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Best oil for a subaru legacy 2002 2.5

Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 20:34
by irishkeet
Hello

I was wondering what oil your running in your scooby engines, I have a subaru legacy 2002 2.5

cheers
irishkeet :mrgreen:

Re: Best oil for a subaru legacy 2002 2.5

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 05:17
by Domino
I only ever put Fuchs 15/50 in all my subarus but a good 10-40 will do aswell ,, try to stay away from magnatec as it breaks down at high temps easier than others

Re: Best oil for a subaru legacy 2002 2.5

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 18:36
by irishkeet
Domino wrote:I only ever put Fuchs 15/50 in all my subarus but a good 10-40 will do aswell ,, try to stay away from magnatec as it breaks down at high temps easier than others

thanks Domino, do you use fully or semi synthetic?

is this the one?
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-68899-fuchs ... e-oil.aspx

Re: Best oil for a subaru legacy 2002 2.5

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 19:43
by Domino
irishkeet wrote:
Domino wrote:I only ever put Fuchs 15/50 in all my subarus but a good 10-40 will do aswell ,, try to stay away from magnatec as it breaks down at high temps easier than others

thanks Domino, do you use fully or semi synthetic?

is this the one?
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-68899-fuchs ... e-oil.aspx


Yes that's the stuff , fully synthetic , stay away from blue filters as there was a problem with them a while back , since then it's been said that its all been sorted but I never use them now just in case ,, I tend to spend the extra on the oil stuff as its the blood of the engine and worth spending the extras on ,, RCM prob do the best filters and K&N also do good ones for Subaru aswell , but the originals are also good as long as it's not blue lol

Re: Best oil for a subaru legacy 2002 2.5

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 20:29
by irishkeet
Domino wrote:[quote="irishkeet"


Yes that's the stuff , fully synthetic , stay away from blue filters as there was a problem with them a while back , since then it's been said that its all been sorted but I never use them now just in case ,, I tend to spend the extra on the oil stuff as its the blood of the engine and worth spending the extras on ,, RCM prob do the best filters and K&N also do good ones for Subaru aswell , but the originals are also good as long as it's not blue lol

bugger just bought a couple from ICP, good to know though :roll:

Re: Best oil for a subaru legacy 2002 2.5

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 21:05
by irishkeet
HI Domino

How often are you changing your oil and your oil filter?

just ordered a couple of these oil filters
http://www.knfilters.co.uk/search/produ ... od=HP-1008

cheers
irishkeet

Re: Best oil for a subaru legacy 2002 2.5

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 05:18
by Domino
irishkeet wrote:HI Domino

How often are you changing your oil and your oil filter?

just ordered a couple of these oil filters
http://www.knfilters.co.uk/search/produ ... od=HP-1008

cheers
irishkeet


I change my oil every 6 months or 5k miles whatever comes first