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Old 04-02-2013, 10:50 PM   #164
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Originally Posted by R L Newb View Post
Don't do your change at 250 miles... This thread is trying to show the oil lasts for 7500 miles easy. There is also something to the initial fill that contains a large amount of bonus materials not found in the refill oil.

The Subie 0w-20 is good for standard use.
Thank you for reply! Re-reading the thread right now and this is what I gather (That initial fill is very good)

My main concern now is that I do subscribe to the "break it in hard" camp, and don't want metal particles floating in my engine.. I wonder if any of the very knowledgeable gents that have posted in this thread have actually run the car hard during break-in period and then sent oil for analysis. This is what I mean by hard break-in. Another thing that I would really like to know is if the FA20 engine comes broken in from factory like, say, the R8 engine. (see linked vid and skip to 12:20)

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Yes, some engines are run very hard at the factory, giving credence to the hard break-in method.

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