Do All Subaru's Explode?

I've had the same experience as DreXeL. I am running a UK scoob with mods to around 340BHP. I've had it nearly 3 years now and it gets driven hard both on the road and track. It has never missed a beat. As long as you look after it with decent service intervals and tune it properly there should be no major problems. The gearbox is the weakest link as has already been mentioned.
 
agreed on the gearbox front, my dad's has a 3rd gearbox now lol. but thats down to about 340bhp and a strong clutch.
otherwise, they only really "blow up" if they have been setup incorrectly, i.e running lean so they det

ScoobyDoo69
 
The simple answer is no they dont, they are one of the most reliable makes on the planet.
Its only those council estate "honest its got 500bhp at the wheels" cars that never get serviced and spend their life bouncing around mcdonalds car parks that spew their guts everywhere.
 
atpbx said:
The simple answer is no they dont, they are one of the most reliable makes on the planet.
Its only those council estate "honest its got 500bhp at the wheels" cars that never get serviced and spend their life bouncing around mcdonalds car parks that spew their guts everywhere.
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Does that include my friends 2 scoobs, both with full service history then :D (both stock)

a lot of its down to luck but I think scoobs are a bit more fragile when it comes to fuel used than others.
 
Cryfreeman said:
Does that include my friends 2 scoobs, both with full service history then :D (both stock)

a lot of its down to luck but I think scoobs are a bit more fragile when it comes to fuel used than others.
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You dont regularly come top of the JD power survey year in year out for no reason.
Can the 100% reliability of the legacy turbo i owned and the 2.2 GX legacy, impreza turbo and SVX that my old man owned count as well?
 
atpbx said:
You dont regularly come top of the JD power survey year in year out for no reason.
Can the 100% reliability of the legacy turbo i owned and the 2.2 GX legacy, impreza turbo and SVX that my old man owned count as well?
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like i said its down to luck and the fact imports are fussy on petrol used.Bleed valves probally taken a few to


However, out of the jap engines I dont think the scoob boxer would be top of my list for reliablitly.This is going from experiance from friends cars.
 
Cryfreeman said:
like i said its down to luck and the fact imports are fussy on petrol used.Bleed valves probally taken a few to


However, out of the jap engines I dont think the scoob boxer would be top of my list for reliablitly.This is going from experiance from friends cars.
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My boxer engine has done 235,000miles and it is still going strong and not skipping a beat :cool:
 
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