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07-19-2013, 04:32 PM | #26 |
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If you change your own, you'll never have to worry about anyone pouring 7 quarts into your crankcase.
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07-19-2013, 04:34 PM | #27 | |
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I saw Valvoline 0w20 in my Walmart last time. It was even cheaper than the Pennzoil. |
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07-19-2013, 04:54 PM | #28 |
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07-19-2013, 05:39 PM | #29 |
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Oh no doubt- just sayin, the choices are broadening.
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07-19-2013, 06:31 PM | #30 |
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07-19-2013, 06:52 PM | #31 |
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No.
But so far pretty much all 0w20's seem to be good oils as far as testing. There will always be the stigma of m1 and Subarus, but I think even it has been shown to be good oil. I'm fairly sure the Valvoline is good stuff. Has there been any negative reports of ANY 0w20? I just default to amsoil when wondering what is the best... |
07-19-2013, 07:46 PM | #32 |
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Changed my oil @3500 miles with Mobil Super (Mobil 0? ) 0w20 and I have no complaints so far. I don't plan on switching so we'll see how it does long term.
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07-20-2013, 11:39 AM | #33 |
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Use whatever 0W20 is on sale for $5-6 at NAPA on any given week. All 0W20 is good, even store brand, it has to be, it's a strict spec. 0W20 oil is pretty much a commodity.
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07-20-2013, 09:31 PM | #34 |
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I used to use Mobil1 0-40 in my MINI Cooper S. I ahve a good friend who is a Euro mechanic as well as the head mechanic for a few SCCA race teams specilizing in MINIs and Porsche. He recommended Motul to me and I switched over to that for the MINI and it's all I've used in the Subaru so far as well. I use 5-40 8100 X-Cess in the Subaru now. After 70k miles in the MINI the valve covers and vales looked great, real clean and no wear. I haven't done an oil analysis but I see no reason to stray from Motul and he sells me 5L for $40 cash.
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07-20-2013, 09:32 PM | #35 |
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I think the M1 vs. Subaru engines has to do more with the wrx/sti high compression engines.
I was planning on only using walmarts M1 long term as well, until I found kendall 0-w20 (which has almost identical specs to amsoil) for even cheaper then the M1. Im sure any 0-w20 is fine with a regular oil change interval. |
07-20-2013, 11:53 PM | #36 |
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I saw some black bottles of german castrol in 0w30. That would be an interesting oil to try anf then get a uoa.
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07-21-2013, 08:31 AM | #37 |
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I wouldn't put a 0W-30 in our 2012+ Imprezas, which call for 0W-20.
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07-21-2013, 09:01 AM | #38 |
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Ive ran conventional 5w30 Syntec in my 12' to see if it affected anything. I may have lost .5 mpg...
No ill effects in the 4000 miles it was in there. Further down the line if I do.any light offroading, I'd consider german castrol for my XV. That german stuff is supposed to be pretty badass oil. |
07-21-2013, 09:06 AM | #39 |
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Oil is oil, as long as you use the recommended weight you should not run into problems.
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07-21-2013, 09:15 AM | #40 | |
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07-21-2013, 09:20 AM | #41 | |
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07-21-2013, 09:32 AM | #42 |
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As mentioned, I and others have been guinea pigs and tried 5w's.
The manual says it *CAN* be used. The reccomended 0w20 is for epa #'s. That said- my brand new XV has Amsoil oe 0w20, and will likely run idemitsu for most of my oil.changes for the entire life of the car. But if I anticipate any towing or heavy duty use, I'll consider a good 0w30. I have had a dealer put 0w30 in my last car. I couldnt tell any difference. I'm not at all suggesting that w20 is bad or anything like that. But this is an oil discussion and fb's and oil are something I have spent a lot of time (almost 2 years) experimenting with and researching. |
07-21-2013, 09:38 AM | #43 |
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Go over to the BRZ forum and check, plenty of them are running various 5w40's.
Being that they are sports cars, I think most owners are more looking for extreme oil.protection rather than mpg's. Their cars all spec the same 0w20 ours do. I get free oil changes for life so I have no reason to run anything else. I only have amsoil in it now because I do my own early first oil change. |
07-21-2013, 11:45 AM | #44 | |
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07-21-2013, 01:31 PM | #45 |
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I picked up 14 of the black oil filters on eBay before they got scarce
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07-21-2013, 02:08 PM | #46 | |
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07-21-2013, 02:44 PM | #47 |
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07-21-2013, 02:55 PM | #48 |
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07-21-2013, 04:50 PM | #49 |
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07-21-2013, 07:18 PM | #50 |
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I work for toyota and use the brz filter. My price is $1.82 and free oil lol. i have tried5w-30 mobile 1 full synthetic and 0w-20
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