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Thanks a lot for taking the time to write all this ! do I want to avoid a lot of zinc?

No idea what Kmart is ....

Compared to the forester it is to me, 6cyl 3l turbo 325 HP and 354 pound feet of torque. It's a baby compared to what engines you guys get is the US...but to me it's awesome compared to what cars I'm used to driving.. What 6L 500HP beast you're driving ?

Moved from the UK to Oz In the UK I used to run 10w40 in a Turbo Foreter....... moved to Oz and bought a 2014 Volvo XC60 T6 and manual says to run 0-5W30 A5/B5 seems a bit of a light spec oil for this beast of an engine compared to the Subaru would it be OK to run A3/B4? Did a bit of digging...

Something interesting Subaru Japan now apparently only recommend 0W30 for regular cars and 10W50 for WRX STI's...I know in the past they used to recommend 5W30 and 5W40... http://www.pleiades-zero.com/?page_id=69 And the 10W50 not to be used in the F series engines FA20 FB20

An interesting fact I found out today is that Hartech ( Porsche engine specialists re-builders in the uk ) part of their warranty terms is to only use Millers Nanodrive CFS 10w50 NT in their rebuilt engines otherwise you’ll void warranty... https://www.hartech.org/rebuild-terms

Fuchs Titan Race Pro is quite popular with car enthusiasts here in the UK and it gets recommended a lot I have no doubt is excellent stuff was just unsure about the 10W50 rating as now a days everyone always seems to recommend the 0W as being best thing since sliced bread...

Yeah I was all right with it until I’ve spoken to my dad who’s opinion I also respect when it comes to stuff like this so he’s just put some doubt in my mind... just wanted to get some reassurance that’s all....

I just told him to put in what he thinks is best for the car this was after he’s done a full health check...he is one of the most respected Subaru mechanic and engine builder/tuner in the UK so I’m sure he’s done it for a reason and he knows what he’s doing....

The car is stock , but will be re-mapped next month or so (still thinking if it’s safe to do so and worth it ).... I don’t monitor oil temp and on the motorway I do run it hard for the odd monthly motorway run...but normal driving the rest of time and no track days...

Keep the oil and swap before winter for 5W40 then .... it’s an odd one that all the Subaru specialists and engine builders in the UK....all recommend minimum 10W40/50 and RCM 15W20 to the point they don’t even sell lower grades in their shops.....if anyone knows a thing or two about Subarus is...

UK based here I’ve posted here before about Subaru engine oil....well I’ve just had my car serviced at one of the most respected Subaru engine builder/tuner in the UK and he put 10w50 in my Forester XT....the Subaru specialists in the UK here like RCM and Scoobyclinic don’t even sell or...

Those oils are not available in europe unfortunately.

We could go on like this forever at the end of the day I'm not racing on a formula 1 circuit, I went with Motul Xclean+ 5w30 after having a look at Gokhans table for a turbo subaru the most important stats are HTHS(HTHSV) and Noack according to most Subaru owners and forums so I'll just go with...

Thanks for the reply, are you able to elaborate a bit more? What else am I looking for?

Thank you very much I sure learned a lot today!

Thanks for this! So then it looks like the Motul 8100 X-clean+ 5W30 is better then all the 3 oils I was on about?

Thank u Thanks a lot for the detailed answer, much appreciated!

And if we compare the 3 oils in the table below .....how is not MOTUL sport the best out of those 3? I cannot understand? People keep mentioning 10W30 5W50 10W50 but I'm not talking about that I wont use anything other than 5W30 5W40 or 0W40.....I'm talking about the best 5W40 oil with the best...