Hello BITOG'ers!
Long time lurker, first time poster. Signed up specifically because I couldn't find definitive information on what I'm looking for.
I own and daily drive a 2001 Forester (auto trans, S-trim, if any of that matters).
There's a long running bit of "tribal knowledge" that Subaru's MUST have a filter with a 23psi bypass. Wix 57055 for example.
I found a post here, though, stating that flow rate is more important. Could someone please explain this to me? I'm generally pretty comprehensible when it comes to these kinds of things, but this one is going over my head.
Any Subaru'ers know how particular EJ's are about maintaining oil pressure, and as I'm approaching 200k on the original engine, I'd like to keep her alive as long as possible before doing a 207 swap.
While we're on the subject, is there a "best" oil for a high mileage Subaru? It's been getting either PP high mileage or M1 high mileage at 5k intervals, in 5-30.
Lastly, so as not to clutter up more threads, can anyone recommend a good oil filter relocation kit? My OEM exhaust manifold cracked, so I replaced it with an UEL header, and it is uncomfortably close to the oil filter, nigh touching, which I imagine isn't great for oil temps!
Thank you for reading my blabbering!
Long time lurker, first time poster. Signed up specifically because I couldn't find definitive information on what I'm looking for.
I own and daily drive a 2001 Forester (auto trans, S-trim, if any of that matters).
There's a long running bit of "tribal knowledge" that Subaru's MUST have a filter with a 23psi bypass. Wix 57055 for example.
I found a post here, though, stating that flow rate is more important. Could someone please explain this to me? I'm generally pretty comprehensible when it comes to these kinds of things, but this one is going over my head.
Any Subaru'ers know how particular EJ's are about maintaining oil pressure, and as I'm approaching 200k on the original engine, I'd like to keep her alive as long as possible before doing a 207 swap.
While we're on the subject, is there a "best" oil for a high mileage Subaru? It's been getting either PP high mileage or M1 high mileage at 5k intervals, in 5-30.
Lastly, so as not to clutter up more threads, can anyone recommend a good oil filter relocation kit? My OEM exhaust manifold cracked, so I replaced it with an UEL header, and it is uncomfortably close to the oil filter, nigh touching, which I imagine isn't great for oil temps!
Thank you for reading my blabbering!