Hi. Looks like my 2004 WRX has sprung one or more oil leaks, most likely from valve covers. Anyone ever have this or similar problem and took it to repair shop / Dealer for repairs? I'm just trying to get a sense of what the repairs might cost me. Car is definitely losing oil a little bit at a time.

 

Thanks a lot.

Hi,

If you head on over to NASIOC.com, you'll found lots of 'valve cover' posts as it's dedicated to the Impreza/WRX/ STi.

 

HERE's ONE.

 

The valve cover is AKA 'rocker cover' in Subaru lingo.

 

GL,

Td

Edited October 24, 20169 yr by wtdash

Have fun doing them. I would suggest you change both sides and go ahead and do your spark plugs while you're in there. Get the gaskets from the dealer as I got two driver's side gaskets from the Amazon Fel-Pros and didn't discover this until I had my car torn apart. I did have good luck with the half-moon seals I got from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KSASOO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1.