[Petah78]

Originally Posted by removedonut

Here’s my contribution.

11/21 build date. 10,200 miles, car driven as it was intended (which may or may not include non-timed non-competitive closed course driving events)

External signs of issues visible in RTV oozing out of timing chain cover at all sides, longest glob I found was about half an inch in length. Oil pan RTV intact except for one ~2 inch dangly piece. Definitely overapplied at the factory, per subaru’s own specification. Several small pieces of RTV hanging out in the bottom of the oil pan.
Didn’t find any RTV in the oil filter after 4k miles.
One small piece of RTV on dipstick (although considering the dipstick sits right on top of the RTV bead, i don’t think this indicates any real issue).
RTV clogging pickup screen, definitely not the worst i’ve seen. I’d estimate 1/3 of the top screen is blocked in some capacity.

Thank you for the datapoint. Did you drop the pan because off issues observed? Or just being proactive? Any flakes/shimmer in the pan?

Thank you.