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Old 03-30-2012, 07:48 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by ft86Fan View Post
Checking the Mobil web site the Impreza uses the M108 so I guess thats what the FA will use :-( Hope they let me change the M104 to M108. I got like a case of them.

http://www.showmetheparts.com/mobil/
It's definitely not going to be the M108, the new style filters are much larger than the old ones, which themselves are much larger than the M108.

Shitty old-school Honeywell (Fram) blue OEM EJ filter next to a shiny, well made Tokyo Roki OEM FB/FA oil filter (PN: 15208AA130) in Black .
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And while I was digging around, I found this. It's an FB25 with a K&N HP1004 (equivalent to an M104).
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That said, you're probably better off sticking to the OEM filter once you use up your stash of M1's. Tokyo Roki makes high quality filters and Subaru specifies a stupidly high bypass valve pressure, meaning that aftermarket filters will be allowing a lot more oil to bypass the filter element than Subaru recommends. The Tokyo Roki OEM filters are valved to Subaru specs, are very solidly built and they're only ~$6.50.
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