Fixing the "Blown" Subaru WRX STI...

Fixing the "Blown" STI!
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[@johnchase3059]

Never seen someone look so sad that they didn't have to pull a motor 🤣

[@Grooove_e]

Hilarious that someone put that much oil in the thing what an absolute moron Edit: that guy just sold a perfectly good STI lmao

[@mrskitz338]

bet he just filed more oil instead for replacing it

[@ElectricShock14]

WOW that's nuts the amount of oil that was in there WTF!

[@marcomacca5839]

How that's even possible?😅

[@tennentslagerman8910]

Man I feel bad whenever my WRX dipstick is a little over full

[@Michael-qe2so]

Twice as much oil. Thats why they needed two oil temp gauges :)

[@michaellnss]

Bro that shit coulda flooded the turbo and so much more when I saw that I was like wtf

[@SupahPain]

Whoever did the oil change, you need to go back to 3rd grade.

[@kaihunte8866]

Dont even own any of the cars on the channel I just enjoy the fact that's its car related 💪🏾

[@jamesvesely131]

Same! I love evos and Subaru’s but don’t have any but his content is very entertaining! Great content everyday.

[@husamsalhi6071]

shout out to the poor previous owner who sold it for overheating and all it needed to fix it A flat-head screwdriver...

[@ifitflysitmustdie2418]

Fr😂💀

[@ifitflysitmustdie2418]

If he sees this he’s gona cry

[@MrSkarbek36]

Lmao

[@The_jamaican]

😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣 dead

[@stevekocinski8595]

Don't forget the 17mm socket to drain 60% of the oil out. 😂😂

[@captainallwood]

That limp mode and check engine light is for your speed sensor! The trans isn’t able to read your speed and throws the car into limp mode(also why the speedometer doesn’t work). It’s a super simple fix, the sensor is located right under the TMIC on top of the transmission. Pop a new one in and it will feel perfect again.

[@randymccormick7698]

Skills that Devin and I share: Putting waste oil back in a gallon jug.

[@ROTRANS1]

CHECK OIL CATCH CAN MUST BE FULL OF OIL!!!

[@181pottsy]

That AOS if installed correctly drains back into the engine.

[@illmaticTKD]

Intercooler is probably full of shit too, whole intake most likley

[@johnson6118]

need 25 min videos more!! that was great!

[@bfighter125]

Love your video's, I just stumbled across your evo build series. And now I almost watched all the videos you posted now. You keep up the hard work bro.

[@AK-od8gv]

Very well put together!! New subscriber just got my evo x and was happy to see that you live close by!! Been binge watching lately !! Took my car to English and got a full ets turbo kit to go with it now I am at 496 whp just cuz stock it wasn’t very satisfying!! Anyway great job on these videos

[@DaBombDotCom77]

I love that you like to take broken STIs into your loving arms. Watched the last STI rebuild series with the black blob can’t wait to see how the black hawk turns out.

[@erikstreda5980]

I think the oil overfill can cause the oil fumes go through the crank case ventilation into the intake and intercooler. And, golden wheels would look great I think!

[@SlowDelSol]

That guy drove the STI for 3 years and never learned how to check their oil level.

[@nick-in6rl]

ikr the guy seemed to be a tool😂

[@boostftw123]

dumbass probably didn't know oil needs to be drained and replaced with new oil every couple thousands miles. prob thought its supposed to burn like gas. fucking dumbass

[@KareemKayy]

nothing upsets me more than an bad maintained sti, good thing we've got devin the sti/evo doctor💙🙏🏼

[@franciscocuerno1710]

Its first time you dont make so effort to fix a car!!!! nice Diagnostic dude!!!! Thanks for Videos sorry far away some days of the channel..... Thanks Regards

[@jamesgomez9185]

That's a lot of oil right there ......the owner just wasted this beautiful STI..... Didn't know how to take care of it.....anyway, it's in good hands now.

[@Thejoker-zg1gk]

Sick man man looking forward to the next instalment an sti content

[@harris19863]

Loving the STI content i think those wheels in a satin bronze would look sick on the black 😍

[@cloud00121]

I’m loving the content man!👌🏼

[@mikesta8367]

25 min clip cant go wrong,enjoying this content!!

