Subaru engine shaking

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Asked by Morganbpierce00 Mar 20, 2018 at 08:43 PM about the 2012 Subaru Forester 2.5X

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2012 Subaru Forester with 140,000 has recently
started shaking when at idle. It also sometimes has
a (what I think is engine clicking but I could be
wrong) and loud engine click while accelerating. I’ve
also noticed it’s using up a lot of oil. Enough that I
have to top off every 1200 miles or so.

Thoughts?

5 Answers

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if clicking on and off non stop check egr valve gasket or valve its self

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The oil consumption issue is common but the rough idle may be from bad plugs or coils. Is the check engine light on?

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A loud clicking from the engine could be a serious mechanical defect. I would have a qualified mechanic take a look at it ASAP.

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Assuming the EB25 motor, first check plugs and wires for misfire. If you find a black, wet plug that's a strong hint that either that wire (or the coil pack) is firing intermittently. Swap the wire with its neighbor and retest. If ok you simply had a wire dressed too closely to exposed metal (common), causing misfire from arcing to ground. If this cylinder continues to misfire AFTER addressing plug/wire, and possibly swapping in a replacement coil, then you probably have a slipped valve component in the head (ouch!). This is relatively rare, but of course pricey to fix, as the head has to come out and be rebuilt. This is perhaps a production error, but seems more common with 2010-2012 end of the era production of this older 2.5i. It's unlikely to be bad mounts nor the egr valve, but it's easy enough to clean/replace the $2 EGR valve, so you might as well do that, too. But it's probably ok. Note that a qt/1200mi consumption of 0w20 is not rare. Switch to 5w30 winter and 10w40 summer to reduce consumption once you're all done.

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