a stock FRS.


Tell us who you bought the car from, and we'll tell you how much they modded it before returning to stock...

No different than using any other "premium" oil.

[ATaraxias]

Originally Posted by Summerwolf

No different than using any other "premium" oil.

That's the point, friend. Why would you put premium oil in a stock FRS?

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by ATaraxias

That's the point, friend. Why would you put premium oil in a stock FRS?

Because full synthetic is mandated by the factory.