Sounds like you need to replace your engine with a 2.5 to get the sort of reliable performance and low oil consumption that we all crave.

This story kinda reminds me of the HSV dealership that after the 5th attempt at fixing a power steering leak just gave me 15L of power steering fluid and said ... one a month and come back when that runs out.

I am taking my car to RMS morro and getting a wet and dry compression test to try and find out the exact problem and just give the results to subaru and take it from there. I like the sound of a 2.5 haha but yeh can only dream. i phoned up the rac today and they have told me everything i have to do to be able to lodge a complaint with subaru. The guys from peel subaru are helping me out and hopefully if i go about it the right way all will be sorted but keep yas posted. Thanks for the advice.

[QUOTE=POLARBEAR666]This story kinda reminds me of the HSV dealership that after the 5th attempt at fixing a power steering leak just gave me 15L of power steering fluid and said ... one a month and come back when that runs out.[/QUOTE]

haha you had the Power steering problem too?
How about a new LS1 every 50,000km? or a new diff at 70,000 or a new gearbox at 100,000? or chewing out Bridgestone S02's after 10,000km? I could just go on and on.

POS Holden. When will they learn that you cant turn a taxi into a sports car?

[QUOTE=DAN682]haha you had the Power steering problem too?
How about a new LS1 every 50,000km? or a new diff at 70,000 or a new gearbox at 100,000? or chewing out Bridgestone S02's after 10,000km? I could just go on and on.

POS Holden. When will they learn that you cant turn a taxi into a sports car?[/QUOTE]

That sounds more like wear and tear Dan ;)

[QUOTE=XRW 147]That sounds more like wear and tear Dan ;)[/QUOTE]


Some would say that, others would say it is just a lemon like most HSV's!

If I did half as much to that HSV as to what I do to the WRX I probably would have only got 10,000km out of a motor :)

That does sound like a fair bit of oil to use. I cant see why they would think a sti would use so much more oil than any other turbo subaru.

Though if you think that 600ml in 1000ks is bad the turbo charged aircraft engines i work on are allowed to use up to 1 litre of oil per hour of engine running! Its a scary thought that the plane may run out of oil before it runs out of fuel!

its normal for some subaru 2.5's will burn that amount of oil.

both NA and Turbo