Sent my newly acquired Liberty GT-B TBSTI in for its 112000 k service with a long time trusted local workshop Autocraft in Newcastle. I hung out with Marshal for a bit while we checked it over as it was the first chance he'd got to see the new ride..
I should never have sold my STI..
The vehicle, as suspected had not been looked after that well. And the final cherry on top is that it looks to have a blown head gasket also. So the money I put back in the bank from the sale of the STI will now be going into an engine build for the Liberty. Not a good time for my wife and I as we are expecting our first in June but rather than flick the car off to some poor suspecting person, or cremate it and cash in (joking) we will cough up the bickies and do a full rebuild using an STI short block and reco my heads. My quote is looking to be around the 7-8 mark fully done however I'm wondering if we would be better doing a complete used sti engine and ecu swap.. For around the same cash..
Thoughts and recommendations please.. Cheers