Originally Posted by PimTac
Originally Posted by SubieRubyRoo
Originally Posted by Zolton
Why then, do some engine burn oil on 20 weight?
Some engines burn 20W50. What's your point?
It would be so nice if the interwebz wasn't full of parrots that read one blog post written by somebody who didn't know what they were talking about in the first place, and then go and spew the spurious information over and over again. As was pointed out before, all of the issues with the EJ and FA engines have been dealt with and resolved numerous years ago.
OP, I'd use 0W20 and whatever filter floats your boat. On my mom's 18 Forester, this is whatever 0W20 is on sale, and a NAPA Gold 7055 filter. Because she's under warranty to 120k or 7 years, it makes no sense to stick a $9 Fram Ultra on for 6k OCIs when the 7055 is less than $4 and does a fine job. But after warranty is up, a Fram Ultra XG7317 is exactly what it's going to get, for at least 3 OCIs (20k total).
A bigger question is who was Zolton in his previous appearances here on BITOG?
Reincarnation. Different stage names, same ðŸ„💩