More than Head Gaskets

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale) 02/22/2017 at 18:16 • Filed to: subaru, outback xt, grenade, flat 4, turbo

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This is what happens when you break off a valve head in a turbo Outback...

3 out of 4 is good right?

So much trash

There was no coolant in the cooling system. It either washed the pistons off very well or it is a newish motor. Me and my tech are going with the former since it is a junkyard STI (pretty much same and OBK turbo) motor in it.

And there is the carnage

New 2 piece piston

At least the rings are still there....

Yeah.... Dropped the valve head, split the piston, broke the bore wall, filled the engine with so much debris that it transferred sides through the intake to the opposite side, and basically ruined the engine. Lets just say it wasn’t a cheap estimate.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:22

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Several years back my high school bought a FRS with a blown engine. Based on the carnage and the poorly installed factory intake we believe it had some form of forced injection on it when it was blown. Anyway, there wasn’t anything recognizable left of the #3 piston and conrod. Just metal nuggets.

CaptDale - is secretly British > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 02/22/2017 at 18:23

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Nice!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:27

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Ouch. A co-worker of mine just recently had to replace her 02 Forester because “the motor went” sadly she never bothered to find out what actually went wrong. It had about 180,000 miles so I’m guessing timing belt. She replaced it with a loaded 16 Forester.

CaptDale - is secretly British > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 02/22/2017 at 18:32

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Belt or head gaskets if they hadn’t been done yet. Which would honestly surprise me.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:35

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I had a datusn that dropped a valve seat. Drove the car about 400 miles before it was puking too much oil out the carb and was getting annoying to drive. Abandoned it in Idaho Falls.

Urambo Tauro > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:36

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Damn, that sucks.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:38

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BOING BOING BOING

CaptDale - is secretly British > Urambo Tauro 02/22/2017 at 18:39

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Yup, I am sure the customer won’t be happy

CaptDale - is secretly British > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/22/2017 at 18:39

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A Datsun what?

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:41

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I’ll bet that made one hell of an awful noise before it stopped spinning.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 02/22/2017 at 18:43

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“CUSTOMER STATES VEHICLE STARTED MAKING KNOCKING NOISE AND STOPPED RUNNING”

Quoted from the repair order

Urambo Tauro > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:44

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So do you suppose the owner continued to drive it in its overheated state, and that’s what allowed all this carnage to happen? Or is there any chance that the thing was borked ever since it was pulled from the junkyard?

CaptDale - is secretly British > Urambo Tauro 02/22/2017 at 18:46

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I am going to guess that the valve broke, then it grenaded allowing all the coolant to go away.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:53

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1975 B210, 4 dr sedan, Mediterranean Blue. Bought for $575.

like this one:

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:53

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Hilarious customer comments from work orders are one of the few parts of dealership life I miss.

“Called cust and explained their engine is now a picture perfect display of the phrase ‘catastrophic failure’.”

wafflesnfalafel > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 18:57

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ouch... (on the upside - once it’s fixed, they won’t have to worry about the head gasket for a while!)

CaptDale - is secretly British > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 02/22/2017 at 18:58

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That is awesome! Yeah sometimes we get good ones, but not often.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/22/2017 at 18:58

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Huh.... I was ready to be disappointed in you.... but not I don’t know

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 19:01

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This is what you bought in the 1990's when you had $600 and needed transportation. The color was what really did it for me. If you are going to have a piece of shit car at least get it in a bright color.

I Will Always Be The Honey Badger > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 19:02

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CaptDale - is secretly British > wafflesnfalafel 02/22/2017 at 19:02

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Never have to after the updated ones are installed. They were updated to multilayer ones a long time ago.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/22/2017 at 19:04

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Fair enough. I don’t know about the bright color, I mean I agree, but I also loved my $425 E30 318i in white. It was fun till I blew a head gasket.

wafflesnfalafel > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 19:09

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honestly - do you know when that was switched? I’ve got a neighbor with a 2010 that had problems with the 2.5 motor and a co-worker whose Forester XT transmission just blew up, (the old 4spd auto box.) We got a Crosstrek for my wife with the newer 2.0 last year, (she loves it,) but I’m a little concerned about longevity...

RacinBob > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 19:24

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This is what it looks like when your Lemons Ford 2.3 Ranger motor sucks the washer from it’s air cleaner through the carb.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 19:51

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That must’ve made some interesting noises when it happened.

Under_Score > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 02/22/2017 at 20:11

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Didn’t those just come out like five years ago?

xsnowpig > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2017 at 20:27

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ask me how i know that the check engine light might not come on after the timing belt slipped and the piston sucker punched the valves on a subaru.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Under_Score 02/22/2017 at 20:42

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They did. Someone managed to completely ruin an engine (and the body with horrible mods) in 11,500 mi.

pip bip - choose Corrour > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/23/2017 at 03:54

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if you’re going to wreck an engine do it properly, like that!

Needmoargarage > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/23/2017 at 09:49

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Ouch! Looks way too familiar...

BobintheMtns > wafflesnfalafel 02/23/2017 at 10:00

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When I worked at a subi dealership, my mgr said to tell anyone inquiring about head gaskets that the issue was fixed two years before whatever year model you were discussing with them...

CaptDale - is secretly British > Needmoargarage 02/23/2017 at 10:33

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I bet it does

CaptDale - is secretly British > pip bip - choose Corrour 02/23/2017 at 10:33

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I bet it was glorious

CaptDale - is secretly British > xsnowpig 02/23/2017 at 10:34

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How?!

CaptDale - is secretly British > RacinBob 02/23/2017 at 10:35

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Well that is a lot of suck!

CaptDale - is secretly British > wafflesnfalafel 02/23/2017 at 10:41

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It has been over 10 years since they fixed them the first time. They are always updated a little with new part numbers, why we don’t always know, but yeah at least the last 10 years.

user314 > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/23/2017 at 14:25

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I’m reminded of the epsisode of M*A*S*H wherein Col. Potter “mercy kills” his Jeep.

CaptDale - is secretly British > user314 02/23/2017 at 14:36

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Ha

uofime-2 > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/24/2017 at 13:41

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#1 cylinder exhaust valve failure on a turbo Subaru?

shocking haha

xsnowpig > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/25/2017 at 08:55

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first, about a thousand miles post T-belt replacement, the crank pulley bolt slips out while you are driving next to a construction site so the sounds of a bulldozer on pavement coming from your engine bay are thought to be ambient noise (no CEL). Then drive with seemingly normal power down the 25mph street a half mile to work but the noise gets louder instead of fading (no CEL). pull into work and pop the hood and everything looks normal. Restart and realize how fucked the motor is, shut it down and call for a tow.

CaptDale - is secretly British > xsnowpig 02/25/2017 at 10:59

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That is awful.