[@dark2520]

Bring back your Hawkeye sti!!!!! My all time fav car 😍!!! DO IT

[@yoursilentkiller1]

Sti gang, been waiting for you to get one of these

[@Hawkdriver511]

Great channel and car content. Keep it up!

[@stance_fb]

An evo swapped subi would be just the thing to EXPLODE this channel. Lol probably won't happen, love your content you're a great mechanic!

[@derekdok]

So the dude who sold this, must be sick at the minute.😬 a clip tightened and a inter cooler washed out.😂😂

[@UhhhSitrep]

That’s what happens when you don’t know anything about cars or just don’t have the patience for research ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@imbrandon16]

wonder if he'll ever call him and tell him or anything? like hey butt head, fixed your blown car with an oil pan, a flat head screwdriver and 2 cups of gasoline. lol.

[@teamnatchy]

@@UhhhSitrep yea its funny seeing these people who dont know anything and they go to the shops tell them car is smoking and overheating, the shop probably tells them its blown to make lots of money. Bud couldnt even check how much oil was in his STI after 3.5 years, probably wouldve spent a 1/10th of the 13k he whined about spending on silly cobb upgrades if he learned to do it himself.

[@jean-olivierboulet-laporte3149]

The front end need some love! Love the content 🤙

[@Jeff-xn1ew]

You make great use of a 1/4 impact. I’m buying one just from watching you use it for everything 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Kidkato]

1/4 and a 1/2 inch impact guns + swivel sockets are totally worth the investment.

[@danielphythian76]

Honestly not a mechanic or nuts for cars guy but find this channel interesting AF

[@pab1it05]

THIS IS A CLIP! No BS right to the work at hand.... Awesome one overall. Hopefully it gets back to this.

[@ElysianConcepts]

I admire how this guys just takes shit apart and not worry lol

[@john-danielmartin8753]

These videos are therapeutic for me seeing that i love seeing subarus especially Hawkeyes Mitsubishi owners looking on devin throwing evo wheels on a STI like what blasphemy

[@jevonbigga6172]

Funny both of those evos and sti generations stock wheels were made by the same company lol

[@luisr.blanco8098]

Man hopefully it only was excess oil, good luck bro! The question is how the heck they didn’t know it had excess oil 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@dylannash9640]

@@slapdikkie8923 Wtf are you talking about

[@luisr.blanco8098]

Slap Dikkie what do you mean ?

[@getrich9828]

When you getting a lift bruh

[@ifitflysitmustdie2418]

They things are not cheap

[@getrich9828]

Neither is an evo

[@getrich9828]

He could pursue a sponsorship with a lift company, he has the demograph to do so

[@matu-nuts7074]

I think he likes stands but I don't know just saying

[@tonyford7987]

A 2 post in the UK starts at £1100. Cheap really .

[@Hasgun1]

Bro please make two videos of cars a day i love your videos hahaha from Australia 🇦🇺

[@SoloTravel.D]

25 min video?! hot daaaamn !! awesome !!!

[@Spooky5.0_-kw9xr]

Yessss more sti content 🔥

[@E85_STI]

Use the accessport to do a roughness cylinder test 1-4 just to see if there is anything going on in there the vzlues should stay at 0. You shouldnt have much oil in the IC since it has an AOS. You should check the turbo for shaft play just to eliminate some stuff.

[@rafaek673]

There was a lot of oil and no oil catch can so it went strait to the intake. Clean it well and it will be 👌

[@robertogrimaldo5831]

Rafał o it has an AOS... it went back to the oil pan

[@davids6106]

Roberto Grimaldo yes.. an AOS isn’t a catch can. A catch can would be overfilling from all the all oil. The AOS is gonna end up sending some back.

[@jrhcustom1450]

@@robertogrimaldo5831 look at the hoses on this one. That model Crawford is just a catch can not a air oil separator with return

[@jrhcustom1450]

@@davids6106 it looks like this model based on the hoses visible is just a catch can. Crawford does make more expensive air oil separators with return but this doesn't look like the more expensive model

[@robertogrimaldo5831]

Jrhcustom I’m sorry but that looks like a V2 AOS for 02-07 STIs. Take a closer look throughout the video when he removes the IC. Devin also called it a AOS so...

