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You mean the "mickey mouse" seal? I had some problems too even though it was original subaru part... I put oil on the gasket to hold it in place and carefully put the pump back on. After 3th or 4th time i succeeded. Mine too was littlebit too big

More like a moving picture.... Turn your volume down to save your ears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOjzoglVG7c&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Aaaand the lifter tick is back :D It went away after replacing all of the oil pump seals but yesterday it came back not as loud as it was before though... I noticed the engine was dripping oil quite a lot (maybe a teaspoonful in 10 minutes) so i went to pick up crancksaft seal and cam seals in this morning. I knew i should have replaced them aswell when i was doing the oilpump Lucky for me, its really fast and easy to get the timing belt out of the way.. Got to love the simplicity (is it even a word ) of subaru

Some 460,000kilometers(285,830miles) Still runs, needs paint and wheel bearings though

Yes, that is the seal i was talking about. That was the reason of my lifter tick. how long do yuou think new seal will last and will any same size seal do and what are its dimensions? Not that subaru seals are expensive but I always have to wait couple of weeks to subaru send me one when I could just get new one from any parts store I'we seen only TWO subaru leones here in finland without lifter tick, one of wich was mine after i replaced the seals it seems to be very common issue with these cars and people do not know the reason for it and lots of them have said something like: "oh, it has been sounding like that for years" maybe that was the reason I got my GL so cheap...

Just wondering if anyone has an oil pump shaft oilseal? What are its dimensions? isn't it just a normal oil seal or some sort of special seal? It was the source of my ea82 ticking and it was in horrible condition (cracks and missing pieces )

Definedly need a set of those.. Will you ship to finland?

It's a 89 GL. Thank you all for responses Got a call from parts store and my bearings have arrived well see how it goes. That didnt seem wery difficult though. Just like my old VW wheel bearings but only with little more work since this is 4WD...

4WD with dual-range manual transmission. How difficult it is to replace rear wheel bearings? I think they are the ones I need to reolace (D'OH!) I have to get new CV joints for front wheels so i thought i'd do the front bearings as well since i have to tear it all apart anyway 0.o

So, i finally bought a gl yesterday for only 60euros and cant wait to do some tinkering Its not that bad, it just needs a littlebit paint, wheel bearings for all the wheels and new oil pump seals wich i already ordered from subaru. I wanted to ask if the bearings for front will fit also to the rear? Did some searching before starting new thread and found out that some people have been using 6207-2RS-C3 bearings with succes. I wondered, since those bearings cost about half the prize than original subaru bearings... Will those bearings fit to all wheels? Thanks.

Yes, they really do grow on you. I got rid of my leone bout a 6months ago and since then i have ovned 93' legacy with dual-range transmission and ej22 And subaru domingo van(that thing was probably the funniest, scariest, and unsafest thing to drive ever) And today i am going to take a train and go buy me a loyale again Well see how it goes.. It will definetly b3 an adveture because the car has been sitting still for almost a year and now i have to drive it some 500km's to my home from Joensuu, finland The car itself costs only 100euros and is been driven only 200,000km

Here in finlad we get only a out 20-30 euros if we sell our car for scrap :0 There's plenty of cars that works for under 300 euros but for 4WD that is really low.. They are prized here and its not common to find street legal 4wd car under 500euros

Hello all. Long time since i have been here. Ive been busy with work and kids etc. But Now im coming back i am looking for a subaru leone that i could affodr and they seem To be relartively cheap but they also have rust.. The rust itself isn't too much of a problem though. So, i wanted to ask a question about one leone im thinking of buing. There is a some sort of gauge in the engine room right side of the spare wheel. What is it? Does it have something to do with air suspension or is it put there afterwards when the car came from factory.. The car has been driven only 220,000kilometers and has littlebit of rust in back wheel wells And some electric issues and broken exhaust. What do you guys think? Is 200euros too much? Heres a link to the site http://www.nettiauto.com/subaru/leone/4803602?sitelang=1

not quite sure yet at first i was thinking of making it more off-roadable but maybe i just fully restore it since it is almost rust free and it has been driven only 180,000km (according to the papers) it's a'88 model so it can be registered as a classic car here in finland

oh my! never thought that my cellphone camera were so hi resolution maybe i should have shrunken the image first