GRB OWNERS TAKE NOTE

[knockoutgiant]

 evowrx said:

I think the issue is poor maintenance not a factory ring fault.

Possibly a bit of both? Surely there's far too many issues to solely be maintenance.

Reguardless this is the sole reason I went for forged pistons in my EJ257 and will be servicing evrey 5,000km *thumbs up*

[Guest]

Surprising how many people are car enthusiasts but dont know oil needs changing. I find it hard to believe the many failures on the webs as it seems the 29 people who comment saying their mates uncles daughters boyfriends great cousin had an issue not them and most cases have more fiction than fact. 99/100 people *****ing about ej257 issues have never had real world exp.

[Timmah]

 evowrx said:

Surprising how many people are car enthusiasts but dont know oil needs changing. I find it hard to believe the many failures on the webs as it seems the 29 people who comment saying their mates uncles daughters boyfriends great cousin had an issue not them and most cases have more fiction than fact. 99/100 people *****ing about ej257 issues have never had real world exp.

Well it usually is the minority who have the loudest voice.

Subaru did just lose a lawsuit over oil consumption issues on some FA20 and 25 motors recently.

[Guest]

So true tim.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Subaru of America have had HUGE issues with oil burn in the 2.5 v12 grb chassis as well as the forester (still running their last revision of the ej25)

[Munkvy]

It's an inherent design flaw called the EJ20, if you push it with a stock sump they will all run a bearing with enough encouragement, especially if you don't check the oil after every run and make sure it's full.

Which engines do it before others varies, and as has been mentioned maintenance will have an impact. But you have to realise you are trying to drive a car around corners with an engine design that means they are very likely to try and spit the oil out of it. So if you don't do something about that before tracking the car, you are asking for trouble.