howfly

So put it on the lift updide down Thanks everyone - I feel a lot better, and next time will definitely fill my oil filter. One thing I failed to mention is that I'm in the habit of letting the oil drain for a long time - 45 minutes. That might give the chain tensioners time to drain completely. Just speculating.

Thanks everyone. Next time I'm going to get as much oil as I can into the filter. If that doesn't work, I'll go for the cam sensor, and I guess that means buying a code reader to clear the fault.

The timing chain assembly makes no noise currently. I was simply speculating that the noise I heard the first start after an oil change was due to no oil and no oil pressure in the chain tensioner. I usually only hear bearing noise during the first start after an oil change. Has anyone here performed an oil and filter change on the H6?

Hi everyone - I'm new to this forum and Subaru service, and scared myself with an oil change. I decided to start doing some of the servicing of my wife's 2001 Outback VDC H6 wagon (160k), and the first thing I did was change the oil and filter. I subscribed to Alldata and followed the directions, but I'm afraid I may have done it incorrectly. I've performed 2-300 oil changes (I'm 60) on numerous models, none Subaru, and am generally familiar with noises as the engine oil pressure slowly comes up. As the oil pressure slowly rose on the Subaru, a loud clacking started. Really scared me. Once pressure came up full, everything sounded and behaved normally, so I believe this is normal. Am I correct? I'm guessing the noise was caused by lack of pressure in the timing chain tensioners. Is there a proceudure to disable fuel or spark so I could crank the engine for a while before starting? Is there something else I should be doing? I didn't prefill the oil filter, as I usually do, because the filter is mounted horizontally, and I figured there was no point. Next time I will try and get as much oil in filter as possible. Thanks for any and all help.