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Originally Posted By: KW In the tropics, tows some, turbo charged. Amsoil AMO 10W40 and Rotella T 5W40 seem like pretty good picks. Hi, noted. I was hoping to use something lighter in weight without damaging the engine.

Originally Posted By: Lorenzo OK, I suppose I meant read it carefully and completely. My fault for not being clear. In your first post you describe your usage as severe service. In the owner manual for my '02 WRX with the same engine as yours, it recommends up to 20w50 for severe service. I...

Originally Posted By: Lorenzo Originally Posted By: darkmagician But I was thinking of following the manual recommendation of 5w30 instead. Take a more careful look at the owners manual. 10w30, 10w40 and the recommended rating 5w30 was mentioned in the manual.

Originally Posted By: steve20 3000 mile oil changes with synthetic?? what planet are you from, dude? Steve Hi, typo error. It should be 6000 miles

Originally Posted By: sparkplug Why not RTS 5w40? Subies like 40 weight for some reason. My friends who are driving subaru turbocharged cars recommended 40 weight oil too. The reason was that tropical climate should use thicker oil for better protection. But I was thinking of following the...

Originally Posted By: hate2work Either oil would work for you. Which is easier for you to get? One thing to consider is that we know the ASL is a group IV oil, the Mobil If you wanted a group IV oil that's a tad thicker at operating temps, take a look at German Castrol. Both oils should...

Originally Posted By: Pablo What year? How many miles on the engine? How long OCI? The car is manufactured in 2005 with 85,000km (53,000 miles)on the engine. The car is a used one so I'm not sure the OCI by the previous owner. My OCI is likely to be every 10,000km (or 3,000 miles)

Hi all Which above oil will perform better on a 2.0 Legacy GT under severe driving condition (eg. tropical climate, lots of start stop driving etc)?

Originally Posted By: Button darkmagician, I use Amsoil ATM 10W-30 in both NA Subaru's. I originally used SSO 0W-30 but both cars liked to moderately consume/burn between OCI. Nevertheless, I decided to switch to an oil w/ lower Noack Volatility #s in hopes to reduce/end consumption/burning...

Originally Posted By: SuperDave456 Depends on the synthetic. If is just a group III and not one of the PAO based stuff you should be good. I would do straight Dino if you are doing a short Auto RX run. The Synthetic is not needed for a short length of time. Also it really helps if you do it in...

Originally Posted By: lexus114 If you car calls for 5W-30,I would use that with the auto-RX (conventional oil).Just curious,what was your reason for using 10W-30 with the rx? Hi, it is becasue there are generally 10w30 and 10w40 dino oil here. As for the 5w30, it was supposedly meant the syn...

Hi all, Is it advisable to use the above on a 2005 2.0 Legacy GT?

typo error, I meant clean and rinse phase

With such a low mileage on my car. Is it alright to do a rinse and clean phase?

I have been using LC20 on my car since day one. Curently the mileage is 17,000km. I have intention to use Auto-Rx instead. By doing that, do I need to do a clean and rinse phase or could I jus add 3 Oz of Auto-Rx in my next oil change?