2.5K isnt bad for a break in oil run. How was the engine noise before and after?
I redlined my '18 Forester XT, '19 Crosstrek, and 22 Forester before 50 miles. Doesn't hurt a thing. None of them use any all.I’m trying to do the break-in properly by varying the speeds and going through all the gears. Yesterday I forgot leaving the light I was in manual 1st gear & accidentally revved the motor to 5k rpmAll seems all ok though. I read somewhere I should keep it under 4k during break-in
Pretty much babied it thruout the time while going thru all the gears manually and letting the engine decelerate in the gears. Haven’t took it to redline yet. Seems to sound the same as it was new… Ours came with that black Japanese filter as well, not that blue USA made/disguised orange can of death Fram2.5K isnt bad for a break in oil run. How was the engine noise before and after?
Have you opened it up yet and run it up to redline?
Ours is so dang noisy I need ear protection
I would seek out some Roki filters for future use. They are Jewels. What was on the car, correct?
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Ok I dumped the oil and filter at 2,548 mi. I spoke to a good friend of mine who’s been a Porsche technician for the last 2 decades at a very reputable dealership in the Peninsula here in NorCal. He said 1-2k miles is a good time change it out. His current build is an 800HP Audi RS3, previous builds include a 600WHP Turbo 911 and one of my own Mustangs that dynoed 410WHP N/A. I trust him completely… There is for sure gonna be metal particles floating around in the original factory fill/break-in period and I don’t like the thought of that. Even though the Porsche dealership says 10k mi. OCI’s, oil and filters are cheap to buy and the work is easy to do so why not. I feel better now that I did it early. I will continue to do it every 5k mi.
Here’s a video of the first oil change on a 2021 Porsche 992. You can see the metal particles when he opens up the filter. I’ll treat my Subie better than a Porsche! F that 10k OCI crap
As a data point my wife is getting over 33 ave on the giant 2021 base trim Outback wagon with same 2.5L D.I. engine.
Every three years on my Crosstrek. It’s like clockwork.
Owned many Subaru's that go through long, cold winters, Never lost a battery.
That noise is a pump used for testing the EVAP system. it usually happens 5 hours after turning the car off.
So much for second guessing factory recommendations! I mean we're well beyond 1950s metallurgy and straight SC classified 30 wt.
if the pickup is higher than 1/4 inch above the pan floor, particle settle out onto the floor of the pan. If they don't get pumped they won't get trapped by the filter. That was one reason why Subaru used to employ large diameter drain plugs - you do a hot change and the oil is flowing vigorously off that narrow pan floor. There is no best substitute to dropping a pan on a motorsports engine after dyno run in and tune session. We don't all have that luxury on a passenger car. I suppose you could use a squirt bottle and squirt some light oil around the floor and see what comes out. Then dump a sacrificial quart into the engine and drain that too - if you want to take it to an extreme.
I haven’t actually been checking, but I was gassing up the Vibe more often for sure… Although the Subie does have a larger tank. So far we love this car, especially the wifey!
I think of how many vehicles never even get an oil change.... I know a few people that think a vehicle is 100% good to go as long as it starts for each use.
Living in NC all of my life I would sum up northern driving as a bit out there. For years we would periodically travel to Philadelphia, so up in that area the drivers seemed to have two speeds... wide open or stop and rude/arrogant as hell along the way. I will agree that southern driving is a bit more leisurely quite often and even annoys me at times to be stuck behind it, but I wouldn't tolerate what I dealt with up in that area on a daily basis. Not to mention the drastic difference in road surface condition.
