Searching this group, sounds like many owners have this problem. Ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka. I noticed it more when the engine was cold and in cold weather, but in the last year or so, it has been more prevalent in warmer weather than ever before. REALLY noticable.
thanks,
Chuck in Masachusetts
Common thing in Subarus. What type of engine oil are you using? Some people say a good synthetic oil helps.
Timing belt breakage is definately bad juju, but I don't think it's related to the lifter noise.
Yeah, I definitely don't need the bad juju. I had a timing belt "slip" on my VW New Beetle when I lost the water pump at 90k miles. It was bad and very expensive to fix.
This is the 2.5l 4cyl, and I think it is single cam according to what I've read.
I'm using Castrol synthetic blend, but I should probably switch to Mobil 1, I'm wondering if 10w 40 or 5w 30 is better?
Thanks,
Chuck
As another option, there is a 5w-40 Rotella synthetic.
fyi
Carl
Ummm. I have a 93 Legacy Turbo which has had valve lifter rattle for
110K and hasn't got any worse, m> Searching this group, sounds like many owners have this problem.
Hi Peter,
I think the Forester is a 2.3 liter SOHC. Dang noisy, though. My other car is a VW TDI (Diesel), and that is noisy but it is *supposed* to be!
-Chuck
I'm pretty confident the Forester is 2.5 liter SOHC. I believe Subaru used the same 2.5 liter EJ25 in all 2000+ N/A 4 banger models.
I actually never heard of a 2.3 liter Subaru engine. I know there is a
1.8, a 2.0, a 2.2, a 2.5, and a 3.0 6 cyl.snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote:
Was a 2.7 6 cyl. for a few years too. (-;
~Brian
I think also a 3.3l 6? not sure
Carl
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