shortlid Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Well it might have something to due with the drivers side headgasket was replaced for external leak issue by Subaru dealer. Now both pass. side seals between valve cover gasket and spark plug tubes is leaking oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petersubaru Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Well it might have something to due with the drivers side headgasket was replaced for external leak issue by Subaru dealer. Now both pass. side seals between valve cover gasket and spark plug tubes is leaking oil.You'd would think the person who did the headgasket would have put in new "well" seals???...anyway, I will be doing mine next week...its not that bad to do..remove the stuff to get at the plugs...4 plug "well" seals, 2 valve cover seals and 10 washers for the valve cover bolts and maybe some new plugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortlid Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 You'd would think the person who did the headgasket would have put in new "well" seals???...anyway, I will be doing mine next week...its not that bad to do..remove the stuff to get at the plugs...4 plug "well" seals, 2 valve cover seals and 10 washers for the valve cover bolts and maybe some new plugs Well they are leaking on the head the stealership DID NOT replace the HG on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Well they are leaking on the head the stealership DID NOT replace the HG on. For the life of me i will never understand the one sided HG job, its just wrong in my opinion. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortlid Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 For the life of me i will never understand the one sided HG job, its just wrong in my opinion. nipper I agree but they replaced it 1,000 miles out of warrentee so we were not nit picking!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubPar Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Those gaskets around the spark plug wells are prone to early failure, and the main cause is retarded techs that can't read a dipstick and put too much oil in when they change the oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petersubaru Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Those gaskets around the spark plug wells are prone to early failure, and the main cause is retarded techs that can't read a dipstick and put too much oil in when they change the oil. I wonder if there is some truth to the above statement because the previous owner of my car said that at the first spark plug change there some leakage already at 30K mi...now at 60K they definitely need changing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondasucks Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 They aren't hard to do, is it a twin cam or single cam? If its a twin cam, pull the valve covers first, and then pull the plugs out, they are easier to get to with the valve cover off. Should be able to get the gaskets at the subaru dealer. The one sided head gasket repair stems from the fact that Subaru will only pay for the side that's leaking, so unless both sides are leaking, only one side will get replaced. (At my dealership we usually try and sell the customer the other side at the same time, since it's cheaper to do them both at the same time than it is to do one now and one later) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOMAD327 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Check the oil pressure sending unit directly under the alternator with a flashlight. Mine was leaking a bunch. Not hard to tell, there will be a big pool of oil near it on the passenger side. If that's it, get a Subaru one, the aftermarket ones don't seem to have quite the same thread and leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortlid Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 Those gaskets around the spark plug wells are prone to early failure, and the main cause is retarded techs that can't read a dipstick and put too much oil in when they change the oil. I think this is the cause we have had the STEALERSHIP techs overfill the crankcase three times on the car!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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