SteveF101

Wow, thanks for the advice guys. Yeah it looks like quite a job to replace the gaskets, it looks like you have to pull almost everything from the front of the engine to get to them. I was hoping that there was an easier way that I didn't see. Pretty much you all are saying the same thing, live with it. That's what I have been doing for quite some time, now, it's more of an annoyance than anything else, I guess I'll just keep on adding oil as needed. I'm laid off right now, my job was shipped to India, so I'm trying to find things to do around here instead of bouncing my head off the wall, My wife has threatened to cut me off if I do anymore work to the house, so I thougt I would start on the cars next. Oh well on to the next problem. Thanks again!! Steve

Hi all, This is my first post here so I though I would introduce myself and seek some help. This is far and away the best site I have found for Subarus, great site!! I am fairly new to the Subaru world so I don't know much about them yet. I am pretty good mechanically, I've worked on cars my whole life, mostly muscle cars though, I am not too familiar imports and front wheel drive cars. I live in the NW near Seattle and have an 89 GL sedan non-turbo, FWD, FI. It has about 125k miles on it. I bought it when it had 110k on it and I've had the following parts replaced (by a mechanic, not me) so far, both half shafts, the timing belts, the water pump, the thermostat, plugs and wires, cap and rotor. However I still have some problems I need help with. I hope some of you gurus here can help me out, The first and biggest problem is a major oil leak, I assume it is coming from the valve cover gaskets, but I can't really tell. I think it is coming from the passenger side, but I'm not sure. This leak was present when I bought it, so it had nothing to do with the timing belt replacement. I bought a Haynes manual but it is pretty much useless. Are there any other gaskets that I should replace that might be leaking as well? Is there anything I should be aware of when I replace them? Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks, SteveF101 SteveF101@comcast.net