Recent content by bluesubie

Yes, the original German Castrol 0w30 was green. Different reason than for any spec though. It was green because it was made by elves.

I had to go back and check the original post to see what the application is that is being discussed. With all of this talk, you'd think someone is trying to choose an oil for their new Lambo. [insert @TiGeo meme here] 😜

I haven't seen it either. @Blagoje are you referring to the UOA's that are posted on the Outback forum? Many of those are Blackstone so fuel is not even tested. There are many more UOA's on the FA20DIT on nasioc and the Forester forum, but the same situation applies. Viscosity loss from fuel...

Not for many years.

Depends on the engine, not oil brand. I've used Idemitsu, Valvoline, HPL, Pennzoil, and others in 5W-20, 0W-20, and 5w30 and have never burned oil in my FA24DIT. My EJ turbo was a completely different story no matter the brand.

That would probably be Motul X-Clean instead of X-Cess (two different oils). Choose an oil with similar specs as X-Clean. Mobil 1 ESP or Pennzoil Platinum Euro as recommended by some folks above. With Euro xW-30's, they are thicker than a Resource Conserving GF6 oil so they will maintain grade...

Presume the racing oil was a one time thing since you had it lying around? I wouldn’t run a high SAPS racing oil in a Subaru DIT. Subaru Japan no longer recommends the high SAPS Subaru branded Castrol 5W-40 that they used to. I see comments even from tuners that 93 octane leads to deposits, but...

This is the beach that I drive on. Did someone say Land Rover? It wasn’t the deep sand that tripped this guy up. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4514526/Sinking-feeling-SUV-gets-stuck-surf-New-Jersey-beach.html

Does anyone know if there is a thread discussing the possibility of a new oil from M1 called Mobil1 Advanced Clean 5w30? I could’ve sworn I read about it somewhere recently.

The deep sugar sand on the East Coast isn’t anything like pics I’ve seen from places in Texas. I’ve driven to Carova on the OBX in my Forester and have past a stuck Suburban and two stuck Wranglers. The stuck Wranglers there are usually rentals.

Presume you’ve never owned an EJ turbo? I fell victim to extending my OCI based on “good uoa’s” but never again. 3-5k is a good interval IMO. 6k would be an extended OCI. 😊

July is for Europe and they get these tires first. No date for N. America yet unless I missed that.

It’s not a plug-in hybrid, and yes it specs 0W-16. Replace with super thick 0W-20 for blasting through the Forests! https://cdn.subarunet.com/stis/doc/ownerManual/MSA5M2502B_STIS-opt.pdf

Subaru Japan allows 0W-20, 5w30, and Euro 0w30 in this engine.

I’m probably one of the few that kept all screens in after turbo failure on my EJ. I like to live on the edge! Put another 110k+ miles on it before it was rear-ended and I sold it. Stuck with xW-40 oils the rest of the time that I owned it.