Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
Our transmissions do not use any kind of conventional oil filter. It's kind of a rock-catcher filter, and maybe for good reason. You obviously have to drop the pan to change it, and if it loads up before you get that chance, who knows?
That's what I was thinking. I used to maintain a Forester. The transmission filter looks like a small oil filter, but is really just the same screen type inside like a regular transmission filter. If you go to the Subaru forums, people that have used actual oil filters instead sometimes report problems with them (since they would be a bit restrictive on the flow).
Our transmissions do not use any kind of conventional oil filter. It's kind of a rock-catcher filter, and maybe for good reason. You obviously have to drop the pan to change it, and if it loads up before you get that chance, who knows?
That's what I was thinking. I used to maintain a Forester. The transmission filter looks like a small oil filter, but is really just the same screen type inside like a regular transmission filter. If you go to the Subaru forums, people that have used actual oil filters instead sometimes report problems with them (since they would be a bit restrictive on the flow).