OK..I've done a search on 'outback' and got back 500 hits. Most of the ones I looked at were for the 4 cylinder.
I just picked up a 2001 Outback H6 Limited. This has the 6 cylinder boxer engine. The car has 99000 KILOMETRES on it. I had the dealer do an oil/filter (for free yay!) and first thing I did when I got home was dump a bottle of Auto-RX in.
The previous owner had the vehicle serviced at the dealership, and I have the maintainence records. Looks like oil changes (dino I assume) ranging from 5000km to a high of 9000km.
Anyway, once the Auto-rx is done, what oil do you think I should use in this thing. 5w30 is recommended, but I do have a bunch of 5w20 left over from my previous Honda Odyssey. I was thinking 5w30 in the summer and the 5w20 in the winter. I'll be running syntetic btw (after the auto-rx).
I also have some Esso xd-3 in 0w30 and 0w40 (I used to have a VW) in my garage. Do you think this oil is too heavy or too... ummm "dieseley" for this vehicle?
Thanks.
I just picked up a 2001 Outback H6 Limited. This has the 6 cylinder boxer engine. The car has 99000 KILOMETRES on it. I had the dealer do an oil/filter (for free yay!) and first thing I did when I got home was dump a bottle of Auto-RX in.
The previous owner had the vehicle serviced at the dealership, and I have the maintainence records. Looks like oil changes (dino I assume) ranging from 5000km to a high of 9000km.
Anyway, once the Auto-rx is done, what oil do you think I should use in this thing. 5w30 is recommended, but I do have a bunch of 5w20 left over from my previous Honda Odyssey. I was thinking 5w30 in the summer and the 5w20 in the winter. I'll be running syntetic btw (after the auto-rx).
I also have some Esso xd-3 in 0w30 and 0w40 (I used to have a VW) in my garage. Do you think this oil is too heavy or too... ummm "dieseley" for this vehicle?
Thanks.