Smeedia: "check your oil atleast every 1500 miles" Me (with trust issues): Checking my STI's oil before i drive it. every. single. time. "im watching you"
For long term turbo life, if you dont have a turbo timer, make sure to keep your engine idle for 30 seconds to 1 min 30 seconds depending on how hot your engine is. You want to let cooler oil get into your turbo and let your turbo cool down so your turbo doesnt burn oil when you turn off the car.
I just read on more modern turbo cars there's actually an electric pump that continues to pump oil once turned off. My 2008 Twin Turb Range Rover Sport has it. Its an electric humming sound. Older Turbo'd cars would need it.
could this be a reason why my Subaru Impreza WRX had full oil and then overnight lost 1 quart? i am a new Subaru owner as well as a new turbo owner. any information I will gladly accept. thank you
Excellent info , never lug that turbo , just a side note , I know a 67 year old woman who has a 2002 WRX , she has 324k and nothing done and burns no oil ! Also know a young guy who's first car was a 2003 WRX , it was mint with only 80k , I know cause I sold it to him , after one month .........knock , knock , just shows you that it's about how you drive it ! Nothing else to add you have covered everything anybody needs to know about these cars in you're videos , keep it coming !
Dumb question. 2018 STI here. My first turbo. My first Subaru. What rpm is lugging it? Can you cruise at 2K or keep it at 3-3.5K? I now understand don't flog it unless you're around 3K+ and do it gently. Thanks in advance. Also, this thing is hard to drive smoothly. First to second can be tricky. It seems to like 3.2-3.5K. Sound right? Thanks to all in advance.
So what you are saying is, don't buy a Subaru because you won't be able to enjoy it, you have to drive it like the 67 year old woman? Craziness. 2006 Subaru Forester STI with a Blouch Dom3 blew up all the time until i got it tuned properly. No issues for the last seven years, 340WHP on pump, 450WHP on VP109, 11sec grocery getter. Subarus are not eggs once you know what you are doing.
@@31Kittystyles Yea... General rule of thumb... U can go heavy throttle anything above 3.5k rpm... On cruise as low as 2k rpm not adviseable if there is uneven traffic speed or during up on road incline... On flat road yes u can keep cruising around there... But if need acceleration even mild overtaking.. better to downshift 1 or 2 gear then free to go.. 🍻
@Fearnot69 I cruze around 2.5k to 3k , going up a hill at 3k no questions, on highway at 120kmh around 2k. Don't come onto boost till 5 k, all personal preference.
AndyFitzgerrell bro I’m the same way way. Every time I’m in somebody else’s car and I feel them give a bunch of throttle at low rpm I can just feel the engine just like “fucckkkk” ready to go boom
Would speeding up just 5mph count as lugging? I barely give my wrx any throttle and pretty sure im not hitting boost. Or should I down shift to and speed up that extra 5mph and up shift?
Man, I saw this video one day too late. I was cruising around the Nürnberg loop and found myself in six gear, but Welo and power bogging down about 1000 RPM. So I figured I just give it a ton of gas and a get right out of that little bogging state. Boy that was dumb my engine a literally exploded. At first I thought it was may be There airbag recall on my 335I, but my hands are still intact, so them I’m assumed it would likely be the blower motor wires, since I skipped the recall too! I’ve been literally gathering All the small broken pieces of my engine block. Scattered all over the road! I had just rented a giant warehouse storage unit where is pissing together all the little pieces of the car, kind of like how they did for the space shuttle that exploded! I think I can path investigation now now that you gave me this crucial information! Cheers and Godspeed, sir
Agreed! I share his videos with my fellow Subi friends or people looking to understand these cars and they feel more confident and comfortable after watching. Keep it up man!
Excellent video sir. I've had turbo vehicles in the past to include a 2011 Mitsubishi Ralliart and 2016 Ford Focus ST. Both great vehicles for what they were, but with my recent new WRX purchase, I'm aiming to be a LOT more careful on how I treat and drive the car. These points are spot on especially that last one, I've made the mistake of dogging it in 6th gear in the ST going up a decent grade mountain and started running into issues. Just drop a gear or two and let the engine sing like it should.
