oil change question
 

I have about 1600 miles on my car and thinking of getting an oil change before the complimentary 5000 from scion.

Being my first new car I bought and a completely new car in the market, I'm a little nervous about bringing it in to a regular mechanic instead of the dealership.

Anybody think this is a bad idea?

Just make sure they use a good filter and good synthetic 0w-20.

no

buy your own oil and buy your own filter. (filter you can get at dealership)

go to one of those places where they don't jack your car but instead have a bunker underneath, (here we have Midas and Mr.Lube), that way there is zero chance of someone incorrectly lifting your car or damaging your doors when they swing them open, etc, etc etc.

you watch them drain it, you watch them tighten it, you watch them fill the oil that you brought and opened with your own hands.

have them type the model/brand of the oil into the receipt print out.

keep for records.

I recomend Amsoil 0w-20 (their top line) for normal use, 0w-30 if you're gonna autocross.

My only advise, make sure said mechanic DOES NOT use Fram.
Purolator, Wix (Napa and Carquest are Wix) or OEM is preferred.

How's MAG1 for oil?

Do it yourself and get a Fumoto valve. This car is going to have the easiest oil changes ever.

Drain plug was way overtorqued - I almost wore out the nut before bringing it into a local mechanic and luckily they were able to get it off. I ordered a Fumoto valve from amazon and I'll have that installed on my next oil change when I get the complimentary one from Scion.

Installed a K&N 1004 filter for about 13 bucks. Anybody know why the Toyota filter is 25 bucks?

because it's not made from recycled Chinese newspapers and apple cores.

No idea. I'd go to Subaru and get their 130 or 160 filters. You can even order them online in packages from SubaruGenuineParts.com for around $6-$7 per.

I put some info that might be helpful to you on another memebers post. Instead of reposting I'll just link it here.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...86&postcount=3

Yea that's so strange - The Oil filter that comes with the car is from Subaru, which you can get a replacement for about $7 at a subaru dealer. But go to a Toyota dealer and they charge $25 for their filter... which I believe is gonna be a Subaru oil filter ( I think this is the case because when I went to the dealer they gave me the same stock number as the the one labeled on the Subaru filter, somehow they didn't have any in stock though... :bs:)

So these parts are genuine?

https://www.subaruonlineparts.com/pr...87e21080dacd43

I thought $6 seemed a bit cheap...?

If they are from the subaru website i'm sure they are genuine lol. they look identical to the FRS stock oil filter also.

That's where I got mine! Real as can be! :thumbup: