Was very lucky I guess. Had been having issues for a couple of weeks with a CEL to do with the AVCS. Had installed new OCVs a couple of days prior which had sorted most of my issues but when logging the car the cam angles still weren't synced 100%. Also had some ticking noises at certain rpms/load that I thought was worn cam sprockets from the faulty OCV.
Fast forward a couple of days and as I was taking off from traffic lights on the way to work saw my oil pressure light flash off out of the corner of my eyes. Pulled in the closest servo and checked the oil level which was 3/4 full. Topped it up anyway and didn't see it again and could replicate the ticking anymore.
Did my research and had a gut feeling that the issues I'd been having may have come back to low oil pressure. Research told me that the oil pressure light basically meant "engine fucked" so was pretty concerned at this point. Organised to drop it into Subaru and insisted they inspect the oil pickup. They found a crack in the pipe so had to order a replacement.
They did say that there was some fine metal in the oil pan but they cleaned it all out and flushed the engine and that it all will be fine now. Car has been running fine since then. Fingers crossed
If you don't want nightmares don't read this before going to bed
http://www.killerbmotorsport.com/index_files/OilPickupStory.htmHere's mine
It gets me that what would appear to be a simple engine part... could cause a major problem!
