subytur1987

Thanks all of you! The help you people give is better than what you get most anywhere. I'll try anything, I like this car and have owned it for 7 years. I don't want to give it up, once you own a suby-theres nothing that drives like it. Thanks people, if I have to overhaul the engine i will.

thanks for the atf trick, yes i tryied that. ran the car about 500 mi and that didn't help either. where would the oil pump suck air from, if the pump is sealed and the sump is sumerged? i even have gone as far as to remove the left bank cam holder and replace the lifters on that side. i pumped up the lifters before installing them. they pumped up in the engine for only about 1 mins, then kept ticking and still do.

you mite want to check both left and right half shafts for a binding cv joint or torn or leaky boot. if you can or have access to a lift get someone to drive it and watch for the halfshafts to move out of round when they move. check all engine and trans mounts, a bad or worn one will cause a halfshaft to fail or move to much.

I have a noisy set of lifters on this engine, already checked the psi of oil pump. mechincal gauge screwed into ops port is 67 cold and 24 at idle. I need an idea about what to check next. I starting to wonder if the oil pump release valve is sticking or just worn. this engine has always ran good and i only use the subaru factory oil filters on her. thanks for any help.