2.5rs impreza car shut down while driving, could not restart, jumped battery and now engine making lots of noise, what happened?

Asked by healthycar57 Dec 10, 2015 at 05:34 PM about the 2002 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

this is a friends car trying to help him

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Sounds like t-belt or its tensioner snapped, taking a valve (the clatter) with it. Or it broke a rod. Either way, 14 years is enough.

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