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DoDo1975

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  1. Thank you all for the help on this forum over the years. I learned alot about many different things and likely saved some money because of it. After pouring a couple thousand into the car over the last year and chasing down rough idling and other problems that lasted years I finally found a mechanic who got it purring like a kitten. Unfortunately that only lasted a week. As for the cause of what this thread was about, it was a cracked oil pickup. This was determined after I sold the car to the mechanic after the catastrophic failure. He has put in a new shortblock and brought the car back to life and I am happy someone will enjoy it. As for me, I bought a Lexus ES. Farewell and thanks again, you are an amazing community.
  2. Just had my rod bearing failure diagnosed. Crack in oil pickup.
  3. Not looking to do that but want to understand what happened.
  4. Alright that makes total sense. Do the banjo bolts sit in locations that could restrict the entire flow, or just between the main flow and ancillary components. If I look at the engine flow block diagram where are they?
  5. No overheating. Just a little smoke coming out of the front of engine now and again due to a small crack. But it was very small crack. Vehicle never overheated just a small bead of cool and would sit on too of the rad and smoke sometimes. Looks like the failure was likely oil pump which stopped circulating oil. If someone can explain why this might cause the filter gasket to blow out that would be nice. Also I assume that even full of oil if pump isnt circulating oil then rods can still get damaged?
  6. Yes it seemed odd. Especially as the radiator had been replaced just the day before. Do these systems have any commonality. It bothers me to not understand why something happened. Out of town so hoping to be back in town and talk to the shop that looked at it after it happened. Hopefully they can explain more to me.
  7. OK, it looks like there was no double gasket. Somehow something caused a spike in pressure that blew out the filter gasket. It got replaced and oil refilled. This time started and not leaking however after a minute or so they noticed that the filter still cold. Light then came on so they turned it off. Now it apparently has some rod knock and likely done. I need to understand this before I can write this Subaru chapter of my life off. Bought a new car today. Can anyone explain what would fail to cause spike in pressure that would blow out the oil filter gasket and then not circulate oil so engine starves of oil when it is full?
  8. Well I looked at my oil filter. It does have 2 gaskets. I last got my oil changed December 12. Can this problem really manifest itself 2 and a half months later. Thank god I had just started my car in the morning so likely no damage to engine. How to nail the shop?
  9. The work was done at a mechanics shop and I drove it home as well as drove out last night. Probably 50 km. There were no drops on floor this morning. I have pulled off my skid plate and couldn't really see anything. Drain plug was fine though. Also, didn't quite look like it was the filter. It is definately something at the bottom of the engine though. Where would I find these galley plugs and how to determine if they are the problem?
  10. Wow, I can't believe I am back so soon. Just had radiator replaced yesterday, valve job last week. Started up this morning and I heard a waterfall sound. Entire contents of engine oil are now on my garage floor. Seems to be coming from the bottom of the engine. Need to try to determine likely culprits. Oil filter? Plug? Valve cover gaskets? Would they have drained oil to do valve job?
  11. Thanks for this writeup. Its almost comical how easy this was when I think about all the times I have tried to do repairs on this car that should be simple and had me banging my head against the wall for hours.
  12. Benny, Any way to discount shipping to Canada? Need a couple OCVs for 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Limited
  13. This was very useful. Helps give some confidence to those of us that aren't too familiar with mechanics. One question, I have put all my injectors back in. Do I need to prime or do something to the coolant tank to remove air from in there. I assume not but just wanted to check.
  14. OK, we have established that the engine must come out, no way around that. Including taxes, duty and shipping it will cost me around $2300 dollars to purchase a short block How long will it take to pull out and replace the piston once the engine is out. If I have cheap mechanic labour, this might make sense. Roughly $200 to hone the cylinder. Piston and rings are roughly $250. Seems like I could save close to $1800 assuming that the diagnosis is correct. If I am not keeping the vehicle, is this a better option?
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