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[iainmcfly]

my 1995 Rallye Liberty

 

Picked this up for 1500 bucks with 5 months rego and love it.

the 2nd day Gave it a major service  changing most of the bottom end gaskets and timing belt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[aekOne]

welcome to SubyClub

[applegeek897]

Yay for Gen 2 goodness! Welcome!

[Liberty]

What does the Asian writing say?

[iainmcfly]

its da me da me.. kinda japanese slang for "fork no"

[Liberty]

Wagon fork no?

[iainmcfly]

kinda like saying "Wagon oh shit I have soiled my pants with the rice of the emperor"

[iainmcfly]

well I'm generally pissed off and depressed atm.

Dont get me wrong I love subarus and I love this car I feel comfy (6ft4) and Im looking forward to modifying it in the future... the key word being the "future"

 

 

but....

I feel I either bought a Lemon or I have been forked over by a dodgy mechanic.

I drove the car back from north gosford to campbelltown with no hickups great comfy car... I was so pleased with this car, Im currently unemployed and figured this would be a good choice for a nice reliable run about so I can drive it to interviews and around with no hassles.

the next day I noticed a little oil leak. I figured its a 324000km car of course it was bound to have a few little leaks here and there. and I figured to the right thing and take it to a qualified mechanic (which will remain nameless for the time) and give it a minor service for 150 dollars ... this ended up being a 1140 dollar job with all the gaskets getting replaced and a timing belt change... I was ok thats fine might aswell spend my money and make it last so i forked out the money and got the job done.

I took it home and forgot about it having forked out the last of my skyline money getting all the gaskets,service, and timing belt on. fast forward 5 days this was the first real time driving it  I had to drive from campbelltown to penrith to go for my learners motorbike test it only got to bringelly till suddenly the car started to overheat, the engine check light and oil light came on and smoke started to comeout of the bonnet and stalled.. luckily I got it running and parked around a corner (i hate being a arsehole causing traffic)....

I called up the mechanic (having no chance to get to the bike course *byebye 88 dollars)  and they got it towed to the mechanics and they now say the radiator failed and it will cost another 440 to replace..... I gave him what I owned him and forked off.

my Car was perfectly fine before taking car to said mechanic (other then the oilleak) now my car sounds like it needs a new starter motor and feels generally forked. Im so pissed off with myself.......

 

[Robert]

That's a shit go

Unlikely the rad failing was caused by the mechanic
Plastic cracks over time.

Sounds like it's got pretty hot if the motor Is struggling to turn over
Might be up for a new donk

Hopefully it all works out