Oil filter housing
 

I was changing my oil filter and saw an area that looked weird in the oil filter housing. I took a picture and used a blue arrow to point to the area. I have a 2017 BRZ stock.

Is this normal?
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yep. normal. both my 2014's had it.


you can clean it out, but it's just a divot in the casting.

Sorry car is totaled.
My I suggest a new Honda Civic Si? You'll have more power righ off the bat. And remarkable better handling. You heard me right. It is better than a Miata.

And they don't have that silly drain hole for accidental oil over spills on your 86. They use a traditional under the car oil filler that gets in the way of other suspension parts and makes a mess.
Sorry for your loss.

It is not totaled, you just need to get a drill bit and a little bigger than that imperfection and drill it out.

If you mount a Subaru oil to water oil cooler you'll find that the cooler body has a small tab on the face that mounts to the engine. The tab goes in that slot. It keeps the cooler body from spinning when you remove the oil filter.

... Holy crap that's what it's for!!! Never knew that lol.