QRAF

How's everyone's subarus in the waikato going?

all goods - if i do organise it tauranga could be on the cards - its just do i involve wmcc as well or clubsub only lolz

Always been part of the Waikato but been spending too much time on work, family and WMCC and now QRAF but I’m keen to get back into organising cruises no boy racing as that’s not what I’m about. But cruising to a number of spots park up chat get photos drive to another spot? I’ve been thinking about doing it with WMCC but thought I’d say here as my car is a little way off being ready for this as it is.

we also now have the WMCC https://www.facebook.com/groups/1400217360282181/?fref=nf#!/groups/waikatomodified/

no smoke just a little black under boost thats why the rocker cover was changed 3 times and the actual cover change the third time. half moons have been done.

yeah i should of taken i photo it was coming out the gasket

something in the head

aye ? when you take off the exhaust you can see oil in cylinder one dripping down?

so it turns out its the valve seal what should i do?

looks to be coming from the half moons - after getting another garage to look at it

I've got issues with my drivers side rocker cover its been changed three times now and its still leaking the last time they changed the whole cover as he said it could be warped or cracked its all genuine now and has been siliconed all the way around and left to dry over night and some of the next day and its still leaking. Any ideas on what there doing wrong?

going to have a meet with a couple of like minded friends at the base north beach carpark today at 12 up the end away from everyone as we will be louder than everyone else short notice but just thought id put it up anyway

I've been a bit slack on the clubsub forum lately as i've had my car in the shop and i've been going to sound meets in auckland tuning my car for the nationals next year. But i've been trying to organise an event here in hamilton just seeing if there would be any interest from the forums as there are a few subarus at the meets

I sure did thats why i went for the cheaper option for the rocker cover gaskets as my excess was $1500 as its a highly stolen car and i've had a crash before in my mrs car I've been trying to save for a 240amp for the last 2months now

nah i thought i'd gotten a deal when i had someone put my equal length extractors an they had to replace the downpipe in the process as the heat sheild was rattling with one that didn't have any which i is causing all the issues now - he's just fixing their mistakes. I was trying to do things on the cheap and paid the price for it now i thought $200 for the gaskets changed was a good deal as it cost $106 for the kit itself he said i should of gone genuine but i wanted to save a 100 dollars not saving it now tho I'm the muppet

all goods all valid points i'm a computer engineer an not a mechanic so could be going for a ride. he took the extractors(headers) off to put the heat wrap on and to get access to the turbo oil drain/return as it is leaking not much but more so than the rocker covers. He's going to put a plate over the rocker cover just so if it does drip it'll drip onto the ground not the extractors - and it was my choice to go none genuine and i'm regretting it now. there was no seals or gaskets the turbo didn't even have all the bolts holding it down so looks to of moved as well. i'm paying $60 an hour

thanks guys its in the shop now getting the clamps and seals changed around the turbo for the oil inlet and outlet plus getting gaskets as well as it just had goo. while the equal length headers are off he's going to heat wrap the exhuast again and spray it with heat spray paint just to seal it?

turns out not using genuine rocker cover seals is come back to bite me as it is still seeping but not as bad as before - its also leaking around the turbo as two clamps are missing and the guy assumes its missing the seals as well so he's going to take out the down pipe and replace the clamps and seals and see how it goes. I'll get a better idea when i go down there it was hard to understand over the phone as its not my lingo. I'll save and get the rocker covers changed to genuine as well, sigh.

I've had the rocker covers changed as i assumed it was that but its since gotten worse and has smoke coming from the scoop when sitting at the lights. It's getting another look over today from the guy that did the rocker covers just to make sure they aren't leaking. It's not using oil that i can see but i suspect its the turbo as its coming from that area but its still boosting ok and has no white smoke.

So whats the goes whose keen to meet up. I'm the 1st to say i'm pretty useless at remembering things would be call to get a text reminder

My friends opened a garage called K-Tech automotive on 13C lake road hamilton and will give a 10% discount to any clubsub member or if you mention my name Craig. He dosen't do wof yet but will do all your repairs so you can get a wof and won't muck you around trying to sell you other stuff which isn't broken i think its $60 an hour. ph 079743212 or mobile 02040149891 his name is Ollie Genet and he's a top bloke.

so you changed motors? or just rebuilt your old one? just thinking you might have a ecu mis match if its different engine

fark i\'ll be at a wedding in Takapau that weekend

So whats the goes whose keen to go for a drive to raglan or port waikato?

I should be but i waiting for my powder coated bits to arrive (thats if they have been sent yet)