Delux's Subaru Forester project

[delux]

Small update with big news!

Braved the elephants today and started the Forester post mortem. 

Its good news and bad!

My lock ups neighbour is the North Sea. If anyone loves hailstones they would have been in their element...

 

Quick visual inspection revealled loads of oil over the block. No hoses off or split. Coolant level still full. Removed the airbox and spark plugs on the drivers side...

 

 

Hmm, didnt look like that when it went in....

 

That doesnt look good! 

So, yeah,

Good news=I know whats wrong with it and have the tools, resources and (on paper) the skills to fix it.

Bad news=I know whats wrong with it and now I have to sodding fix it! 😒

At least it didnt snow much here this year. Oh, well, better get some tools/motivation together...

[St.Jude]

Few things:

1) I’d love a lock up by the North Sea. Hail stones be damned.
2) This thread has made me consider a Forrester, on the basis the last two Subarus I’ve had have been relatively stress free experiences. So thanks!
3) How in the name of fuck does a spark plug end up like that?!

[delux]

3 hours ago, St.Jude said:

Few things:

1) I’d love a lock up by the North Sea. Hail stones be damned.
2) This thread has made me consider a Forrester, on the basis the last two Subarus I’ve had have been relatively stress free experiences. So thanks!
3) How in the name of fuck does a spark plug end up like that?!

1) Its the best view in the village when its nice! Today it wasnt nice.

2) Think its more operator error than bad engineering. Wasnt driving fast when it broke down but that doesnt mean I have never driven it fast. Idle for so long then pushed into hardcore commuting. 

3) Too high or prolonged excessive temperature. Car didnt overheat, assuming it was because of the oil it was burning at the time of cylinder failure. Spark plug had done about 300 miles!