Subaru Legacy oil leak

Asked by Iregalado96 Oct 23, 2017 at 03:06 PM about the 2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5i FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2010 Subaru legacy 2.5i  thats been leaking oil
and smoking alot.
I replace all the seals and check the hoses to see if there
was a hole or if they just needed replace. I check the oil
everyday and it stay the same.  
The. Recently i drove it 500miles and all the oil spilled
out,but i chrck everything again and it seems to be fine
now just smokes alot.

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TheSubaruGuruBoston answered 7 years ago

"All the oil spilled out"?? May simply be the top-head-mounted VVT oil pressure switches. Only $15 each, 10 minutes to swap the leaking side. But buy two, as the other will leak within a year.

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