First oil change
So I'm going through this same thing right now with my wife's new Forester. I heard two different suggestions from the dealer and the Subaru documentation. The dealer of course recommended an earlier oil change at around 3,000 miles whereas Subaru official documentation says no need for that and change out at 7,500 mile because it's a synthetic factory fill.
In doing some of my own research I decided to change out the factory fill at 3,500 miles just to be cautious since this is a turbocharged motor. I will likely do the second oil change when the car hits between 6,500-7,5000 miles. Subaru was recommending a 7500 OCI with their synthetic oil, but they have revised that figure to a 6,500 OCI for the 2015 model year.
If you're going with a good synthetic oil like Pennzoil Plat/Ultra or Mobil 1 you should be fine to run extended OCIs and change a couple of times a year.
In doing some of my own research I decided to change out the factory fill at 3,500 miles just to be cautious since this is a turbocharged motor. I will likely do the second oil change when the car hits between 6,500-7,5000 miles. Subaru was recommending a 7500 OCI with their synthetic oil, but they have revised that figure to a 6,500 OCI for the 2015 model year.
If you're going with a good synthetic oil like Pennzoil Plat/Ultra or Mobil 1 you should be fine to run extended OCIs and change a couple of times a year.
Note to self: take wife's car to Florida. That would drive me crazy
Looks like termite damage.My guess is 50/50 whether that gets repaired, considering his lowered priority on the car's appearance. What's the skinny on that, Telcoman? That's not a warranty service, so you might not get doughnuts out of the deal.
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Love bugs and the death of paint also. Glad I dont live there anymore and just visit. I had a fresh car wash bucket ready everyday. Back to my oil change. Im going to change it this week or next with some Mobil 1 0w40 and Mobil oil filter. I wont have to change it for awhile then.
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It really is an amazing thing. Looks like termite damage.
My guess is 50/50 whether that gets repaired, considering his lowered priority on the car's appearance. What's the skinny on that, Telcoman? That's not a warranty service, so you might not get doughnuts out of the deal.
Looks like termite damage.My guess is 50/50 whether that gets repaired, considering his lowered priority on the car's appearance. What's the skinny on that, Telcoman? That's not a warranty service, so you might not get doughnuts out of the deal.
It kind of sucks but I hit some debris in the road on a dark rainy night at about 70 MPH on The Garden State Parkway.
May have been parts of a tire?
No donuts for this.
Upsetting but not enough to make me spend money on repairing it.
It is after all, only a car.
A car that depreciates in value just like most other cars.
I may end up getting a good price for it when I decide to sell it as 6sp manuals are becoming hard to find.
12 oil and filter changes thus far and my engine has never seen over 5k RPM
Gets excellent MPG
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Last edited by telcoman; Jul 17, 2014 at 05:39 PM.
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