My first cut and post! I'm not sure how you guys get your cuts so perfect. I used a hacksaw and it was a pain in the **** and made a mess. So looking at this I would ignore all the blue or shiny metal particles as they came from the hacksawing.
This comes off my 2010 Subaru STi 2.5l turbo running on Motul Xcess 8100 5W40 and this is the OEM filter 15208AA12A used for 5,437km (3,400 miles). Even though I am running some minor upgrades these are still recommended by most on IWSTI and NASIOC and my Subaru specialist mechanic shop here in town. Car has a Stage 2 Cobb upgrade package which is really just exhaust, downpipe, short ram intake and OTS map via Accessport. I've never dyno'd but others with this package get around 350hp at the engine then after that pesky 4WD system takes its toll, 280-290hp at the wheels.
There is quite a bit of residue in the bottom of the filter, surprised me a bit, but I guess it's doing its job. I will also send this oil off to Blackstone for my first analysis. Unless there is maybe a better oil lab for Canadian users? I will do some looking, but I imagine I will get raped a bit shipping it to the US, on top of the $28USD.
This is my first time doing the oil change myself, I always let Subaru do it until I was out of warranty. Then got the Cobb products installed and went to a specialist shop in Calgary, where they use the Motul. But oil changes are about $115CAD for the Motul. And I don't do any real performance racing, more of a fun not even a daily driver anymore. Picked up Tina the Toyota for work commuting and I don't think I use the Motul for what it is intended. Subrina (this car) maybe does the work trip (80km round trip) once a week and other than that just putting around town and getting groceries with some spirited driving. After buying the Toyota beater this car has probably only done 1-2k kms in the last 6-7 months, thus the 13 month oil change. Seeing all that residue I may try to keep it under 12 months though. And for my new fill I used Rotella T6 5w40 the new CJ-4 formula. I hope to get another oil analysis and see how it holds up compared to the pricey Motul. I also have some GC 0w40 and Mobil1 0w40 standing by. But I kind of wanted to give the new formula Rotella a shot after the hard time it's been getting. I'll be the guinea pig. But if I stick to 12 month oil changes it probably won't matter what oil I use because it will likely be under 3k km/year (less than 2k miles) and really any oil should be fine at that interval. Also to note this car operates in anything from -30C to +30C, she sleeps in a insulated but not super warm garage.
Going to stick to the OEM filter for the time being, even though I'm not super impressed with it (man it's tiny). The can was sturdy as heck though, I didn't even dent it during my abusive hacksawing and putting a lot of weight on it.
This comes off my 2010 Subaru STi 2.5l turbo running on Motul Xcess 8100 5W40 and this is the OEM filter 15208AA12A used for 5,437km (3,400 miles). Even though I am running some minor upgrades these are still recommended by most on IWSTI and NASIOC and my Subaru specialist mechanic shop here in town. Car has a Stage 2 Cobb upgrade package which is really just exhaust, downpipe, short ram intake and OTS map via Accessport. I've never dyno'd but others with this package get around 350hp at the engine then after that pesky 4WD system takes its toll, 280-290hp at the wheels.
There is quite a bit of residue in the bottom of the filter, surprised me a bit, but I guess it's doing its job. I will also send this oil off to Blackstone for my first analysis. Unless there is maybe a better oil lab for Canadian users? I will do some looking, but I imagine I will get raped a bit shipping it to the US, on top of the $28USD.
This is my first time doing the oil change myself, I always let Subaru do it until I was out of warranty. Then got the Cobb products installed and went to a specialist shop in Calgary, where they use the Motul. But oil changes are about $115CAD for the Motul. And I don't do any real performance racing, more of a fun not even a daily driver anymore. Picked up Tina the Toyota for work commuting and I don't think I use the Motul for what it is intended. Subrina (this car) maybe does the work trip (80km round trip) once a week and other than that just putting around town and getting groceries with some spirited driving. After buying the Toyota beater this car has probably only done 1-2k kms in the last 6-7 months, thus the 13 month oil change. Seeing all that residue I may try to keep it under 12 months though. And for my new fill I used Rotella T6 5w40 the new CJ-4 formula. I hope to get another oil analysis and see how it holds up compared to the pricey Motul. I also have some GC 0w40 and Mobil1 0w40 standing by. But I kind of wanted to give the new formula Rotella a shot after the hard time it's been getting. I'll be the guinea pig. But if I stick to 12 month oil changes it probably won't matter what oil I use because it will likely be under 3k km/year (less than 2k miles) and really any oil should be fine at that interval. Also to note this car operates in anything from -30C to +30C, she sleeps in a insulated but not super warm garage.
Going to stick to the OEM filter for the time being, even though I'm not super impressed with it (man it's tiny). The can was sturdy as heck though, I didn't even dent it during my abusive hacksawing and putting a lot of weight on it.
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