Hello, Very nice board here, I just bought 92 loyale 4wd wagon, 194,000 miles, my first older subaru in quite some time. Couple of questions? Of course it has a pretty loud tick coming it seems form the drivers side. I changed oil first thing which was a quart low and looked years old, to castrol syntec 10 30 and a k&N filter used synthetic lukas treatment too. 250 miles later the oil is still clear but I still have considerable tap? Ive read about flushing, oil pump, oil pump seals and lifter replacement and wondering if my oil is staying clear should I still do a flush? The other thing is the temp gauge barley moves I thought it was inoperable but noticed that it does move up some after driving for a while but not much? It had a new radiator put in by previous owner and I wonder if he replace the thermostat? If the thermostat is stuck open would this not be letting the engine warm up enough causing extra tap? I thought that lifter tap was pretty much normal for high mile older subarus? Will I be doing major damage driving it with the tap? Guessing I check oil pump and seals first? I love my new old car and want to do the best thing for it! Thanks for any and all input!

Edited August 20, 201015 yr by jazzmandolin

first of all...............welcome

 

as for the tick, everyone will tell you it wont hurt your car. the tick of death is just a scary name. lots of stuff can cause it, and i would go for the flush to see if you can clean out the lifters and get em pumping up again

 

 

 

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