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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze
You are saying that Mobil 1 is consumed at a higher rate than other oils in Subaru engines. How would you rate it's lubricating/anti-wear abilities?
Besides the expense of having to add oil on a regular basis is high oil consumption indicative of anything else?
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All Resource Conserving oils are sometimes consumed at higher rates in turbocharged Subaru's. This is why most Subaru turbo owner's run non Resource Conserving oils like Rotella T6 5W-40, German Castrol 0W-30, etc. The new GF5 oils are a bit better (even Mobil1) and there a few uoa's at bobistheoilguy to back this up. Oils are always changing and what was true a year ago isn't necessarily true today.
That said, I do not use Resource Conserving oils in my turbo Forester but there is no evidence to show that any API SN/ILSAC GF5 Resource Conserving oil is not a good choice for a BRZ/FR-S.
-Dennis