1-Dont lugging the engine (this can be expanded into many ways of badly lugging the engine and risk wearing conrod bearing, broken ringland on subaru engine) i- dig launch on sticky tyre/high grip surface without half clutching..let the cluth ride and slip slightly untill the car properly moving..also saves the driveshaft...and yes watching infront of my eyes a fellow scooby friend getting conrod noise when he lug the engine on drag launch ii-hill climb/accelerating wot in high gear without letting the engine rpm rise up and car rolls into higher rpm...i always let the engine rpm rise slowly in low throttle situation and after above 3k rpm swithing into wot (ie: always downshift before doing overtaking or heavy acceleration to keep rev over 3.5k rpm) iii-alway keep light throttle during driving while the car water temp still below 85degree C
@@janeicepotwin5783 in high gear.. use minimal throttle to roll into higher rpm first before gunning the throttle... Or downshift for better keeping the engine.. (if not, its the same as lugging the engine at low rpm/low speed with permanent stress on engine bearings especially conrod)
Oh man, I totally remember learning about sediment, water, and micro-biological growth in fuel tanks when I reclassed for 92F. If I remember correctly they called it BS&W. They told us to stay away from those run-down gas stations and not to get fuel when the gas station is being refilled by the tanker, because that can disturb the sediment and the pumps can pick it up and it can end up in your fuel tank. I haven't heard many people talk about it and I think it's an interesting thing people don't really think about.
@@Smeedia for sure, we learned a lot in fueler school. The fuel standards for aviation are crazy! The book standard for water content is 10ppb, but aviation until want no more than 3-4ppb! Which is nuts! But it makes sense because when there's an aircraft that goes down, the first thing they look at is the fuel. I learned way more about applicable stuff in fuel school vs truck driver school haha.
I never filled up while the gas station is being refueled, however it is more because I have this irrational fear it will explode... Happy I've been doing it and have a real reason now!
I have had turbo charged and highly modified for over 45 years. This is a good guy. He’s really knows what he’s talking about. Now driving a modified Audi RS3
Got my car back from a shop today, converted to speed density and moved my iat to front mount piping. Totally wild to see IAT below ambient temps while cruising... can not believe i was considering a bigger top mount. Also equal length headers are awesome!!! Cant believe it took me so long to switch
This is a great vid. The other day I got on my car getting onto the freeway and had a sudden drop in DAM to 0.938/0.938 as well as constant Fine knock adjustment 0.00 to 0.26 under load. I was really worried. I looked into the issue on NASIOC, forums there had the same issue due to high atmospheric temps above 90 or bad fuel. To remedy this it was recommended to reset the Cobb Accessport, add Lucas Octane Boost and refuel with better gasoline. So far it’s good, I won’t wot until this fuel with octane booster and bad fuel is completely replaced with good fuel. I’m really glad you brought this up. Thanks amigo 🤙🏼
I just got a 2020 sti and your videos are incredibly educational but also quite terrifying. You've already spared my car from my dumbass aimlessly throwing in a bov and now this video has a ton of very great information. Thank you for making these!
The first reason was partially why most car companies included start stop. It was less about efficient fuel savings and more about saving the engine. The engine wont be in trouble if its not sucking in hot air! sit even longer and itll just start cooling a bit.
Another one 🔥 great info 🤓 It's been fun getting to learn how to drive this car as it's my first car with a turbo. I've definitely learned to take it out to dinner first and not just WOT. Really, I'm never at WOT which is still a little strange. Keep em coming 😋
Back in the 80s when turbos became popular for a while, a 3 minute warmup, and then shutdown were always recommended. I did it, and had no problems with the 3 Dodge turbos I had. However, Dodge was smart and had a water cooled center bearing...
Watching this video after a Cooper S Clubman with a cracked cylinder head. I think I could have done with more oil changes and it would drink oil till the oil warning light came on if doing a hard corner so I'd keep topping it up. Also it was the N14 engine. I've heard driving hard and shutting off suddenly is bad cause stationary oil. I think the only thing that could have preserved that engine is never rev it or have fun in it. I didn't rev it to redline cold. The cylinder head finally failed accelerating from a stop and getting to 4000 rpm but I think it was on its way out. The other thing is petrol - as high octane as possible? After all the effective compression in a turbo engine is going to be extremely high, even if the CR is lower to compensate for expected boost.
