oil change?
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Car Info: 2006 Impreza 2.5i Wagon
Originally Posted by DanyoCantDrift
Hey guys,
I am just curious, how often are you changing your oil and is there a certain type of oil filter that you are using...thanx
I am just curious, how often are you changing your oil and is there a certain type of oil filter that you are using...thanx
if you're looking for a baseline recommendation, turn to the handy owner's manual and follow that; can't go wrong going that route - its what subaru recommends after all.
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I push my xterra out to 5k with mobil1 but my subaru gets 3k with mobil1 even though mechanics have told me I could push it out too , but it gets driven a bit harder than the wifes car...wink, wink. I use hastings filters.
Now here's a problem I have encountered after doing my last change...drip drip. one drip per day on the garage floor.
It of course originates from the drain plug and I suspect it is the copper washer which has been reused too many times. The book says to change it out evry time , I have never done so with any vehicle but I guess this one realy is finiky.Any others have this, or do you all blanketly change out the washer?
I will search the correct torque for the drain plug to make extra sure i'm tightened down correctly.
Has anyone attempted to change out the copper washer to a fiber washer , which almost any other vehicle has? This would allow for cheap workplace replacement if possible.
well a quick search answered my washer question , guess I'll be investing in a box of those , I'll just stick with the factory washer and not do any experiments.
Now here's a problem I have encountered after doing my last change...drip drip. one drip per day on the garage floor.
It of course originates from the drain plug and I suspect it is the copper washer which has been reused too many times. The book says to change it out evry time , I have never done so with any vehicle but I guess this one realy is finiky.Any others have this, or do you all blanketly change out the washer?
I will search the correct torque for the drain plug to make extra sure i'm tightened down correctly.
Has anyone attempted to change out the copper washer to a fiber washer , which almost any other vehicle has? This would allow for cheap workplace replacement if possible.
well a quick search answered my washer question , guess I'll be investing in a box of those , I'll just stick with the factory washer and not do any experiments.
Last edited by cohlineman; 07-17-2004 at 10:31 AM.
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Originally Posted by cohlineman
I push my xterra out to 5k with mobil1 but my subaru gets 3k with mobil1 even though mechanics have told me I could push it out too , but it gets driven a bit harder than the wifes car...wink, wink. I use hastings filters.
Now here's a problem I have encountered after doing my last change...drip drip. one drip per day on the garage floor.
It of course originates from the drain plug and I suspect it is the copper washer which has been reused too many times. The book says to change it out evry time , I have never done so with any vehicle but I guess this one realy is finiky.Any others have this, or do you all blanketly change out the washer?
I will search the correct torque for the drain plug to make extra sure i'm tightened down correctly.
Has anyone attempted to change out the copper washer to a fiber washer , which almost any other vehicle has? This would allow for cheap workplace replacement if possible.
well a quick search answered my washer question , guess I'll be investing in a box of those , I'll just stick with the factory washer and not do any experiments.
Now here's a problem I have encountered after doing my last change...drip drip. one drip per day on the garage floor.
It of course originates from the drain plug and I suspect it is the copper washer which has been reused too many times. The book says to change it out evry time , I have never done so with any vehicle but I guess this one realy is finiky.Any others have this, or do you all blanketly change out the washer?
I will search the correct torque for the drain plug to make extra sure i'm tightened down correctly.
Has anyone attempted to change out the copper washer to a fiber washer , which almost any other vehicle has? This would allow for cheap workplace replacement if possible.
well a quick search answered my washer question , guess I'll be investing in a box of those , I'll just stick with the factory washer and not do any experiments.
btw, i change my every 3000 with mobil 1 syn, puralator(sp) filter.
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everyone I talk to says it is just the washer. The fiber washers are reusable even though they are also supposed to be changed out evry oil change , but it seems these copper ones are a crush type and require a new one evrey time.Oh well guess Ill be dumping all thet new oil as soon as I get my hand on a bunch.
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Car Info: Subaru WRX MY02
Every 10K. Change Oil Filters every 5K. Mobil 1 5w-30.
Subaru WRX 2002. No Racing. Just Back and Forth to Work. Spirited Driving to Work ^_^
- Ulysses
Just did mine yesterday.
Subaru WRX 2002. No Racing. Just Back and Forth to Work. Spirited Driving to Work ^_^
- Ulysses
Just did mine yesterday.
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