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Originally Posted by QuasiMondo
I can't vouch for the Subaru being reliable, not when my 98 Impreza spun a bearing for no apparent reason. This problem is more common than people believe with both 2.2 and 2.5L motors.
And no, I didn't run out of oil, nor did I neglect to do my regular 3,000 mi oil change.
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Now, I don't know a lot about cars, but I do know some things. Is it possible that this is related to a timing chain failure of some kind, because that is the only major problem I've heard about with Subaru. When the chain goes they need to be caught quickly or it will wreak havoc in short order.
Or you could just do what everyone has suggested to me - get the chain changed every 80k-100k miles. So for Fire: If you don't know when the chain was last changed, get it done just to be sure, the risk/reward for letting it go just isn't there.