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  1. I'm not going to be "that guy". I brought it to carmax and they offered me 1000 with the turbo issue (I both told them and you could obviously hear/feel/see the issue). I would leave it up to them to "do the right thing". I actually got screwed like this on a volvo I bought one time where a dealer taped a waterproof material around a steering rack leak and about 3 months after I bought it it came off and I had to spend 2k on a 6k car to replace the rack.. I am not trying to put that kind of karma out in the world. But for 1000 bucks I figure I'm just gonna replace the turbo myself and drive it till the engine goes and then just part it out best I can and trailer it to the scrap yard (they gave me 250 last time I did that). Can easily make more than a 1000 and have a car to drive for a bit longer. Still need to figure out why the last turbo went though. Just gonna take it apart and see what I can figure out. I probably should have just done it myself the first time using this forum/YouTube to educate me a bit but didn't want to get that involved in such an important part. Oh well.
  2. It was actually expensive American made, machine balanced chras both times. I read a lot about the bad stuff out there so made sure to buy quality. I am thinking the previous owner didn't take care of it at all. Definetly bought a dud. I am currently at a carmax seeing what they will do. I am very disappointed in this. Bought for 3500 and put about 2k into it (and a ton of my own man hours). Thing was beautiful only to last me about 10k miles. Live and learn I guess. Just wish I would have done a little research before the turbo went. I bet the banjos had never been replaced on this thing. Probably could have lasted a lot longer.
  3. Thanks everyone. I'm mostly trying to figure out why the turbo isn't lasting. The first one there was a ton of shaft play on the chra and the fins were messed up. The second there was a loud whine and then when it was taken off, a little shaft play but it looked like it was perfectly fine. The third was making noise but then stopped. There isn't any noise now but I couldn't make it up a hill going faster than 15mph while limping it home. I don't know what to do with this thing. I'm sure carmax would take it for next to nothing. Anyone have any success parting these out? I just put a ton of money into parts. The banjo bolts were replaced the first time as well as the oil lines and coolant lines. This guy supposedly knows subarus.
  4. Was driving car on highway when I got a check engine light them blew turbo maybe a minute later. After researching figured it was the banjo bolt (had no idea about this). Sent to mechanic with a turbo and he replaced. Picked it up and after a few drives had a radiator hose leak which my mechanic then fixed. Picked it up again and drove it 90 miles and about mile 85 whining, loss of power, and boom goes the turbo. I take a look and the hose that went from the top of the turbo to the reservoir was pinched (he used a short hose). When I parked the car it all of a sudden blew a hose off the radiator and cracked the nipple right off. So I figured it was blocking flow and it over heated the turbo and over pressurized the coolant system. So I send it back to him with another turbo, a new radiator, and new hoses. He installs everything for free (although I still had to pay parts). I pick it up again and drive 90 miles. On mile 85, loss of power, whining, and boom goes the turbo. He said he checked the oil flow and that the radiator fluid was flowing. He indicated a head gasket. So I got a tester and confirmed it was not. I have no idea what to check or how to check it. Should I get an oil pressure gauge and try to t it into the turbo to see what the turbo is getting? Could it be something with the exhaust? The thing that is throwing me way off is that it works perfectly for an hour and some on the highway and then goes. If it was an oil issue or coolant, wouldn't this happen sooner? Any help would be appreciated. Some background, I did a timing belt and water pump a few thousand miles ago as well as a new cat and exhaust system, plugs, etc. He also did an oil change when he replaced the first turbo but not the second.
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