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2023 Forester 11 months/ 19260 km Out: factory Subaru filter date code 01/23 In: OEM Subaru Filter date code 11/23 There are a lot of wildfire last year in our area and we did few camping trips early this spring. So decided to check the filter and decided to might as well replaced it.

2008 Yaris 1NZ-FE Out: Mobil1 5w30 Napa Gold In: Valvoline 5w30 Napa Proformer 7865kms/2year on this oil and filter. this is extremely short tripped vehicle. No milky residue/moisture noted upon visual inspection. able to unscrew the oil filter by hand with ease.

I can say about South East Asia/Philippines where I came from. Yeah 0w20 or 0w16 is mostly unheard of obviously. 5w30 5w40 10w30 10w40 15w40 20w50 are the common grades usually. DIY oil change is not that popular because of the hassle of oil disposal, (yeah we I know the importance disposing...

I'm 99% sure it is not metal. More like hair/ fiber like.

When I inspect it, it came all the way through from the inside. So probably too much glue or probably some foreign material that shouldn't be there fell inside the filter during transport or storage. Maybe I just got lucky I caught it before it goes down to the engine or maybe I'm not that there...

2023 FB25D on SK wilderness 14650 kms 5000kms on this oil Out: dealership bulk oil Castrol gtx magnatec 0w20, Subaru "emergency" filter In: Valvoline Advanced 0w20, Indonesian Tokyo Roki filter

FB25D engine Filter in question: Subaru blue "emergency" oil filter first time I encountered this..

Nice. Blitz supercharger next?

Indonesian Tokyo roki oil filter for 2023 SK wilderness.

may I know your reason for using 0w20? I believe 1nz-fe calls for 5w30. Just curious because I also have a 3door 2008 yaris and just sold my 2000 Taurus (also calls for 5w30) and now have a newer Forester that calls for 0w20. So maybe I can simplify oil purchase and I'm just gonna use 0w20 with...

not an answer but also a question, is it the same as the Tokyo roki black filter from factory that you are talking about? Because last time I heard Subaru run out of blue filter and dealerships are using another blue "emergency" filter without any labeling on it. that is what my dealership put...

maybe 1.5L total top up so it won't go down to low mark. And I had to idle it for 10-15mins in the morning during the winters to defrost the windshields and windows. No garage and we always have episodes of cold spells of -35c to -40c lasting for few days and most of the time I don't plug the...

2000 Ford Taurus Vulcan V6 out: mobil1 5w30 High mileage motorcraft filter in: mobil1 5w30 High mileage napa gold filter extremely short tripped, 8k kms 20 month interval. 183k kms vehicle mileage

Ford Taurus Vulcan V6 out: mobil1 5w30 High mileage motorcraft filter in: mobil1 5w30 High mileage napa gold filter extremely short tripped, 8k kms 20 month interval

+1 on installing the winter tires. the concern during that time of year is not the snow, as good all season tires can handle that. The main concern is if you get caught travelling early in morning when there is early morning frost after it rained the previous night. Aka freezing rain..