Midwst Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Do the 1995 and 1996 2.2L engines get the piston slap problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitz Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 As far as I know, only the 2.5 has the slap. My 2.2 is silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattocs Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 If you hear something coming from the 2.2, a lot of the time it is normal. It can be a light ticking, to a very loud ticking. In my mom's 95 Legacy L 2.2l, it ticked for about two months back in 2003. It was so loud and annoying. One day when I was jumping a friends car, I revved it to 5500RPMs and it stopped. It has not done it since...and that has been 40,000 miles. I think it is usuly the valve lifters that make the ticking. My 2.2l Outback ticks very softly...sometimes you can't even tell unless your head is under the hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setright Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 The EJ20 I have slaps in the morning. And I am not alone here in Europe. My 1990 EJ22 never slapped. Ticked three times on start-up, but it cured itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksoob Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Mine taps constantly between oil changes. After a change, it goes away for about 2-3 weeks, then it starts to creep back. I guess consumption over time reducing oil pressure and I need to be more on the ball about topping off every 1,000 miles or so? This last time (about 1,000 miles ago) I filled up with semi-synth and used a PureOne oil filter and no clicky so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midwst Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 Mattocs, did you try anything to stop the ticking? Like addatives? I drove a 96 Legacy 2.2L a few weeks ago, it ticked terribly! Decided not to buy it because it made me nervous. Does subaru say this is normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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