[@rebelliousgoat1557]

I love you Devin! Mod the grey STI!!

[@XxTrustNoOnexX]

The best YT channel!!!

[@RashidKhan-pk2db]

I hope all goes good with sti looks good for now no smoke

[@JKD6991]

You’re the master of fixing Subarus!

[@The_jamaican]

Been waiting from yesterday for this 😅🤣

[@Jspecrutz]

Love the content man!!

[@blueballs_m135i8]

Love your content mate 👌

[@CesarMartinez-zl8ge]

this amigo is a chingon 💪🏽 I follow you from Mexico Compa

[@hollowpoint185]

So satisfying watching Devin revive a car the right way.

[@acescape88]

"Barking down the wrong tree" lol

[@matu-nuts7074]

Ikr I've never heard someone say DOWN I thought it was UP

[@workoutcrossman7670]

It is barking up the wrong tree lol

[@creator4413]

Wait what your guys dog doesn't climb up your tree and bark down at you?

[@dannygal9378]

That’s insane bro thing was drowning in oil, I’m pumped to see how this one turns out

[@ianlapuz922]

amazing bro..ur a great mechanic

[@alyssahall28]

Never thought of that. Had my turbo rebuilt all seals new coolant and oil and on start up or sometimes idle white smoke.ill have to clean inner cooler next and maybe downpipes

[@liambrady9852]

That steering wheel is awful!!

[@MethmalDhananjaya]

Definitely. Previous owner is bad in taste.

[@surfdude7575]

Yeah Devin needs to take a hammer to that thing so it can never be used again. lol

[@henry7974]

Gonna be so happy for u if you fixed the oil issue already

[@doylegates3084]

Its nice to see that i am not the only person that makes a complete mess when pouring oil.

[@aaron.torres8873]

the fuel cut is related to the ecu not relearning idle. lots of tuned subarus will do that, let it go through a couple heat cycles. Disconnect the battery for like an hour cold then start it with all forms of load off and run for 30min. After turn it off and run it with high load (ac, brights, radio etc)

[@thejuice8188]

If it’s truly got a blouch turbo on it that’s great! I had a blouch 3.0 dominator on my 04 blob eye and it boogied. Blouch is local to me here in Pa.

[@afeefGTR]

Devin scoring deals after deals man

[@NonStops909]

I can't wait until you make this whip mint af

[@BuckingFeast]

OEM STi seats are so good

[@gtrsfk9001]

I have no garage, no tools, no idea but I love watching this shit

[@mikeeger7581]

Burnt orange with gold flake in it with gloss black down each rib or spoke!!!!!! Sick

[@barra245t2]

Could be the ringlands,they can be a problem on subies,if there's no catch can you can get a build up of oil in the intake also

[@Donkey-tr2xc]

Wished you live in the uk. You would defo be my go to mechanic. Subaru/ego guru 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Chris-tx9ou]

Devin have you ever bought a car that doesn't need a front screen ? I feel the over fill on oil was the issue with smoking - I can also hear the Evo community up in arms you have put them wheels on the Subaru :) toss out all them worry gauges and get down to 3 center ones , boost - oil temp - oil pressure Good To Go GTG !

[@williepie]

So theres literally nothing wrong with it? The dumb owner just put way too much oil in it?

[@TheOriginalSpawn]

That body style is nice, 06 Sti

[@lukeslater3469]

I think green wheels on the STI would LOOK SICK😎👌🏻.

[@_J_U_S_T_I_N_]

Devin needs a lift and a nice oil change pan with the built in funnel. His content gets better every day.

[@Watchingyou-daily]

It actually depends where the head gasket failed. you can have it fail going into the combustion chamber causing the lost of coolant and over pressurizing the block to make it appear it is over full in oil. But the overfill does not help anything and can cause it to smoke till all the excess oil is burned off.

