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Seem to be losing 1 qt. of oil every 6000 miles on a new baja turbo. Dealer cant find any leaks and there is no smoke. Sometimes smell cooked oil. After two visits to dealer they are now saying that baja turbos can lose 1 qt. of oil every 6000 miles and it is normal. Is anyone else having this experience with a subaru turbo engine?
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Replying to: xsailor8 (Jan 25, 2005 5:16 pm) |
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Replying to: flashman (Jan 24, 2005 1:10 pm) I'll post the resolution when I find out. ====== I wrote: Heather, I've got the same year model and the exact same problem at 64K miles. What was the verdict on your problem? Thanks, Allen ===== Heather wrote: My 1999 Legacy Outback has 88000 kilometers (about 45000 miles) and the transmission is a big problem. It's automatic and when i put the car into drive, it doesn't engage until i give it a lot of gas. then of course when it finally does engage, it jerks fairly violently. it will even shift out of gear and into neutral when i'm coasting to a stop at a light or something. it's getting fairly dangerous. these problems started happening the day after i took it in for a routine maintenance. is this a common subaru problem? any suggestions? thanks, heather
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Just signed on, have not been able to read all posts, so I apologize if this repeats an earlier topic. I just bought a base Forester X, now with 3000 miles. When I get the oil change done, I'd like to go synthetic. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks, TimF
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Replying to: dbpubs (Jan 25, 2005 8:25 pm) Recommendations vary all over the scale, but the most frequent comment is to wait a little longer (maybe 7k or so?) until all of the ring/cylinder scuffing is complete and everything is well seated before going to the ultra-slippery stuff. I changed something around 10k or so, am now nearing 30k and all is well. M1, either 10w-30 or 5w-30, depending on the season. Steve
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Replying to: rob_m (Jan 24, 2005 9:31 am) The car has 30k miles on it. I'll have to look into if/when we flushed the brake lines on this yet, good question.
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Replying to: fibber2 (Jan 26, 2005 6:11 am) Thanks Steve, I appreciate positive feedback. After reading some of the stories in these forums, I was beginning to get worried. I love my little Burro, but the first time I get stranded, that will change. |
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Replying to: xsailor8 (Jan 25, 2005 5:16 pm)  . Keep in mind that the 2.5L engines with the Turbo might take 5Qts per oil change rather than the more normal 4 Qts. Also get under the car and check for external leaks for your peice of mind. My '01 Forester used about 3/4 qt/3000 miles when it had a Piston Pin Access hold cover leak. 1/2 Qt/3000 miles when all was well. Elissa |
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Replying to: joekane (Jan 26, 2005 8:04 am) |
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Replying to: kens (Dec 19, 2004 11:03 am) I didn't have to complain too much. Just had to wait for the area rep to hear the noise so I left it overnight on Tuesday, they looked at it Wednesday and said it would be ready on Friday. They gave me a loner car as well. Let's see if this fixes the problem. |
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