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I agree, things do happen to the best of us, mistakes happen. Of course, if i had to pay for anything i would be thinking diffrently!!! However, the Nissan place changed the oil (causing the problem), but it was a Subaru place that swapped the engine for a new one, without ever calling the Nissan place to tell them abuot the problem (mind you htese two shops are a mile away from each other). It was under warranty so they just did it. I called the Nissan place to just let them know it had happened. I figured it might be a good thing for them to know seeing how they sold me the car. It was the Nissan place that told me to take it to Subabru without even looking at the car, they just told me to take it there and not bring it back into them. because they rarely work on Subaru's, wish I had been told that before I had the oil changed! But it has all worked out and I'm not bitter at Nissan, and Subaru was great. They even paid for a rental for a week, a jeep liberty, which was fun, but i like the subaru better.

Greenville!!! Wow, that is at least an hour north of where I grew up (well, most of my life, but if your not born in Maine, your not a Mainer!) I attended Piscataquis CHS before leaving for college in MA. Now I'm just outside Portland wanting desperately to move back down to Mass., mostly because I work in Boston. Yes, transportation is a must! The tranny never nade a noise, actually the only noise was the ticking. And it didn't even feel as though it had lost much power either. I have to say, this is my first subaru and I am sooo pleased with the way it handles! Especially in the snow! I came around a packed snow covered corner yesterday and felt no swinging, or even slight loss of control, when i looked in my rear view mirror i watched the car behind me swing its cars rump roast out into the other lane, I giggled I was so pleased. And the engine is so quiet again.

hey everyone, hope you all had a wonderful holiday! i picked up the car last thursday night and seems great! i am being very careful with it, not revving, keeping rpms low, and not using the cruise control, they told me not to go above 70 and to vary my speeds as much as possible on the highway, no cruise control. all is well so far. Cookie, I'm not sure if they checked the tranny? When they had first looked at the car before taking the engine apart they thought it looked flooded with oil, and thought that they (other shop) perhaps added the oil after the damage was done. Lucky for me this has cost me nothing and I have a new warranty on this engine. Is anyone form the Southern Maine, Southern NH or North Eastern MA area that would recommend a good subie mechanic for future problems?

Hey, your remark Kudd "It's is possible that they drained the oil, put on filter, went on coffee break, came back, took car off lift and drove it out, with 0 oil. Then said oops and added the oil, but the damage had been done." was exactly what the mechanic said might be the reason, but didn't want to accuse the other shop!

OK, i just got off the phone with the subaru mechanic. they put a new engine in the car, by the way the car is an 02 outback, and the original engine had 30,000 on it. they said they finally found the problem, 2 of the 4 rod berrings had gone, and they said it's unusual. he could only think of two things that could do this, but there may be more (any ideas anyone), one was an extended period of reving the engine or running out of oil! now, i had the car 3 1/2 weeks before the first oil change and there was NO noise coming form the engine, everyone, friends and family were commenting on how quiet the car was, 2 days after the oil change the noise started. i checked the oil then and there was oil on the dipstick. is it possible that there was enough oil to see it on the stick, but not enough in the engine, because I have not reved the engine for any extended period of time? and before they thought the engine had been flooded with oil? i'm curious to find out what happened, but i did get a new engine that i'm not paying for, now, how do i properly break in a new engine?

hi, i am new here too and posted for the same reason, ticking noise. i have an '02 outback with 30,000 on it, and i had just bought it, and just had my first oil change with this car. i posted this on a diffent thread, but i pasted here for you, read below, ok, i finally got the car in last friday to a subaru dealership/garage. it was the soonest i could get it in, i had been driving it since saturday, when the oil change had taken place. the car had oil in it, i called the dealer that changed the oil, (this is the dealership i bought the car from, my first oil change since buying was free, so i took it there to do the oil change), anyways they told me they didn't put t subaru filter on the car, that they used an after market filter and that i should take it to the subaru garage about a mile down the road from them. they had the car all day friday and about 3:30 i got the news, quite to both the mechanics and my surprise, i need a new engine!!!! he told me that "the engine had been flooded with oil" and that the pistons weren't able to operate properly and were "slapping" the car wasn't running poorly either, it has 30,000 miles on it and was running perfecting up until the oill change, then the ticking started. the subaru dealership gave me a loaner for the week and everything is covered under warranty so i have to pay for nothing. i haven't called the dealer who changed the oil yet. subaru was considering it but then told me that they "didn't even want to bother with nissan right now" so, either there isn't enough evidence nissan messed up, or it's just a write off for subaru. but subaru has been great! i hope it continues. and with only 30,000 miles on the car, it gets a new engine.

ok, i finally got the car in last friday to a subaru dealership/garage. it was the soonest i could get it in, i had been driving it since saturday, when the oil change had taken place. the car had oil in it, i called the dealer that changed the oil, (this is the dealership i bought the car from, my first oil change since buying was free, so i took it there to do the oil change), anyways they told me they didn't put t subaru filter on the car, that they used an after market filter and that i should take it to the subaru garage about a mile down the road from them. they had the car all day friday and about 3:30 i got the news, quite to both the mechanics and my surprise, i need a new engine!!!! he told me that "the engine had been flooded with oil" and that the pistons weren't able to operate properly and were "slapping" the car wasn't running poorly either, it has 30,000 miles on it and was running perfecting up until the oill change, then the ticking started. the subaru dealership gave me a loaner for the week and everything is covered under warranty so i have to pay for nothing. i haven't called the dealer who changed the oil yet. subaru was considering it but then told me that they "didn't even want to bother with nissan right now" so, either there isn't enough evidence nissan messed up, or it's just a write off for subaru. but subaru has been great! i hope it continues. and with only 30,000 miles on the car, it gets a new engine.

Hello all, just joined, new subaru owner!!! I hope someone can help! I bought a used 2002 OB the week before thanksgiving. Last saturday i brought the car into the dealership i purchased the car from to have its first oil change. The car currently has 32,228 miles on it. Before i brought it in there was NO noise. Yesterday on the way to work (first time driving it since the oil change) I could hear a ticking noise coming from the engine, I can hear it inside the car and outside. I checked the oil dip stick and there is oil in the car. I live in Maine and thought it could be the cold, but it doesn't stop after warming up, as a matter of fact you don't hear it upon start up, but when you hit the gas you can hear it. As I increase speed on the highway I can hear it, but there are times it stops, like when I have the cruise control set and I'm coasting. When I stop the car and have it in park I can hear it too after driving. Does anyone have any ideas?? I'm trying to get it into a dealer, but most are busy and I work in Boston, long commute and hours a re a problem!! I'm afraid I will have to wait till Saturday and I'm a bit nervous I could do damage to the car.