i can confirm this, my ST just turned 103,000 miles fsh etc, cracked liner piston 3, catastophic water loss and mixture in engine just happened one night, plus my car is standard, new engine and turbo last week just done 200 miles all seems fine, but defo a weak point, miss my frs mk 1 had no problems at all with that bullet proof and over engineered, got this to accomodate our new baby, i purchased from a dealer so he footed the bill this time, but defo put of by the set up, dont want to boot it now