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Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah The coolant is changed every 30k (or every other year) more for making sure the "Conditioner" is added to prevent leaks I'm finding out. I recall somebody telling me that the way Subaru casts the blocks (open deck?) may cause coolant leaks -- hence the...

Originally Posted By: Eddie I thought that Subaru came with standard spark plugs and only the Turbos came with iridiums. The ATF service recommendation is based on the inspection of the fluid and not a mileage interval. True. The procedure for changing the fluid per service manual is drain and...

Update! Here are the Tribeca plugs after 30K. Anyone care to comment on extending the interval to, say, 60K? Another observation. I've done the ATF change as well. The old fluid was somewhat darker in color (brownish red) than the replacement (bright red). The manual recommended draining...

Originally Posted By: RWEST Quote: Oil is oil they have the same stuff in them I guess we can close BITOG down then. Maybe it's just me, but I noticed a definite degradation in shift quality in my DL1000 when I used RTS 5-40 vs M1 15-50 or even Castrol ACTevo 10-40. Interesting. The...

Originally Posted By: dnewton3 Only problem I see is that 3.7k oil changes on a water cooled Suzuki is probably a waste; it could likely go the 7.5k miles as well. Goldwing is a great bike. VStrom shows no difference in shift quality during the 3.7K of oil's life so I gather the oil has to...

The BMW was on GC 0W-30 since 60K (now 160K). Am I running any risk in switching additive formulations? What about the effect on gaskets/seals (the engine pan is beginning to seep a bit of oil)?

yes it is somewhat overpriced and it is never on sale. But to me the an extra buck a quart really does not make a huge difference. One extra trip to Walmart/AutoZone would negate the savings :) for me, I live in the sticks...

Call me lazy, but I do want to simplify my maintenance and run all of my vehicles on the same oil. The vehicles are Subaru Tribeca, Bmw 3-series (e46) and a Suzuki motorcycle (2 cyl liquid cooled). The plan is to use Rotella Syntetic 5W-40 in all three vehicles. OCI would be 7500 on the cars and...

seems like the consensus is to change plugs per factory reccomendations. Good enough for me. Next question: ATF drain and replace. There is per-manual method (via the drain plug) and then there is the cooler line method (disconnect the cooler line and let the tranny pump the fluid out)...

I've looked up iridium and it appears that it is supposed to be the state of the art electrode technology today (platinum being the king of the hill before that). These Subaru OE plugs go for 16 bucks at the dealer (12 on inet). At that price they better last more than 30K :).

Originally Posted By: ChiTDI Does that Subie have a spin-on ATF filter? Yes, but you have to get the front bumper off to get at it . It is behind the driver side fender. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a spin-on filter, if you ask me. I'll leave the ATF filter change till 60K, i think.

I hear you on the lifetime fluids Pete and agree 100%. The Tribeca's manual calls for ATF change only under towing condition, other that it is "lifetime" (of the transmission). The spark plugs on a BMW looked great when I've pulled them at 75K, being the conservative type. From the appearance...

Hello, first post here. Thank you for a great auto forum, I've being a "lurker" for quite a while now. My question is in regard to Subaru maintenance. 2007 Tribeca factory manual calls for these services to be done at 30K: coolant flush, spark plugs change, brake system flush. It does not call...