Yes!!! My dude thanks once again. My issue is always hot weather. My brother and I started taking alot of your advice luckly just before my build began. Thanks to you we wanna do things the right and safe way!!!!👍
so guilty of high demand low load, thank god i saw this video, i thought maybe i was saving my transmission some time by avoiding shifting too often but it'd rater a trans go than my engine and turbos
should probably also add cold starting your car in 30F weather and getting right into heavy throttle/boost without letting the oil warm up first is pretty bad too
Have a Corolla GR one other thing is to warm up the oil temp 170f or higher before getting into high rpm and proper cool down idle before turning off car.
Access port was the first thing I bought when I got my ST. I was reading 200° and beyond on stock intercooler. Intercooler was the second thing I bought after seeing that. Now my temps are never more than +20 ambient unless I'm stationary. It's sad that OEMs can be so terrible and the average consumer won't even know.
Good content. I feel like all us old subie guys read all this on the forums back in the day but I bet there a "plethora" 🙃 of newer owners that could benefit from every one of those suggestions. Keep up the good work sir.
NASIOC and a few other forms is where I've referenced for years 8 years or so now, but video makes things much easier for people from what ive seen so hopefully it helps some people out. 🙏 learned from a few people on the older NASIOC Forns like Unabomber and a few others.
I’ve read and seen to much on how the STIs like to eat oil. Now that I just got mine Ima be checking every weeknd just to play it safe. Not an issue with me I love seeing that engine bay 😅
This video is perfect for me as I’ considering buying my first wrx. My current daily is a turbo f150 so I’ve known about the idling to cool before shut off..😅
As I sit and wait for my own engine to be rebuilt (and culprit for such to be revealed by the shop), I'm definitely taking the lugging and "no drag racing in hot weather" to heart. I realize I probably got a little "spirited" on 98F+ days. I'll dial that back a bit, going forward. I DO have a PW Verticooler TMIC but still, I'll keep heat soak in mind, more often, going forward!
Adding a watermeth injection can eliminate most of these problems by cooling the air instantly and increase octane by up to 10 points. Not to mention it can prevent carbon build up and stream cleaning your engine in the same time. Best mod you can do to a turbo car.
I have a '02 turboed WS6 with a T76, 9.2 compression. Not a daily driver but when I do, look out. All's that's been said is common sense. But we all know that common sense isn't all that common
I was literally thinking the same thing. It absolutely baffles me how many people are lugging their engine and doing elementary mistakes. In all honesty if no one knows the BARE basics of driving and maintaining a sports car with a turbo then they shouldn’t own one. I’m absolutely astonished rn with the comments of people finding out this new info that I also thought was common knowledge
10:30 has got to be the funniest explanation of and argument against mashing the accelerator at low revs. I’m dying right now! Basically, you treat her like she’s your queen, not some chick from Tinder. 😂
great video sir! im late to the party but most of this stuff i learned about in the first year i had my 18 wrx. as a 39 year old im glad im more informed patient driver with a car like this.
@@Smeedia me too it's my dream car since I was a kid, I want to keep this car for a long time lol, I want to be one of those grandpa's in 40 years rolling up in a 2018 wrx hah 🤣
When I started driving in 1968 my dad drilled into my head to check the oil every time you fill up ,back then cars used or leaked oil on a regular bases , so even now I still check it when I get gas, you never know when a oil leak will start and it is such a simple thing to do
Just my opinion, but I've had a TMIC and a FMIC and unless you have a built motor with 500+ HP I prefer TMIC. The boost comes on a lot quicker. There's 4 more bends and 5ft more feet of tube. Of course a FMIC runs cooler than a stock TMIC. If its a 105° outside it wont matter if you have a top or a front mount. Does a FMIC look cool absolutely lol. Just my thoughts. Not trying to say you're wrong or anything just What I like. Thanks for making all these videos I know its a lot of work!
I am in memphis tn and i try my best to stay out of boost. Its so hot and muggy here. Soon as i get to where im going i pop the hood and let the turbo cool for 2 or 3 mins b4 i turn it off.
