Hey guys new to this forum and to Subaru.. I have a 09 Forester EE20 and I love it, well loved* it lol
So I bought my car without knowing about crank issues and the list of other problems, when I saw the list I was already the owner of it (Unlucky) So 1st thing I done was a oil change / service as I always do with a used car. I noticed some oil in the intake in the turbo so this got alarm bells ringing as I'm sure everyone knows about the runaway issues this can cause also the turbo had a lot of play... £500 full refurb with new cartridge installed. I was happy again BUT my coolant was always getting low. I got this checked but no sings of a head issue... I have since seen coolant fire out somewhere at the exhaust / EGR and it stinks so think I have found my problem, well one of them...
I noticed the car has silicon gasket material all over it and looking at the mileage 124,000 I'm 99% sure the crank has gone and the car has had a rebuild...
Ok so now the big issue... I noticed on a cold start I was getting a alternator whine sound that would go away after 10mins but I looked into what this was and it was the cam chain slopping about because the tensor never has enough oil pressure to keep it tight. I kept driving then one day the oil light came on at idle... I looked this up and EVERYONE was saying crank main bearing gone and soon the engine will be gone with it.... well that turned out to be a load of rubbish.
I have a very good mate who is also a mechanic took the sump (Oil pan) off and boom the oil pickup was clogged / packed with sludge... and some silicon from a engine rebuild? So he done a good just cleaning it all out. I did ask him to flush the engine but he said he got it all and should be fine now and it was... well 2000 miles on and back comes the sound again the oil light is taking its time going out and just makes it out and no more at idle.
I have noticed this seems to happen when I do a long solid run but that could be coincidence? I'm reading things about SCV valves causing fuel into the oil? Also my MPG is shocking I would say 33MPG is normal for mixed driving but if you nurse it you can get 40ish MPG and on the highway (motorway) looking at 45ish MPG Just over 350 miles a tank?
I have attacked pics that my mate sent when he 1st cleaned it out. I guess this could be caused of soo many things but I would love it if you guys could offer me a hand in sorting this because I have fallen in love with this car and would love to get at least 200,000 from it. I don't have a lot of cash but I'm handy and worked on cars and bikes a wee bit in my free time also have plenty of tools.
I asked my mate if I could put the car up on stands and attempt cleaning the sump / pickup myself he said it is not a easy job? it looks easy enough remove exhaust pipes and slightly jack up the engine to get to the rear sump bolts? I might be missing something again if you guys know please fire away with the msgs.
Sorry for this really long post but I thought I would give you all some detail about the car, me and the problem.
Thanks,
Kevin
So I bought my car without knowing about crank issues and the list of other problems, when I saw the list I was already the owner of it (Unlucky) So 1st thing I done was a oil change / service as I always do with a used car. I noticed some oil in the intake in the turbo so this got alarm bells ringing as I'm sure everyone knows about the runaway issues this can cause also the turbo had a lot of play... £500 full refurb with new cartridge installed. I was happy again BUT my coolant was always getting low. I got this checked but no sings of a head issue... I have since seen coolant fire out somewhere at the exhaust / EGR and it stinks so think I have found my problem, well one of them...
I noticed the car has silicon gasket material all over it and looking at the mileage 124,000 I'm 99% sure the crank has gone and the car has had a rebuild...
Ok so now the big issue... I noticed on a cold start I was getting a alternator whine sound that would go away after 10mins but I looked into what this was and it was the cam chain slopping about because the tensor never has enough oil pressure to keep it tight. I kept driving then one day the oil light came on at idle... I looked this up and EVERYONE was saying crank main bearing gone and soon the engine will be gone with it.... well that turned out to be a load of rubbish.
I have a very good mate who is also a mechanic took the sump (Oil pan) off and boom the oil pickup was clogged / packed with sludge... and some silicon from a engine rebuild? So he done a good just cleaning it all out. I did ask him to flush the engine but he said he got it all and should be fine now and it was... well 2000 miles on and back comes the sound again the oil light is taking its time going out and just makes it out and no more at idle.
I have noticed this seems to happen when I do a long solid run but that could be coincidence? I'm reading things about SCV valves causing fuel into the oil? Also my MPG is shocking I would say 33MPG is normal for mixed driving but if you nurse it you can get 40ish MPG and on the highway (motorway) looking at 45ish MPG Just over 350 miles a tank?
I have attacked pics that my mate sent when he 1st cleaned it out. I guess this could be caused of soo many things but I would love it if you guys could offer me a hand in sorting this because I have fallen in love with this car and would love to get at least 200,000 from it. I don't have a lot of cash but I'm handy and worked on cars and bikes a wee bit in my free time also have plenty of tools.
I asked my mate if I could put the car up on stands and attempt cleaning the sump / pickup myself he said it is not a easy job? it looks easy enough remove exhaust pipes and slightly jack up the engine to get to the rear sump bolts? I might be missing something again if you guys know please fire away with the msgs.
Sorry for this really long post but I thought I would give you all some detail about the car, me and the problem.
Thanks,
Kevin
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