Hey all
I only bought my MY07 auto specB H6 (131,000km) in October from a dealership. I got a tune from Matt at KIDO (amazing as everyone says) shortly after. After about a month I realised it was going through oil too quickly (about 1L every 2,000km) and occasionally blew white smoke from the exhaust on start up. After taking it back to the dealer a few times, they told me it needed new piston rings. So, its been in the shop for the last two weeks, and I got it back today.
When I picked it up, they said it had actually needed a completely new engine, so the Subaru place down the road had found an engine with similar kms and changed them over. All of this is covered under statutory warranty (phew!), however I have a couple of questions.
First, I am assuming the tune from Matt will be gone. It certainly feels like it's gone back to the default, so I am hoping that is the case and it's not just a shit new engine. I hope he has another trip booked down to Melbourne soon!
Second, the dealership said the old engine had low compression. Is this really sufficient to warrant changing the engine? Does this mean it was just the engine block? What does replacing "the engine" usually entail?
Third, I am going to contact the service guys and ask for more details (sales rep sounded like he didn't know every detail about the car), what questions should I be asking to make sure the new engine is going to be okay?
Any other things I should be checking? I am not very mechanically minded. Perhaps there is no reason for me to worry, but I was quite surprised that this happened at 130,000kms.
Thanks in advance
Alex