[@davidwefler5716]

Love the content... you still looking for OEM sti seats...cause I got a pair

[@ZeddysZ]

need to do a leak down test as well to rule out leakage through piston rings

[@johno_george]

Subie sounds 👌🔥💯

[@oppositedirection9935]

Yeah school of automotive 🙌🏻

[@eflem7708]

I think that running some seafoam into the bov vac line that goes into the intake manifold would've been good for cleaning all the oil gunk out from being overfilled. Not to mention the fun smoke show of the seafoam

[@eflem7708]

Also what does that thing have for a tbe setup? She sounds damn good

[@hosekpe]

More 20min+ vids pls 🤘👍

[@laterken530]

LOVE FROM MALAYSIA 🇲🇾❤️❤️❤️

[@INinjaKnoxI]

Guy adds a Air Oil Seperator, puts double the oil, nah dawg thats not how it works

[@lyndybaldeo8134]

Hi love your content

[@Happy-ze4bm]

Thanks for the informative videos all the time! Is it 100% safe to clean TMIC with gas?

[@tracktimevideos5164]

Just drain it thoroughly, the petrol will evaporate

[@keeth9830]

What kind of wheels you packing on there? The fitment is mint 👌

[@ModdingAddiction]

now that oil need to builb back up in the intercooler to start smoking again. I had the same issue with my STI

[@matthewnewsome9221]

Blocked PCV could cause the oil from crankcase into intake through the turbo into the intercooler

[@kadeemwillock6335]

Would a leak down test work? Don’t know what’s your budget and timeline on the car but maybe pull the turbo just for assurance and redo the PCV setup

[@cbova80]

I had a mazdaspeed6 that would smoke after idling for a while because the recommended 5w30 would thin out and leak past turbo seals so putting in 5w40 fixed the issue.

[@chrisoakman1046]

Being that full of oil will definitely hurt the turbo as the extra oil in the engine will block the oil return line so the oil cannot drain out the turbo and meaning it will just pump the oil out of the turbo seals

[@TheDrillbit1]

Think you should bag an widebody, like your old Sti (but widebody) 👌

[@BushidoPhoto]

Oil gets in the intercooler on stock STI's from the crappy PCV system. The AOS is supposed to fix that, but maybe the AOS was installed incorrectly or it's flooded from so much oil being in the engine. With my iAG AOS I get zero detectable blow-by. I checked it after 8K miles and zero oil detected in the intercooler when there was tons in it before. If nothing else, it's a Subaru. Your car looks like it's vaping! lol Candy apple color chameleon colored wheels would be SICK!

[@cjmorales6049]

Red wheels for sure bro will look great lol 💪

[@Rumblefan]

Idk if he addresses it later in the video, but the boost cut could be caused by the vehicle speed sensor code. No idea why, but when the speedometer stops working and it throws that code, sometimes it’ll put the car in limp mode or feel sluggish, or even run the radiators constantly. Speaking from experience with mine 🥴

[@Kurcs]

The speed sensor is what’s causing that “boost cut”/ limp mode

[@TheeJakeJacobs]

I personally liked the 04 better. Love the java black pearl on both though

[@zachs.9600]

The engine sounds great man. I'm crossing my fingers that it's fixed now, that would definitely cause it to smoke. When I pulled my intercooler and soaked it with gas, it was almost completely clear (and I have 165,000 miles). So I kinda have a feeling it's fixed.

[@matu-nuts7074]

Some stretched blitz 03 would look sick

[@Circletakesthejake]

your tooo good to us!

[@thryftgod3272]

shoutout Dev for saving this mistreated STI

[@justar6865]

Great vid

[@Joseph-ww9ml]

Seeing this makes me want to learn 😭😫😩

[@soopermarkus]

I'd be worried about the effect of possible foamed oil on the crank and rods, they didn't sound bad though. Also what does all that oil and extra pressure do to the PCV system?

[@KrashGT]

It amazes me the things people do to their cars, good for you for getting the engine to what appears to be straightened out. Looks like with a little bit of work it has the potential to be a pretty nice car, just gotta work the rigging out of it. Good luck bro.