If EA82s are good for one thing, it's incontinence. Just put on new timing belts and re-sealed the oil pump, fixing one oil leak. Get home, and the thing is still dumping oil on the exhaust smoking like crazy when I stop. Now the cam case seals are leaking. Great. Luckily the local dealer had the o-rings in stock, Schmucks had Fel-Pro valve cover gaskets in stock, so now I can take the timing belts back off and do it all again. Fun.

i did a full engine seal ,smoke again... and the powersteering rack leaked fluid right on top of the down pipe, arrgggg more work, more smoke

Look at it this way. No mosquitoes or rust.

I'd rather have no people screaming about my car being on fire.

That was a huge pain in the rump roast to find it wasn't the problem. I went and changed the pan gasket, since the back of the block was really nice and clean with fresh oil, again not the problem. The oil is running down the right hand motor mount, onto the crossmember, and then on the exhaust. It's not just a little either, it's dumping oil at about a gallon in 100miles. It's a very fast drip off the crossmember, almost a stream.

Tomorrow the turbo comes off.

...Tomorrow the turbo comes off.

 

Ooh! ... it Explains it All!

 

I Had Similar Problems, but the Cause of Burnin` Oil was the 5/8" Hoses that Comes from each Valve Covers: They Blew Oil at Higher RPM`s ... I Just Changed their Config to Avoid them to Bring Oil to the PCV and no Problems So Far...

 

Good Luck!

It's not actually burning any oil, no smoke out of the tailpipe. It's running down one of the motor mounts, onto the crossmember, and being blown back onto the cat/downpipe when driving, making tons of smoke when I stop.

The PCV system looks decent, but the left side oil seperator in the valve cover was plugged up pretty good. I ran the covers through a hot water parts washer, and that took care of the buildup. The right side was nice and clean, as was the center hose. I do need to repair the tube that runs behind the intake plenum, it was damaged when I was changing the rear throttle body line.

I'd rather have no people screaming about my car being on fire.

 

OMG how many times have i had that happen......hey dude you cars on fire..

Ok, repeat after me:

I will not use heater hose for a turbo drain line.

Ok, repeat after me:

I will not use heater hose for a turbo drain line.

that's awesome.

Really big pic of a tiny little heat shield.

Very easy to make, took about ten minutes, and a must have for those running an aftermarket up-pipe. Or those who had to remove heat shielding to weld the flange back on.

I can't get a good pic of the old hose, it's just kinda black with a black hole in it.

Napa sells some high heat hose for 250 degrees max, im using that... but maybe ill wrap it up with some extra exhaust wrap i have left over from the up/down pipes:grin:

yea i have that same feeling when i pull up to a stoplight after just getting off of the freeway. The blank stare from the car next to you as they try and figure out why your not freaking out about all the smoke coming out from under your hood and car. O_o thats the look i usually get from them, maybe someday soon ill get around to resealing mine....

I always thought of Subarus as the same as Harleys...if they aint leaking oil...then they are out of it and something is wrong.

That chunk of hose is the high heat stuff, but I like to make sure it'll last. I tend to overbuild.

I did loose the up-pipe heat shield when I put the flange back on it, so there is a fair amount of heat exposure right there.