Guest blueangel Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I have just bought a 96 impreza wagon 2.0 non turbo tonight for £950. Problem is that while at the previous owners house all seemed good and on a brief trip round the block all still fine. Now on the way home all was good running wise but on lifting off the throttle there was a tapping noise coming from the engine but this disapeared under acceleration. Everything pulls well and no noises anywhere else and upon phoning the guy when i got back he says it had been doing it since he bought the car and it was an underlying problem with this model. He said it was number 4 piston if that helps. hope someone knows something about this as the car is sold as seen and i have no comeback now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 sounds like a little end. usually run for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Try a Subaru forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan4 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 usually run for ages do they?! i feel sorry for you but in all fairness the failure came from buying a subaru anyhow:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Scoobynet or SIDC should be able to help you. The most common knock on the boxer engine is on cylinder 3 and it's usually the big end. Either that or the piston melts if you don't use a high enough octane fuel. But if it disappears under load, I can't see it being either of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka-P Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Number 4 piston? I wonder how he came to that conclusion. Seems to me he got it checked out for the repair but backed away when he saw how much it would cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Personally, if you're gonna buy a performance car, I'd take it for a little more of a drive than just around the block. As Luka says, he's probably been told it's a big job to fix and sh!t himself at the repair bill, hence buying a scooby for £950. My mate's just bought a wagon with a blown head gasket for £700, and another bought an RA with a knocky big end for £650. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mb0b1 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I have just bought a 96 impreza wagon 2.0 non turbo tonight for £950. Problem is that while at the previous owners house all seemed good and on a brief trip round the block all still fine. Now on the way home all was good running wise but on lifting off the throttle there was a tapping noise coming from the engine but this disapeared under acceleration. Everything pulls well and no noises anywhere else and upon phoning the guy when i got back he says it had been doing it since he bought the car and it was an underlying problem with this model. He said it was number 4 piston if that helps. hope someone knows something about this as the car is sold as seen and i have no comeback now. I also had a strange ticking noise from it but never missed a beat dont worry about it bud !!! do they?! i feel sorry for you but in all fairness the failure came from buying a subaru anyhow:( To be fair i have to say that scoobys are very well built as i had one last year, it was a wagon turbo 2000 i payed £1000 for it, It had a big oil leak from gearbox and power steering both got fixed up for £100 i then drove it to the nurburgring thrashed its nuts off for 9 laps and drove back to uk and was still running sweet. It had 140,000 on clock and was a M reg also super chipped to around 280bhp i never had one problem with it, and had so much fun in return would do it all over again i also sold it for £1500 when i got back home so made £400 quid onit Oh i also had a strange ticking noise from it but never missed a beat dont worry about it bud !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueangel Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 lol i have a supra aswellbut needed a workhorse to take the kids to school and didnt want to end up in a vectra or some mundane car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibbleyuk Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Guys just want to point out this isnt a performance model, Its a 2.0 NA I had a big end go on mine replaced the engine mate was alot cheaper! can get a 2.0NA impreza engine for a few hundred £ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 mine makes loads of noises, but still happily runs 300bhp all day long. Mines a 96 sti.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1mb0b1 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 mine makes loads of noises, but still happily runs 300bhp all day long. Mines a 96 sti.... They seem to sound fecked well mine did but just keep on trucking my impreza had so much hammer i really did not think i would have made it home from germany after going round the ring, But it did such a soild car, I know if i give my supra that much stick something would brake but will never know as will never abuse the supra to nice for that Thats what impreza's are for.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 They seem to sound fecked well mine did but just keep on trucking my impreza had so much hammer i really did not think i would have made it home from germany after going round the ring, But it did such a soild car, I know if i give my supra that much stick something would brake but will never know as will never abuse the supra to nice for that Thats what impreza's are for.. Precisely... £2400 for 300bhp.... Got to the car the other day, found a new door dent, looked at it and laughed, thinking that the other idiot probably damaged their door more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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