Failure After J02 Recall - Discussion Threads

[Summerwolf]

For those that cant renew registration in california until the recall is done..... have you considered the whole Montana LLC thing?

[scottryan]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

To counter my own point though I will say that I would never of had it done right from the start even if there had been zero failures from repairs. If your springs were going to break they would have already so why fix what ain't broke?

My BRZ is at 30,000km (not miles) and is running insanely healthy, should mine go in as it's too early to tell if the engine will have valve spring issues?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by scottryan

My BRZ is at 30,000km (not miles) and is running insanely healthy, should mine go in as it's too early to tell if the engine will have valve spring issues?

Why do you say it's too early to tell. None of us will ever really know. Valve spring on your Ford Focus might fail. No matter how good techs get at doing this job, the fact remains that the probability of failure due to the intervention is orders of magnitude greater than that of the original concern.

[ybotspawn]

Originally Posted by scottryan

My BRZ is at 30,000km (not miles) and is running insanely healthy, should mine go in as it's too early to tell if the engine will have valve spring issues?

Don't do it.

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[msaikhan]

Originally Posted by ermax

Hate to tell you but yes bearing material is flaky like that. I’m amazed you aren’t knocking like crazy if you have chunks of bearing large enough to break in your fingers.

Here's a video of the flake.
It's not knocking, but i did hear very light ticking occasionally. Can it be left over material from last engine? I saved the oil and filter.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Why do you say it's too early to tell. None of us will ever really know. Valve spring on your Ford Focus might fail. No matter how good techs get at doing this job, the fact remains that the probability of failure due to the intervention is orders of magnitude greater than that of the original concern.

This should be on 1st page

[OnlyAllegedly]

I just got my car back two weeks ago and I just noticed today that it's leaking oil out of the driver's side of the engine (not puddles, but definitely leaking and it never did before) and I see bits of RTV when I pull the dipstick. I plan to bring it back to the dealership ASAP.

Is there anything I should do in particular regarding this? I feel like there's a good chance the motor will be trash sooner or later if RTV is making the rounds. I'm documenting everything as best as I can with pictures and e-mails to the shop manager (for paper trail of when the problems occurred). I also saved a paper towel from when I wiped the dipstick with bits of RTV on it.

[msaikhan]

Originally Posted by msaikhan

Here's a video.
It's not knocking, but i did hear very light ticking occasionally. Can it be left over material from last engine? I saved the oil and filter.

Just cut open my oil filter. Found some rtv inside.

[ka-t_240]

Originally Posted by msaikhan

Just cut open my oil filter. Found some rtv inside.

Bag and tag that thing!

[shiumai]

Anyone see Scotty Car Repair's video on this subject?
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVjQQj8Rx98[/ame]

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by shiumai

Anyone see Scotty Car Repair's video on this subject?

Yes. I asked in his life stream and turns out the next few days made the video. Shocking, right?

[ybotspawn]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Yes. I asked in his life stream and turns out the next few days made the video. Shocking, right?

I would say his views are a bit biased and frankly subjective. While tearing apart the motor, as we've seen, has been problematic this issue could have happened to any manufacturer. His belief that it's just Subaru fail isn't helped by his eccentric behavior.

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[mswbrz]

Originally Posted by shiumai

Anyone see Scotty Car Repair's video on this subject?

Old man Scotty hates every car unless it's a corolla of course . Good for general info bout cars that's It .


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[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by shiumai

Anyone see Scotty Car Repair's video on this subject?

Oh that guy. I made it a record 2 seconds and 74 hand waves into the video until I decided I had better things to do.