Thread: Cleaning OCV's
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Old 10-10-2018, 01:08 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon View Post
First off, OCV stands for oil control valve so OCV valve is kind of redundant. Sorry. Pet peeve.

Subaru is terrible at naming convention. What they call the OCV is actually the oil control solenoid. The solenoid acts on the valve which is part of the sprocket assembly. Here's some light reading. https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123459

Here's some more 'official' light reading. https://demos.starbase7.net/t3Portal...0558A001X.html

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Alright I'm only on page 7. What a freakin mess. Seems to be no real solution or root cause. I'm not getting any engine codes but could my issues be an early sign of potentially worse issues down the road?
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