idosubaru Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 EA82 oil pumps are nearly identical to XT6, same design just slightly different. This XT6 oil pump was bought new from Subaru and only has about 6,000 miles on it. The picture should show the little ball check valve that is located under/behind the oil filter. On this pump the metal around that ball is cracking/deforming or something. I don't have a good pump to compare to right now or I'd show a picture of both. Anyone seen this before? I guess this thing is scrap now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.5GL Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I have not seen a failure of that nature on any oil pump. No have I seen any EA82 oil pumps fail. 12 month, 12,000 mile warranty from SOA, take that thing back and get a new one! I would wonder though, why you got a new one, was the old one failing? No pressure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 no, i just bought one as part of a complete overhaul of an ER27. some ER27's (and I'd suspect EA82's) have notoriously bad TOD (tick of death) that keeps recurring. the suction side of the mickey mouse gasket repeatedly gets sucked into one of the ports of the oil pump. i'm suspecting that a new oil pump may alleviate those chronically plagued ones that can't be fixed by just resealing. actually i was fortunate enough to help with one this year. a friend (and member here) was working on another friends XT6 which had chronic repeating oil pump ticking resulting from the sucked in gasket like i said. i donated a new oil pump to the cause and so far it's not coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.5GL Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Ah, I see. I have always added permatex anaerobic sealant to the o/p mating surfaces in addition to new seals and o-rings. Never had recurring TOD with that set-up. Certainly saves $$ on repairing (in my opinion) POS engines/cars that are not worth the time or money. I just don't see "nice" EA82s anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 i'm not sure how many you have dealt with but it's very possible (probable) that you just haven't ran across one that has a problem like i'm talking about. if 10% of them have problems like this, then it's likely most people aren't encountering it. i've owned 30 or so XT6's and i haven't actually had much of a problem with the 15-20 of those that were actually running and driving. but plenty of other folks have, so i'm aware that's it's an actual problem. we have pictures and details of the sucked in gaskets over at the XT forum. some folks up there have even come up with a pretty neat fix involving creating a metal insert inside of the suction port, preventing the gasket from getting sucked in. it seems more prevalent with the XT6 than EA82's. but i could be wrong on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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