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12-24-2013, 01:34 AM
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So my engine blew up....
Hey all! Wanted to post this over on the mechanical side of the forum but I don't have the privileges to post there.
My BRZ was sitting at about 9000 miles when the engine failed. In a parking lot going 11 miles an hour at 1300 revs the engine block failed. In the picture you can see the hole that was big enough for me to put three of my fingers down into the cylinders. It's a completely stock car, so nothing I did to it caused it. Subaru is baffled and they shipped the engine back to Japan to determine what went wrong and they had to completely swap the engine. Anyway the guys at Subaru were great about this issue and it appears to be so rare that they have never seen it happen before. They suspect it was bad metal in the cast. Thought you guys would appreciate hearing about that. |
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12-24-2013, 01:40 AM
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Glad to hear that Subaru has taken appropriate actions in your case.
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12-24-2013, 01:44 AM
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WOW!!! CRAZY! How long until your girl is back up?
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12-24-2013, 01:45 AM
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Oh and if it's not too much trouble, I'd appreciate it if an admin could move this post to the proper section.
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12-24-2013, 01:49 AM
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That's pretty crazy....
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12-24-2013, 01:53 AM
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Now you have me questioning myself if I should go FI next month.
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Well, that's too darn bad.
I hope your new engine hangs together better ...  humfrz |
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Any particular reason you think your engine went so early?
Driving habits, etc? |
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12-24-2013, 05:38 AM
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Not really, no. I don't take her to the track or anything like that....and it was only at 1300 revs when the engine failed. I had an issue during a nasty rain storm where I ended up in a puddle that put water up over my hood and caused the engine to stall out. It was fine after a couple hours though, and that was months before the engine gave way.
Also I hardly have the expertise to speculate. I'm hoping to find out once I hear some results from Japan. |
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Had an issue where I was off-roading in my land cruiser and went into a puddle of water, months later I found out that the block was cracked on the 2nd cylinder. Think your block had the same issue and gave away months later..?
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Glad ya got it back Cam!
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