It finally got worse. Had the trans fail to shift smoothly at 20mph twice in a row. Rpms went up but no power then BAM a hard slam of a shift. No check engine light. A week later I'm driving home and the lights started flashing along with a CEL. Upon acceleration- very weak power. Brought it to Subaru and sure enough its the valve body. Along with that they found external head gasket oil leak as well as one side of the valve cover, displaced control arm bushings, manifold leaks as well. All together the estimate is over 6K.