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Originally Posted by blsfrs
Oops. wrong poster. You're right.
OP's car is a 17 with 27k. on the clock.
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Yeah that's more in line with the valves thing.
Mine started just past 12000km, and in the huge thread about it, some people got the light rolling out of the lot. If that is his issue, OP is terribly unlucky that it was juuuuuuust tight enough to get this long for it to cause trouble, it's probably not under warranty anymore.
Mine failed under warranty and it took like 3 visits to the dealer and I eventually lost the car for a month. If I had to have it happen again outside the warranty, I'd go through the touble of checking the valve lash myself rather than bringing it to a dealer only for them to run around for hours going down the diagnostic flow chart only to come to the conclusion that they want to yank it out after throwing 8 injectors, an ECM and a injector driver module at it.
While the shims can't be changed in place, the lash certainly can be checked with basic tool while the engine is still in the car. It's not exactly "fun" if you've not mechanically inclined as it may still be daunting to take the valve covers off and there isn't a lot of room to work in, it may be necessary if OP wants to save literally thousands of dollars. If OP is mechanically inept, having the lash checked by a trusted independent mechanic is still going to be way cheaper and easier than going through the dealer's bureaucracy and paying their rate, but find a place that likes subarus, as some mechanics are scared of the big bad subaru pancake: They'll see the room they have to work in and turn you down on the spot. They're pussies, it's not that bad, if there's room to do plugs in there, there's room to wiggle a feeler gauge.