Welp, i think my RX needs some seals. Help please. :-)

[gotime242]

Hey all. As some of you know i picked up a nice little RX on saturday. I drove it home, and now would like to take care of the oil leak. I propped the car up, cleaned off the bottom of the engine real well with engine degreaser and whatnot. Then ran it to find the leak. Sure enough it was comming from inside the timming belt cover.

 

So, from reading around a bit, i can assume this is probably the oil pump seal, right? I still get pleanty of oil pressure, jumps up to 40-45ish when i rev. So i think all i need to do it replace the seal for now.

 

 

This is something i can do while its in the car right? Do i need to remove the timming belt at all? Or can all that stay in-tact? Id really rather not touch that stuff at this point.

 

Also, where can i go for seals? Will anywhere have them? For my toyota i always go straight to the dealer for good ol' oem stuff, but for this subi i think napa will do the trick. Does napa carry this stuff?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Btw- Ive been looking through this forum, and it looks like an absolute great place. Im on a lot of forums, but i love the write-ups and help available on here for my new...old subi!

 

Here are some pics to make this thread extra interesting.

 

 

Isnt she cute:

 

 

This is what occupied that space not even a month ago, my mr2 turbo with about 400 crank hp:

 

[critical_max]

Bump. Good question I don't have the answer to. I too have mystery slow oil leaks on a EA82T. Good idea about cleaning the bottom of the engine then running it, sometimes the obvious escapes me.

 

EDIT: What's in the jar?

[Caboobaroo]

ok first off, I'd pull the front timing belt covers. This will also require removing the accessory belts and the crank pulley. After you do that, you'll be able to determine where the leak is coming from. A few places to look are the oil pump which you already mentioned, cam seals, and front crank seal, all of which is pretty easy. Now also since its on the oil pan, it could possibly be that as well. Best way is to pull the engine, hands down. Its pretty simple, just unbolt/unhook everything and pull out with a cherry picker. If you have it out, best thing to do would be to replace all of those seals, plus the rear main seal as well just to be on the safe side. If it is the oil pump, cam seals, or front crank seal, you will have to remove the timing belts but no worries. There's an excellent write-up with pics in the USRM about it as well http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/article.php?a=24 If you still have some issues with it, you'll find plenty of people here that can help walk you through it. After the first time, its pretty easy!

 

As for the seals, you can go to any major autoparts store to get them. If you have to replace the headgaskets if/when they blow, I would recommend OEM Subaru headgaskets.

[WJM]

when in doubt...go OE SUBARU. you CANNOT beat them.

 

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[gotime242]

Thanks all. Yeah good call about pulling the covers first to be sure. Ill definetly do that.

 

Otherwise looks like ill be pulling the engine out! Im actually exited though. Pulling my last engien was very satisfying. This subau looks like it will be a pretty easy workspace too, and i am reallly interested in pulling this little ea82t out and having a better looksy at it and really understand it and everything. I would really like to KNOW this engine. I honestly cant wait, lol. (maybe im weird, i duno)

 

Caboobaroo - Yeah i found that write up, that thing is fantastic! Im glad there is stuff liek that for this car.

 

critical_max - Its rootbeer!!! lol