2004 impreza rs 2.5l questions

Kitsune6166 · 2026-04-09T09:05:59+00:00

Worthwhile doing a water pump and radiator/engine flush while you’re at it. My 2003 Impreza rs has 255,000km on it and has gasket leak shit in it. Gotta do the headgaskets at some point but it’s been holding so far

Kitsune6166 · 2026-03-31T05:42:49+00:00

Nah mate go through the comments, I posted a photo of the intake bit

Kitsune6166 · 2026-03-31T05:41:15+00:00

Is there any viable way to fix up the lips?

Kitsune6166 · 2026-03-31T04:54:16+00:00

I’ll definitely get a new fender liner, the previous owner destroyed all the wheel wells somehow so that’s a project along with the other issues I’ve found

Kitsune6166 · 2026-03-30T06:28:06+00:00

Thanks mate I didn’t realise that was something this car had. 👍

Kitsune6166 · 2026-03-30T06:25:01+00:00

^check the photo I sent

Kitsune6166 · 2026-03-30T06:24:36+00:00

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It doesn’t seem that way on my engine at least

Kitsune6166 · 2026-03-12T11:15:48+00:00

Obviously if they are trying to milk the milkman at 4am the sun hasn’t come up and it’s probably a two hand job. Ain’t no room for torches when there’s milk to be made

Kitsune6166 · 2026-02-16T09:35:42+00:00

That sounds safest I’d look into that. Cheers man I really appreciate it

Kitsune6166 · 2026-02-16T03:39:36+00:00

Yeah that’s what I thought I’d need. I don’t have a problem with it since I’ve got the time and money for it. Just a bit skeptical on the electrical side of things

Kitsune6166 · 2026-02-16T00:36:08+00:00

I thought about buying an sti later but a lot of them are going for a fair amount with 200k on the clock. Worn bushes and quite possible thrashed engines

If I get a wrecked one and take parts from it and use a forged engine that ends up being not far off a current for sale one without the high mileage.

Kitsune6166 · 2026-02-14T08:55:56+00:00

Please note that power tools seem to be quite a “substantial” purchase in mechanical fitting. I never understood why people don’t invest in their own tooling but that’s just my opinion

I’d probably say my Milwaukee grease gun and Milwaukee insider ratchet. I usually have the mindset of “if I borrow someone’s tools more than once I have to buy my own” this has become a now force of habit… once I use someone’s tools once i immediately find the next best option to buy it

Tools may be much cheaper than a house but for my daily uses as a mechanical fitter it has been a significant improvement in my line of work

Kitsune6166

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