Googs79

Well, I have another bad valve on Cylinder 1. We were looking at getting rid of it anyway in favor of a bigger car, but I needed to do it a little quicker now that the valve is bad and it idles like crap. I ended up trading in the POS for an SUV. Two valves gone in under 80K miles? I will NEVER buy a Subaru again. I can't say that the Legacy GT wasn't fun to drive, IT WAS! But I wasn't going to stick another couple grand in it. This seems to be a pretty common problem with the 2.5 boxer. Glad I was able to get rid of it before I stuck any more money into it.

It turns out there was a bad valve, so they are replacing the valve and the cylinder under the powertrain warranty. However I still need to pay 230 for the fuel injector cleaning they did and the initial diagnostics. I thought these boxer engines were supposed to run forever, I'm shocked that I am having this problem on a car that is only 3 years old. It is making me think twice about buying another subaru.

I've got a 2006 legacy gt. Had a P0304 (misfire in Cylinder 4). I replaced the plugs, which did not resolve the issue. Took it to the dealer, they say injectors are good and the next step is to see if the valves need adjustment. If that doesn't fix it they said they need to remove the heads to see what the problem is. I've got 54000 miles, I'm hoping the powertrain warranty will cover it if they need to start pulling apart the engine.