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Originally Posted by Bergen23
Personally, once my free oil changes are all used up at the dealership, I'll be going with a fram oil filter and whatever oil is on sale at Canadian tire. I'be been doing that with my past 2 cars, my dad does it with his truck, my brother does it with his car, and countless numbers of friends do that with their vehicles and no one has had any ill effects.
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OEM Tokyo Roki oil filter from Japan is like just 10 bucks tax in at the Subaru dealer so don't cheap out with a Fram (compare to OEM VW/Audi Mann filter which is like 25 bucks the Tokyo Roki is a bargain). The OEM 0W-20 oil from Toyota is also pretty good and it isn't expensive either.
Take care of the engine and the engine will take care of you.
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Originally Posted by wbradley
Mobil 1 0W40 European formula. Supposed to be the best base stock available in a regularly priced synthetic.
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I once heard that best base stock is from Shell (i.e. Shell Helix, Motul 300V, German Castrol EDGE). Is Mobil 1 0W40 European Formula a Group V oil?
I'm running Eneos Sustina 0W20 Group III+ with STI Tokyo Roki oil filter for the engine and Eneos Gear Oil 75W90 (basically Subaru Extra-S) for the gearbox and diff.
Will probably switch to Eneos Sustina 0W50 for the next oil change to run in the summer and autumn months.