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The 1999 Forester is up and running, Thanks FIXITGUY50. But it seems to have a small amount of burning oil smell each time it is driven. Is this normal ?

 

if its coming from the front of the motor, it is not a bad thing. if its coming from tailpipe its more of a concern.

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Did it have the smell before?

 

Did you pull the engine and seal the baffle plate? That's the most common cause in my experience. But on the 99 Forester it's metal which is much better than the plastic ones.

 

You did use Suby seals?

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There was already alot of oil in the lower portion of the engine. I hope to degrease ands clean it soon. We did have some drippage as they say. I need to be under there to see what is going on with the exhaust anyway.

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Here's a thought.

 

I finally broke down and bought one of those trace sets to deal with a 99 Forester. I bought the complete kit.

 

But IIR kits to do one thing (lets say oil, or coolant) were like 20 bucks.

 

That'll help tell you whether it's new oil or old oil.

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Dye to add to your oil, a black light, and goofy glasses.

 

The conbination or the black light and the yellow safety glasses makes the oil glow flourescent green.

 

 

IIR Advance had cheap kits for oil. I was looking for a coolant kit and ended up buying a kit for like 100 bucks elsewhere for AC, coolant, and oil/trans fluid.

 

I used the last of my trace dye yesterday for oil. It's like 8 bucks for an ounce at Advance and depending on teh brand of dye it tale 1/2 to 1 oz.

 

Sure can save a lot of time and speculation.

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Good deal! Glad it was a simple, cheap fix.

 

Those ATF hose clamps have been problematic for me. I changed all the hoses and clamps when I had the engine out of the '99 Outback, and they still weep a little. Even on my '07 Outback, two of the clamps are weeping at 30K miles.

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