I came across an interesting article concerning a present issue in Toyota GR86 vehicles, which share the same 2.4L Boxer engine found in Subaru BRZ and WRX vehicles.
Issue: excess RTV material from the oil pan cover clogging the oil sump filter in the pickup tube, potentially causing oil starvation for the engine.
The article is described in depth here:FA24 Engine RTV Issue
A video from RallySport Direct shows a walk thru of how to manually correct the problem by removing the oil pan to unclog the pickup tube, and reapplying RTV carefully to the oil pan.
Video:
One non-invasive check is using a probe camera to visually inspect the filter in the pickup tube. A quality camera would allow for this inspection. Toyota has provided a response to this issue, however, their response seems to lean on operator error, such as redlining the vehicle, thus agitating the RTV to separate itself from the pan, and causing it to get sucked into the pickup tube.
Thoughts???
Issue: excess RTV material from the oil pan cover clogging the oil sump filter in the pickup tube, potentially causing oil starvation for the engine.
The article is described in depth here:FA24 Engine RTV Issue
A video from RallySport Direct shows a walk thru of how to manually correct the problem by removing the oil pan to unclog the pickup tube, and reapplying RTV carefully to the oil pan.
Video:
One non-invasive check is using a probe camera to visually inspect the filter in the pickup tube. A quality camera would allow for this inspection. Toyota has provided a response to this issue, however, their response seems to lean on operator error, such as redlining the vehicle, thus agitating the RTV to separate itself from the pan, and causing it to get sucked into the pickup tube.
Thoughts???