@@Smeedia Yes, this is another must do, unless you are running a turbo timer, if you've been cranking on it, you should let it idle for at least 3 minutes before shutting it off. I should try to grab a video of it, but we have a perfect teaching example of this at my work. our skidsteer is getting old an worn, and when you shut it down, you can hear the turbo spinning for about a full minute after the engine is off. Well the same is happening in our cars, just our bearings are in much better shape so we can't hear it! LOL
With newer turbo engines I disagree, especially with thr STIs and WRXs.the tuebos are water cooled so even after you've shut it off the turbo still receives some coolant flowing through it that it will cool it off. Unless your full track day I don't see a need to let the car idle down. For older cars that do not utilize coolant then I 100% agree 🙏
@@Smeedia Yes, agreed, it does get the coolant flow, but not the oil flow, which is important to save those precious turbo bearings. My general rule is simply, drive nicely for the last few miles or minutes before shutting it down LOl
thanks homie! i subbed. i’m in the market for an sti and i am too excited. doing loads of research beforehand. i’m coming from an si LOL i will be going for a new sti though. i’ve seen how these get abused near me, and it’s scary to go for the dreamy blob or hawkeye, but one day. can’t wait to be part of the ej fam! lmao
what sucks is here in wisconsin almost all of the gas is bad because they add antifreeze junk to it, almost every gas station I've filled up with gas i get horrible numbers on the accessport.
My firends had a Honda and would love to rev it a lot to hear the low off valve but had to replace like two turbos in it always wondered why I told him maybe not to rev it all the time
Love the channel, I am gearing up to buy my very first WRX, and your videos have been extremely informational. I didn’t see any videos tailered to a CVT Transmission though, is there any chance you can make a video geared specifically at what modifications can and can’t be done to a CVT compared to a Manual Transmission?
Appreciate it! I am hoping so too, I am just trying to prepare as much as possible before getting there as I plan on modifying it as soon as I get it. I look forward to another great video, CVT edition!
@Sean Moore I haven’t driven a manual in close to 10 years, I am very strongly debating on brushing up on it to be able to get a manual. I live in Los Angeles, so that’s the main reason I thought CVT would work better, with traffic and all. But honestly the options are very limited when it comes to CVT, so I might end up getting a manual in the end. Still up in the air, but it would definitely help to know what my limitations are if I do go CVT, before I actually purchase it.
Ooo lucky I installed waters squirts on my top mount like 99 STI my GC8 loves that cold. All you need is process west kit comes with pre drilled holes then get a after market window cleaner kit add the hose to jets and walla press the button to squirt water on your intercooler or top mount as needed unless you have this feature with the STI
More good info! Too many new turbo owners that don't know about the high gear low load. R.I.P to a lot of good innocent engines 😂. Hoping your video can save those innocent engines. #savetheengines
I check oil weekly if daily driving also I've seen people Boost on a cold engine. Yeahhhh Na! I let the engine warm up and get the oil temp nice before any drive.( hope that is the right thing to do)
@@Smeedia the audio engineer in me can't help but chime in. If i could recommend anything, i would recommend a pair of Sony MDR7506 for a nice neutral frequency response. You'll be able to mix out much smoother and quicker (or not, idk your workflow!) but I definitely recommend a pair of these bad boys.
Do not understand the logic behind playing music while speaking, sometime the music is so loud U don't understand what are they saying 😕 it's very annoying
It shouldent hold any water unless its been sitting for 30+ days, a small touch of E qouldent do any harm but octane booster is more readily available for more people
Hey man! Big fan of the channel always watch all of your videos and learn a lot try to support the best I can I'm sorry if you get this question a lot or if you don't want to answer it no big worry but I was just wondering have you done a quarter mile in your car? Haha I mean I'm sure you have but I'm just wondering what your lowest time was. Regardless of your answer I want you to know I don't think it differentiates my opinion of how knowledgeable you are or how awesome your page is. I still think you know a lot and you don't have to be the fastest person in the world to have the knowledge that you do. Aloha from the big island by the way. 👊🤙
10:23 How would this work on an automatic?? Would the ECU tell the transmission to shift to a higher gear if I want more power?? Or do I just work into the boost slowly??
Great video. I went through some 107 deg weather while driving around 80 mph in my 2021 Outback XT. Seems the intercooler would be worthless in cases like this. Does this mean my engine produces less hp? Is my turbo insanely hot? Does my car pull timing?
Yes and no, so with hotter air it becomes less dense so less dense air means less air goinf into the engine. Which in turn means less power. It will pull a small amount but nothing to stress about 🙏
