"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
06/29/2017 at 21:12 • Filed to: None
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"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
06/29/2017 at 21:12 • Filed to: None | 1
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A cold start this morning resulted in a cloud of white smoke from the exhaust that lasted about 10 seconds - smelled like burnt oil. The Forester behaved normally afterwards. The only thing remotely different is that I’ve been parking perpendicular on a slight incline overnight at my new place for the past two weeks - I’m guessing it’s just a fluke, but time will tell.
Something to keep an eye on, I guess.
Steve in Manhattan
> Boxer_4
06/29/2017 at 21:35 |
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Oil leaking past the rings? I know these are legendary for piston slap, which can be diagnosed by ear.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Boxer_4
06/29/2017 at 22:02 |
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You have a mid 2000's forester right? These are some of the best built and tend to not be oil burners or so leakers.
cmill189 - sans Volvo
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
06/30/2017 at 14:23 |
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I have yet to meet a Subaru that doesn’t eat oil in some way. My last Outback did it before and after a brand new EJ251.
I used to get a puff a oil smoke on startup but it was only like 1/100 times.
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Boxer_4
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/07/2017 at 00:27 |
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It’s a 2009. The last of the N/A EJ25s seem to be quite robust.
It hasn’t had a repeat in the last week, so I think it was just a fluke.
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Boxer_4
> Steve in Manhattan
07/07/2017 at 00:33 |
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Maybe due to how I parked? It hasn’t done it since, so I think it was a fluke.
Interestingly, a failing timing belt tensioner produces the same noise as piston slap, and is quite often a common failure point and the cause of that noise.
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Steve in Manhattan
> Boxer_4
07/07/2017 at 00:55 |
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As long as the oil consumption is low, why worry?