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Originally Posted by Dansvan View Post
I do at least one of these jobs a month. Single cam motors, piece of cake.
Single cam.

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Originally Posted by SCadaddle View Post
I'd try an oil change with a Wix filter and 10W-30 oil, clean up the bottom of the engine and monitor for a few weeks.
I can do that.

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Originally Posted by cabmando View Post
Probably a good call but there are likely millions of 2.5l Subies out there with that exact problem. I know I've owned two. I just checked the gas and filled the oil.
Still on the fence.

I do have to do the valve cover gaskets as they leak into the spark plug tubes and create misfires. From a post about this issue here maybe a year ago it's a bit of a PITA with the frame clearance.

Timing belt kit and water pump is also overdue.

Just maybe pulling the engine and doing the whole nine yards is not the worst option. I do have a two post lift but the hanging over the fenders and going deep can be as tiresome as a the latch thingie in the belly when changing a distributor cap on an older Chevy truck.
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