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  1. Reviving this thread to post my experience. Father in law mentioned his 04 subaru forester xt had thrown a code. Pulled p011 and p021 codes suggesting AVCS issue. This thread popped up in a search for solutions. Thought "no problem, pull that stupid filter and button it all back up". Pulled the screen. Thing looked pretty blocked up. No solid bits or anything, but definitely buildup present. Struggled like everyone else with the block side copper washer. Pulled the coolant hose to buy a little more room for myself. Got that washer squared away with the fishing line and then everything else was easy enough to put back together. Put in fresh oil since FIL was likely well past due for oil change. Crank engine, no issues, no leaks, power off, clear codes. Crank engine again after codes are cleared. What i didn't notice was smoke out the exhaust. Significant smoke out the exhaust. Smoke with every throttle input. Down on power and suspecting dead turbo. No codes being thrown. My guess is FIL drove it for sometime with that CEL lamp light and killed that turbo. Didn't see metal shavings or anything in oil or in the oil filter. Basically at a point of "pass on to shop to replace turbo" or sell it as mechanics special to a coworker, with blessing of FIL of course.
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