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Originally Posted by updraught
These days the car companies get away with what they can. Went to check the oil on the dip stick of the wife's Subaru a few days ago. No oil at all on the dip stick. Seems several manufacturers in the last 10 years are using low tension rings and zero grade oil for fuel saving. They will use oil. If the rings happen to lose enough tension the engine can run out of oil and blow up, especially with the other selling point of 12 month servicing. The car companies will throw everything at anyone who complains to keep them quiet.
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updraught check out the Class Action Lawsuit they have going over here against Subaru and their BAD engines. I don't know if it will help you over in N.Z.. but may be worth looking into.
A lady friend of ours bought a new Subaru in 2016 and the motor crapped out at 30,000 miles, due to what you just said. Evidently they really loosened up the tolerances to try to get better fuel mileage out of them. They suck oil like mad and that boxer engine design they run was proven to be junk by German engineers in about 1932 when they developed it and then abandoned it. VW picked it up later for the Beetle, also not known for engine longevity.
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-...on-settlement/