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What is the drying time of permatex anaerobic sealant? It does not say anywhere. After how long should I make the final tightening of the bolts and when can I start the engine. I'm figuring at least 12 hours. Its for the oil pump.

Just got back after driving forever to find a oil pump O-ring. Yes I did put it back to the left w/ flat head. I'm sure the timing is dead on. I did find the culprit. A piece of RTV gasket in the rocker arm shaft oil feed line. Now I'm going to bleed the HLA's in oil and get the air out. I did not buy new o-rings for the HLAs. THey were ungodly expensive. IS there any advice out there on when doing this bleeding? If there is more debris in the cylinder head passage way is it best to blow into the the cylinder head and with what type of cleaner should I use? Would brake cleaner be ok? I was planning on changing the oil right afterward.

Gary, I'm pretty sure the tensioners etc.. are ok. the noise actually appeared suddendly Tuesday morning after about 5 minutes of driving. THe noise does sound like it is coming from the right side of the motor and that is the side with the lash. ( i could move them with my hands). ALso, I used the wrong type of sealer on the oil pump. I used a non anaerobic type of ATV. A piece may have come off and obstructed the passages.

I got the rocker assembly off. WHat is the best way to clean/check for obstructions in the oil passages? I do not want to push the obstruction the wrong way Id like to pull it out right??

I do have a manual. Could air just gotten trapped in the HLA? or is it that the air got trapped by lack of oil??

I have only pulled off the right and left covers to check the sprockets for looseness and there was none. I do remember triple checking the idlers and tensioner for tightness. It was the sprockets I was unsure of. Well, I did pull the valve covers off. Plenty of oil in the cover and rocker area, althouhg there was a bit more on the left bank.( noise is coming from the right bank) One think I noticed was a good amount of slop ( you could move the rockers with your hand) in the right bank. This was in the valve closed position. In contrast the left bank did not have any slop whatsoever. I tried this in different rotations of the engine. Is there supposed to be any slop in the rockers? I would not think so. And if not what is the next step to alleviate this problem. Thanks.

Ok the factory service manual states upon finishing the t belt install " after properly installing timing belt, remove rocker cover and ensure that the valve lash adjuster contains no air" It ends with that doesn't say how or what to do "if". What would this imply if air was in the system?

Ok, so it is not a loose cam sprocket for sure. The noise is coming from the passenger side rocker "area". Is there a chance the adjuster came loose on a rocker? (forgive me I know very little about these engines and I know they are not called rockers in this app but I can't remember the right term) It almost sounds like a loose rocker arm. And what would the sound difference be between a loose rocker and a oil passage block causing oil starvation?

WHere can I get some anaerobic sealer? What brand and type? Thanks.

I actually did. The high temp stuff. I still think it may be the cam sprocket being loose. I'll try that and hope for the best. If it is a plugged oil hole. What is the best way to flush it out?

Idler's are brand new as is the idler tensioner. I did reuse the Tensioner because it was within spec. I'll do the screwdriver thing tonight. I'm sorry, what are HLA'S? I did tighten up the backplate screws on the oil pump along with a new o-ring. I'm wondering if one of the cam sprockets has come loose and is making noise. I had a hard time getting one of them tight.

RUnning fine. I did the job myself.

This morning I decided to head to work early. THe car started out fine. I was driving all was good then all of the SUDDEN the engine, when taking off from a stoop light it started clacking pretty bad increasing as the rpms go up. so I Pulled over checked the oil, it was fine. The car is running fine. No misfire. Drives fine its just loud clacking. To my ears it sounds valve train related, not so much a deep knock, but I don't know subarus that well. Car is a 2.2 1995 Legacy. I just replaced the timing belt, cam and crank seals. I drove it about 100 miles since without a flaw till about 20 minutes ago. Could something have come loose? Like an idler? But it sounds more internal and repetative like. Could the valve lash have mysteriously just went out all of the sudden while driving?? Any suggestions?? :eek:

While trying to remove a hardened cam seal I slipped and scratched the inside surface where the cam journal rides. ( i know i know the right tool for the right job) The cam support is off the car. HOw can I clean this scratch up. Is there an easy solution? thanks in advance.

Will high temp permatex work as a substitute? If not, where can I find Ultra grey and what brand is it?