Legacy Turbo - Big End Bearings

[allycat]

Hi

New to Subaru Turbo ownership, i have a 06Legacy GT with 95Km, being reading about about common fault big end bearing failure. Is there anyway this can be checked or prevented as much as possible or is it just a case of your luck?

Thanks

[funkytown]

look after it, warm it up, service it, dont modify it. it will last a long time.

[Joker]

^^That

bought mine in 2003, owned it for 10 years (1998 GTB twin turbo which is even MORE notorious for BEB\'s)

and only had the motor out cos the heater hose blew and resulted in a Head Gasket

[allycat]

Great, so many pesimistic people out there.Good to know

[Zeus]

 allycat said:

Great, so many pesimistic people out there.Good to know

You\'ll find every mechanic/people who have never owned subarus will all have the same opinion

[Kiwi_Fozze]

pretty much. the only reason most run bearings is because people service them once in a blue moon with warehouse red label oil, run it on 91, rape the nuts off it cold, and run rangi boost tap backyard mods.

[gotasuby]

 Zeus']

[quote name='allycat said:

Great, so many pesimistic people out there.Good to know

/quote]

You\'ll find every mechanic/people who have never owned subarus will all have the same opinion

You obviously havnt ever talked to anyone at our workshop

[nickmcgill]

I got 266k out of mine before a big end went. (BE5 2000 B4 TT)

Was serviced regularly and looked after.

I bought it at 180 not sure if the previous owners looked after it though as it had heaps wrong with it initially.

[allycat]

 nickmcgill said:

I got 266k out of mine before a big end went. (BE5 2000 B4 TT)

Was serviced regularly and looked after.

I bought it at 180 not sure if the previous owners looked after it though as it had heaps wrong with it initially.

Good to know, I will maintain my car but also have a heavy foot...so touch wood she will be fine.

[DacerX]

the newer motors arent as pron to it tho

[nickmcgill]

 allycat']

[quote name='nickmcgill said:

I got 266k out of mine before a big end went. (BE5 2000 B4 TT)

Was serviced regularly and looked after.

I bought it at 180 not sure if the previous owners looked after it though as it had heaps wrong with it initially.

/quote]

Good to know, I will maintain my car but also have a heavy foot...so touch wood she will be fine.

I also have a heavy foot especially with the TT\'s to get any good power out of them

[DacerX]

but you struggled to keep up to my NA subaru....

[B4 I was 250T]

LMFAO!!!! I just found this lol As the guys say, warm them up, service them often and she\'ll be good as