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Thanks, I used to own a honda accord and on that car the check engine light blinks. I didnt realize there was a special light for it on the computer

Hi I have a 91 Subau Loyale wagon stick 1.8L, and the check engine light is on. Now I have found many links for the procedure and codes to for this like this one http://www.troublecodes.net/Subaru/ but I can not for the life of me get it to work on my car. So on my particular car, OBDI of course, the read only and test mode connecters are in the engine on the drivers side. The test mode is green and the read only is white. Now I follow the instructions and turn the car off, then on with neither plugs attached (they are always unattached) and the check light is supposed to blink, but it does nothing. is there some step that i'm missing? another connector perhaps to actually tell the computer to start blinking? this is driving me crazy, it should be simple

Well after all this work and effort, I decided to try one last thing, I went to the autoparts store and got a pint of Seafoam after already trying lucas oil and CD2. the Seafoam was almost like water, the complete opposite of the lucas oil which was thick, so i put it in and nothing changes. Now in the next town over theres and expert on old Subaru's and I decide to drive my car over to him and see what he says. As i'm about to pull up, and the engine has probably been running for 20 min. or so, the tick disappears completely. I didn't even bother talking to the guy, it purrs like a kitten now. How long this will last or if its permeant who knows, but for now its running great. Whether it was my seals that I replaced, the seafoam or something else i'm just glad it works. For everyone else I recommend a pint of seafoam first and make sure to drive it around for a while. Getting the sprocket off without the vise must have been a trick...I put my pump in a vise, like ivan suggested, with the "inside" sprocket between two 3/4" scraps of of wood. It was pine, the sprocket ate into it splitting the wood...found some maple laying around, a serious hardwood, and had success. How did you do it? to get the oil pump sproket off I used a metal clamp and just tighten it down and used leverage against the oil pump with the clamp, it slipped off a few times and scratched up my sproket a bit. hopefully it wont mess up my timing belt somehow down the line. I recommend using hard wood of some kind between a clamp or vice, even then its still a challenge. good luck

Well I got my engine back together and started it up and the tick was there as loud as ever, I tried putting some ATF in did nothing, then a pint of Seafoam and still nothing, I've tried everything I can now i'm just gonna give up and drive it till the engine explodes. Which from lots of post i've read on here it can drive a while with the tick

So I have my oil pump apart. It was a challenge taking off the sprocket with out a vice. So my oil pump has a lot of slide, like if you pull outward on a skateboard wheel it moves slightly, that kind of play, but all the other clearance's are good. my question is that ok? also on the outside of the pump what type of grease should I use on the inside of the sprocket? should I use wheel bearing grease or just lube it up with some normal oil?

Ya thanks Ivan that was really helpful, i'm in the middle of replacing those seals i'm glad i got your nugget of info before i went in there

Just to clarify the hole is on the engine block itself, not the oil pump This thread contains 3 pictures of a hole in the same location and same size, for whatever reason mine is a rough cast and looks bad, which was the original cause for my concern of this. The gasket is in a v shape around the hole and the hole is center. My conclusion is that it is supposed to be there. Unless someone can find a picture of that hole not being there I'm going to assume its fine. As for my ticking I will replace all the gaskets, while I have the car apart I'll replace the cam o rings too, wouldn't hurt.

From what i've learned typically most Subaru engines tick. I've seen brand new engines that have a bit ticking, its normal. When it gets loud is when you want to attack the problem before the lifters get so worn they need to be replaced. I'm told the lifters hardly ever go bad and it takes a lot for them to do so. My friend thats a technician believes the hole is for oil return of some kinda back to the engine He thinks its normal. For whatever reason it just looks rough on mine. I'm going to replace the seals and measure everything with a feeler gauge. If I slap it all back together and the loud tick is still there i'll try the seafoam cocktail mixture. It might be a day or two before i get it all back together. I'll post

Right, thats the question of the day if its supposed to be there or not. Seeing that other picture it looks like its supposed to be there, maybe some type of blow off valve or drain for water or oil. Hopefully tomorrow I'll bring a picture of it to a Subaru expert and he can tell me. I'll post what I know Do you get tiny air bubbles in your oil? that was the main reason for me taking apart my oil pump, that and the deafening tick

Ya thats my oil pump. I'll check the camshaft seals and replace the gaskets. Hopefully that will work, but after that I don't want to replace the oil pump if i don't half too. If this hole is possibly my problem I want to try and some how fill it, maybe some type of liquid metal? I don't know enough about machining to know if thats do able or not.

I have a 91 Subaru Loyale Manual 4x4. I love the thing its a beast. a while ago when I was running a little low on oil (not empty just at the low line on the dipstick) the car developed the tick of death. So i go to the store and got some CD2 oil detergent and pour a quart of that in fixes the problem. 1000 miles later it comes back and This time I swap out the oil and try a quart of lucas oil, and the ticking is as bad as ever. So after checking the forums and seeing claims of oil pumps being the issue I decide to pull mine out. everything looks good seals look good, except there is one issue, as you can see in the image below http://i.imgur.com/DanVL.jpg can someone tell me if that hole at the bottom just on the inside of the gasket is supposed to be there? is that the cause of the air bubbles in my oil?