Hi,
I've got some questions.
My subaru has always been weird with oil. If i pull over, fill up, and check the level, it usually will show nothing. If it leave it for a few hours or overnight, it will show full oil
so on my recent trip to montana, about 1800 miles in, i pulled over after 4 hours of freeway driving and the oil pressure light was flickering on and off. kinda scary. so i added oil, and the next morning had the goodyear change my oil. they claimed that not a ton had come out, but not like it was hardly any.
anywho, so now my oil is still at a good level, 1000 miles after the last change, and the oil pressure light flickers for 1 second as i turn the engine when its cold. if the engine is warm, it doesn't flicker. i also hear a slight ticking when the light flickers.
my recent studies have been either a faulty oil pressure sender, or a failing pickup tube or oil pump.
it seems the pressure sender on my 2004 cali outback (gen 2) is sort of under the alternator and i'd have to pull that off to replace or look at it. I unclipped the connector, and it looks good.
whats the next step, replace the sender, or bring it to a shop to get them to pull the pan? I read you need to lift the engine to pull the pan, arg, what a pain.
I've also read that sometimes the noise and light can be caused my a bad oil filter. should i change the oil first, see if that helps?
I've got some questions.
My subaru has always been weird with oil. If i pull over, fill up, and check the level, it usually will show nothing. If it leave it for a few hours or overnight, it will show full oil
so on my recent trip to montana, about 1800 miles in, i pulled over after 4 hours of freeway driving and the oil pressure light was flickering on and off. kinda scary. so i added oil, and the next morning had the goodyear change my oil. they claimed that not a ton had come out, but not like it was hardly any.
anywho, so now my oil is still at a good level, 1000 miles after the last change, and the oil pressure light flickers for 1 second as i turn the engine when its cold. if the engine is warm, it doesn't flicker. i also hear a slight ticking when the light flickers.
my recent studies have been either a faulty oil pressure sender, or a failing pickup tube or oil pump.
it seems the pressure sender on my 2004 cali outback (gen 2) is sort of under the alternator and i'd have to pull that off to replace or look at it. I unclipped the connector, and it looks good.
whats the next step, replace the sender, or bring it to a shop to get them to pull the pan? I read you need to lift the engine to pull the pan, arg, what a pain.
I've also read that sometimes the noise and light can be caused my a bad oil filter. should i change the oil first, see if that helps?