New 92 loyale owner

[jazzmandolin]

Hello, Very nice board here, I just bought 92 loyale 4wd wagon, 194,000 miles, my first older subaru in quite some time. Couple of questions? Of course it has a pretty loud tick coming it seems form the drivers side. I changed oil first thing which was a quart low and looked years old, to castrol syntec 10 30 and a k&N filter used synthetic lukas treatment too. 250 miles later the oil is still clear but I still have considerable tap? Ive read about flushing, oil pump, oil pump seals and lifter replacement and wondering if my oil is staying clear should I still do a flush? The other thing is the temp gauge barley moves I thought it was inoperable but noticed that it does move up some after driving for a while but not much? It had a new radiator put in by previous owner and I wonder if he replace the thermostat? If the thermostat is stuck open would this not be letting the engine warm up enough causing extra tap? I thought that lifter tap was pretty much normal for high mile older subarus? Will I be doing major damage driving it with the tap? Guessing I check oil pump and seals first? I love my new old car and want to do the best thing for it! Thanks for any and all input!

Edited August 20, 2010 by jazzmandolin

[Subruise]

first of all...............welcome

 

as for the tick, everyone will tell you it wont hurt your car. the tick of death is just a scary name. lots of stuff can cause it, and i would go for the flush to see if you can clean out the lifters and get em pumping up again

 

 

 

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[Nomad_Brad]

TOD!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

-Nomad