My 98 Outback began leaking oil from the front end at around 86K miles. I took it to my Sub dealer and had him replace the timing belt, cam seals, crank seal, oil pump seal, water pump and thermostat. This was in July 2004. Now I'm getting the same symptoms again, heavy burning smell after freeway driving, heavy oil coating the skid plate while the oil pan is completely clean. I drive this car very little it is now at 99K. Do I have this to look forward to every 10K miles. Did the dealer do something wrong? I thought maybe I should change to a heavier oil 10W30 instead of the 5W30 I've been using. I change every
3K miles or 6 months. I added a bottle of stop leak stuff to see if it helps. The work ran close to $1000 so I don't look forward to doing it every couple years. Any advice?- posted
17 years ago