I had a valve cover go WiFi on me in my 2002 Subaru Outback H6 so I did an R&R on the affected side. It was leaking profusely with a steady stream coming out so it had to be parked until it was fixed.
Anyway, while doing the gasket I snapped a couple of pictures just for fun.
2002 Outback H6. 197,000 miles. Maintenance has varied over the years that we have had it. We’ve owned it since 2008 and 65,000 miles. I used to change every 5000 with trop artic 5w30. Since about 140,000 miles I switched and started using high quality synthetic at 10,000 OCI. Usually Mobil 1 of some variety since the oil analysis always came back good. Currently using Castrol edge (gold bottle) at the same OCI and will continue to do so until it is ready to move to the big parking lot in the sky.
I’m satisfied with what I see and have no concerns. Just like to share. Open to any and all comments as well.
For anyone curious, changing valve cover gaskets on an H6 sucks. We did the one side only and did the plugs on that side while we had access. All in it took about 5 hours. Almost 2 of those were spent trying to figure out how to get the coil packs out of there. Book time for the gaskets is 2.7 hours. Book time for spark plugs is 3.1. Yeah, they are a pain.
Anyway, while doing the gasket I snapped a couple of pictures just for fun.
2002 Outback H6. 197,000 miles. Maintenance has varied over the years that we have had it. We’ve owned it since 2008 and 65,000 miles. I used to change every 5000 with trop artic 5w30. Since about 140,000 miles I switched and started using high quality synthetic at 10,000 OCI. Usually Mobil 1 of some variety since the oil analysis always came back good. Currently using Castrol edge (gold bottle) at the same OCI and will continue to do so until it is ready to move to the big parking lot in the sky.
I’m satisfied with what I see and have no concerns. Just like to share. Open to any and all comments as well.
For anyone curious, changing valve cover gaskets on an H6 sucks. We did the one side only and did the plugs on that side while we had access. All in it took about 5 hours. Almost 2 of those were spent trying to figure out how to get the coil packs out of there. Book time for the gaskets is 2.7 hours. Book time for spark plugs is 3.1. Yeah, they are a pain.
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