Sorry guys, havent posted a Survey for a while but this dawned on me as a reason of curiosity and paranoya!! This applies to all Subaru makes and models..

I've noticed this for a while but thought of it as nothing...Before leaving my house,I always unless I'm really in a rush warm my engine up either for a 3 to 5 minutes range or until my engine temp needle is at normal temp./Oil Press. gauge is at 20 PSI. But before all this, when I first start it up, I check the Oil level and it is at the "F" line,and hear from my engine bay what seems to sound like a knocking sound but being in the Subaru world for almost a year and 8 months, I do not have in-depth knowledge of the boxer engine. But after conducting the "warming the engine"routine, there is no signs of that sound I describe earlier.

Now am I just being paranoid or is this just a normal routine as the engines is circulating the oil to lube the motor parts... This sounds like more of a question than a survey but I'mjust curious to see too. Also sorry fellow i-clubbers for the lenghty thread but want to be as detailed and descriptive as possible...SORRY Again..

Thanks for looking,

 

I start up and go unless I have time to start it up and then round up a few last things before I head to work/class. I don't know anything about that noise though...I'll have to check it out next time I preheat my engine

 

i personally start up and go but i dont go above 3000 rpm till after the car is at normal operating temp. never heard any knocks so i really cant help you there. goodluck!

Jess

 

I drive very easy until my aftermarket engine oil gauge is up to temperature. This is usually about 10 minutes of driving, sometimes more.

San

 

its just a habit of me to chill in my car after start-up for about 2-4 minutes.

 

I'd die! garage+catless+sitting in car for warmup=no me

 

30 seconds and go, just stay under boost till car is at normal operating temp. Then you can go :banana: 's

 

5-10 minutes warm-up or when the cars exhaust stops vibrating the whole house . I never start driving unless it's completely warmed up . Peter what were you thinking buddy ?

 

you guys are posting your 'warm-up times'...pretty sure he's asking about the sound from the engine for the first few minutes upon a cold start. If this is correct, I have the same noise. Makes a ticking sound like it would if it's low on oil. But I'm told this is common on the subaru engines. Hope that helped.

 

Sorry about that peter , I can't hear anything besides the exhaust when I start up the car , it's too damn loud (perrin tbe ) , too bad i couldn't help . Laters ..............

 

i think this gentleman here nailed it, the boxer engine is a loud engine, so u may just be having a bit of the paranoiya, but if your still worried about it have it checked!

 

might just be the altenator. from what i understand, subarus are also know to have wierd sounding alternators. i know the one in my04 wrx made kind of a ticking sound untill it was warmed up. after that you could only hear it if you opened the hood. just start your car, open the hood, and check it out. also note that the engine idels at a higher rpm when it is first started. this causes it so shake a little more and could also explain the sound. just try to track it down b4 you go pay someone to tell you your catch can is loose. L8R

 

Yeah, I've got a 2003 WRX and know the noise you mean, makes you think there's not enough oil, but there always is, thinks it's just the boxer. I always try to warm the car up before driving anyway, especially the winter when it's minus 20!!!!!

 

minus 20°???? Where the hell do you live??? That must suck. I've got 206,000 on my96 L and I start her up, and drive 'er like I stole 'er all the time. Course I kinda want my engine to die so I can do a sti swap

 

before i put my exhuast in i would hear a tickin i was scared at first but i looked in to it and it was my altenator it only did if for a few minutes i dont hear it any more all i hear is exhaust but my car runs fine, well used to run fine, but not cuz of the tickin