Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Nope. Good old oil with assembly lube from the part mixed in.
Subarus are EASY on the oil. Any SM 5w-30 will do you fine.
WATCH out for the filter. Make sure you get the short ones as the headers/cats wrap around it and if its too long, you will cook the...
I read the symposium that was written a while back about the filter debacle. Of course I didn't read it all. Question: Is it safe to use WIX, K&N, Pulrolator or other....Or should a Subaru owner use an OEM filter.
Thanks
Thanks for the input. His car might see 9000 miles in a year. A few trips to Florida and them mostly around town driving. I believe I'll dump it at 2000 miles.
My father just purchased a 2008 Ford Edge. I don't know anything about it, i.e. engine ect. My father told me that it came with synthetic oil and the dealer told him not to change it for 7500 miles. Does that pertain to the first change? Does Ford put something special in the factory fill like...
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Originally Posted By: Tribeca
Greetings! I am new to this site, and am looking for advice on what synthetic oil would be best for my 2008 Subaru Tribeca which I purchased used with 35K on the odometer and know it was abused by the previous owner. I have read...
I have a 2006 Tribeca. I got it used with 13000 miles. I have used Quaker State Syn, and Valvoline Syn. After all the brain washing from this site i now use PP with wix filters.
Originally Posted By: kingrob
As far as I know Dollar General is the only store that carries it. I tried it when it first came out a few years ago. From the smell, I believe it is made by Warren in Dunn, NC- the same people that used to make DG's old Uni-lube oil. What's the price on it now...
Originally Posted By: Johnny
I do have to hand it to Valvoline. They are getting very aggressive with their advertising and racing promotion. They had all but dropped out of NHRA and now it seems every other car is sponsored by them. There hungry and want to gain market share. I think one of the...
Originally Posted By: c3po
Good question, which oil's have you heard quiet an engine.
I don't recall off the top of my head. I run Valvoline Syn in my Subaru Tribeca but it seems like it idles a little loud (nothing major). Could be just me reflecting on all the posts that I read here. I run 5...