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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79
My 04 STi did happen to find a stonewall on a gravel driveway. In hindsight, 50+ mph through my friends' frontyard wasn't the brightest of ideas. 
The 01 Legacy is the one I final ruptured the head gasket on doing donuts in the snow at the Academy Sports parking lot. There was 206K miles on it and it was a mess when i bought it. I just put it out of it's misery.
I'd have to look it up again but it's one type of motor built between a certain time that the head gaskets WILL go on; it's only a matter of time. The rest? Keep under the redline and you may do OK. However, once it's replaced by the right people, they'll last forever. |
Interestingly, the dealer may not be the right place to get that kind of work done. They usually dont have a clean room to do the engine out/head gasket off/machine the facings kind of environment.
I have watched them rebuild an STi engine onto a replacement block (the old one had a hole in it) out in the open air, bringing a combination of new and old bits into the mix... It seemed to run all right, and the customer gave a good NPS score
But it was kind of a bit 3rd world in the preparation stakes.