April 12, 201312 yr Author Eureka! Not so epic fail! I only botched the valve cover gasket job! All licked and no tick! :-)
April 14, 201312 yr Author Well. Time to re seal the oil pump... I had a brief reprieve from the death tick. But it came back. Not nearly as loud and it went away again.... XT is getting bored with commuting.... :-\
April 18, 201312 yr Author got it an 86 steering wheel. Any body need a nice 92 loyale steering wheel? :-) Edited April 18, 201312 yr by zukiru
April 19, 201312 yr Author I'll take a better pic later. Wait till you see what I got the xt! Edited April 19, 201312 yr by zukiru
April 28, 201312 yr Live and learn! Stop hording all the Subarus and give me one already lol Give you one?? You got two already according to your signature.
May 3, 201312 yr My EA82 oil pump rebuild included the mickey mouse, another o-ring and a brown seal. Easy to reseal the oil pump completely once you have it removed. Nice find, for free? And I thought I was 'stealing' them for $200. ok... gotta go check craigslist for FREE stuff.
May 6, 201312 yr Author The o-ring i sourced for the pump. (not the Mickey but the regular one) was too fat. And i didn't make any oil pressure. So... I guess I'm gonna by an oil pump set. Sucks though cause i don't think any thing is wrong with the pump itself... Just all the rubber. This daily driver is working out to be a project all its own but its cool I'm learning a lot!
May 8, 201312 yr I got my oil pump gaskets/orings directly from the dealer. They are in Portland, OR about 80 miles away (the nearest dealer). They mail me the parts I order via USPS. Cost a buck to mail the Oil Pump parts. I wish RockAuto would use USPS. I'm tired of paying Fed-X $28 shipping for a few ball joints and tie rods. I checked CL for free stuff... no Subarus.
May 16, 201312 yr Author well it seems that resealing the oil pump completely was not enough to stop the dreaded tick. I might have a bad oil pump.... my new daily driver that was supposed to give me time to work on the XT... is turning out to be a bit of a headache. But man she's pretty.
May 19, 201312 yr Eh, is the tick bad? Constant? I mean, you can put it off for a bit. I drove with TOD for about 5 months before finally putting a new pump on there and enjoying the peace and quiet again.I mean if it's too much trouble though...I could take a drive out there and rid you of the pest. =P(I'll stop bugging you like that now. I just wanted to throw one more in there lol)
May 26, 201312 yr Author Weird... After the pump seal i let it sit up a few days. Started it back up and the tick is gone. Now i haven't driven it much yet. But i think it may be cured. We'll see.
May 28, 201312 yr Did you drive it around much after the reseal? Took a bit of ..."exercise"...after my various re-seals for the tick to stop.Funny yours stopped after sitting! My cars tend to do the opposite =P
June 1, 201312 yr the TOD I had was still there after I installed a new oil pump and put it all back together and took it out for a "spirited" 10 minute drive and when I returned it was gone. It's almost strange the first time you hear it running with out all that noise.
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