Thread: Can anyone identify this tapping noise?

Originally Posted by 101RRS

I have a lot of oil stains on my drive from a 2004 Subaru Impreza - just need to watch oil levels, wipe the underside often and stand upwind when stopped so you dont get over come with burnt oil fumes.

Subaru are supposed to be a quality brand and Landrover not so - yet my RRS has 25,000km more than this Subaru which has been a money pit. A/C stopped a little while back - $600 the week before last to repair - the one rubber hose in the system had perished letting all the gas out.

I would not buy another Subaru with that 2.5 engine.

My other kids car is a 2010 2.0 Tiguan and what a joke that is although it goes like stink. Most expensive parts on earth. Oil and coolant leaks I’m working through 1 by 1. Plastic water pump that swells and breaks. Inherent RMS oil leak. A timing chain that stretches and has destroyed untold engines in VW and Audi cars worldwide. We replaced that.

A mongrel engine bay to work on anything. They design a piece of crap then charge a fortune shamelessly for replacement parts.

The fan assembly is bolted at top and bottom of the radiator so you cant undo just two easy top bolts and pull it out in 1 minute like you can on Subaru.

Wrecker parts for Subaru are abundant and cheap for anything and everything.

LR has never left a puddle.

I can’t believe nobody replied!

I just bought a 2006 RRS TDV6 2.7 from FB marketplace and have a ticking noise and found your thread. I enjoyed reading it.

Congrats on getting yours running! How is it doing? 3 years later?

What did you end up doing? New engine or rebuild with a new crank?

I’m normally game to do as much as I can but am not familiar with diesels so going to let the local Indy bloke have a go.

Cheers!