Loyale Oil leak

[benebob]

Its a wonder what a little 10w-40 will do to prevent rust. I use it all over the back underside of my brat. Hee hee.

[Earthworm]

Originally posted by immortal_suby
My little red wagon leaks more oil than the valdez...

Awww...I'll fix yer little red wagon

[BluebyU]

Thanks to everyone for your responses to my questions regarding the oil leak. I've been on vacation and been away from the board for a while.

We vacationed in Rehoboth, De and I figured there'd be no SVX's there.....WRONG!! I spotted a Claret one on Tuesday and a black one on Wednesday.

Ben,

Sarabeth is a 5 spd. The weird thing about the tapping is that it hasn't been doing it lately. I'm going to change the oil this week. The oil leak is rather odd as well. It doesn't always leak, but i can sometimes smell it when I'm at a standstill. If it's on a level surface, it doesn't appear to leak. If it's angled, it leaks from the front of the engine. I'm hoping it's a loose filter?

I'll have to look for a copy of how to keep subies alive, as I'm sure I'll need it with two of them....lol....

[immortal_suby]

If you can find a copy of that I'd be surprised - it has been on the wanted list for a while at used book sites.
I think there are enough people here with experience on the older models that most questions you'd ask could get answered.

[huck369]

Originally posted by LagunaBluebyU

Sarabeth is a 5 spd. The weird thing about the tapping is that it hasn't been doing it lately. I'm going to change the oil this week. The oil leak is rather odd as well. It doesn't always leak, but i can sometimes smell it when I'm at a standstill. If it's on a level surface, it doesn't appear to leak. If it's angled, it leaks from the front of the engine. I'm hoping it's a loose filter?

It's probably the front crank seal, as everyone has suggested, but could be the oil pump or cam seals to, if I torn into it, I'd replace both cam seals and the crank seal, and both timing belts (a tip on the timing belts, you install the rear belt,then turn the engine 360 deg. and then you install the other belt to put it in time, why Subaru did this is beyond me but I've know 3-4 people pick these cars up for a couple hundred bucks when they can't get them back in time and think they've got a bent valve or something, when it's really just out of time)

All 3 seals should be less than $20, a new Subaru Oil Pump is about $120 (don't get a rebuilt one at a parts place)if you htink you need one.
Since it's stopped pecking, it probably just needed to be run some, I wouldn't replace it unless the pecking comes back.

If it is the seals leaking, it will pool up inside the timing belt cover, and it would depend on how it was parked as to weather or not it would spill out of the cover.

Sorry I didn't get to this quicker, but I've been busy as of late