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Thank you for the reply. I searched and found that the bypass pressure of the OE Subaru oil filter is 23 psi, so while Amsoil and Fram offer filters with quite a bit lower bypass pressure, the WIX filter is a bit higher. I agree with your point that the bypass pressure should only matter if...

I just looked on the WIX website and the number is 57356, not 51356. The filters appear to be the same, except the 57356 has a burst pressure of 363 psi, whereas the other filter has no burst pressure rating.

The vehicles are 2021 Subaru Crosstrek, 2008 Honda Accord, 2015 Honda Odyssey and 2017 Honda Pilot. Amsoil recommends EA15K13 for all four engines. This filter has 11-17 psi bypass pressure. WIX recommends 57055 for the Crosstrek. I would be using the XP version. This filter has 27 psi bypass...

The oil I used was Amsoil ASM 0W-20. It's also available in 0W-30 and 5W-30.

I ended up ordering 0W-20 for both vehicles. The Crosstrek is using approximately 1L / 3000 km, which is more than I would like, so I'm considering a higher viscosity. According to the owner's manual, if 0W-20 is not available, it's allowable to use 5W-30 temporarily: Would it be better to...

Thank you for your reply. I could not find anywhere to download the ISO 4925 specification, but I found this table: To give credit where credit is due, the table is from New Class 6 and Class 7 brake fluids are here. I was looking at ECS Tuning and Turner Motorsport because I normally get...

My car has 44k kms. I'm the second owner. I bought the car a year ago. I have the service history and the oil was changed at 2055 km, 10517 km, 24045 km, 36633 km, 41218 km (oil only, to replace the pan gasket). I changed the oil and filter at around 43k kms in October when it was called up by...

Thank you for the replies. I will definitely get LV fluid. This car is the most tail-happy vehicle I've ever driven. I drive it in sport plus mode all the time. Even with MDM rather than DSC, stability control gets engaged often.

My car has 44k kms and it's notifying me that the brake fluid needs to be replaced. It was previously replaced in May 2022 at 33.6k kms. I don't drive often, but I live in the Pacific Northwest, so it's often rainy. According to RealOEM.com, BMW has two part numbers for my car: 83132184843...

I usually use Amsoil (where applicable) and their recommendation for both engines is 0W-20 (Signature). Subaru specifies 0W-20, but I've heard that these engines can experience fuel contamination and high oil consumption. The particular vehicle has around 45k kms and is not using oil. Honda...

Thank you for your reply. It rarely gets colder here than -5 to -10C. Aside from the lower pour point, the oils look fairly similar, probably not worth the price difference.

I just picked up a 2014 ML 350 with an M276 (FLEX) engine. I have a box of AMSOIL EFM left over from the 2002 ML 320 that I sold. I was looking on the AMSOIL website for the first time in a while and I noticed they now have FS 0W-40 EFO. EFO has MB 229.1,229.3, 229.5 applications as opposed to...

Originally Posted by ka9mnx What's wrong with timing belts? They require replacement, typically every 100k kms. Timing chains typically last the life of the engine.

There is a service bulletin, 09-010, Engine Rattles at Cold Start-Up, dated March 17, 2016, about this issue. It describes the symptom and includes the procedure to replace the VTC actuator. There is a new part number for the VTC actuator (p/n 14310-R5A-305) which supposedly fixes this problem...

I found an article in newTIS.info which I will take to be the authoritative words of BMW, for what that's worth. Here is a link: Enclosure 3 to SI 11 07 96 (138), issue 09/2009; update 07/2016. It states that the B38 / B46 / B48 (without particulate filter) / B58 and N20 / N26 may use...