What are people using for oil?

[empower-auto]

I can get a great deal on Amsoil 0w20 OE series. Is this stuff any good?

[Phaedrus29]

Originally Posted by Opie

Idemitsu....

I saw this at the dealership for $7.64 per quart. Is it good oil?

[RavenFR-S]

Amsoil SS 0w20

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by empower-auto

I can get a great deal on Amsoil 0w20 OE series. Is this stuff any good?

Yes. Just picked up a case of 12 for myself.

[Black Tire]

Originally Posted by empower-auto

I can get a great deal on Amsoil 0w20 OE series. Is this stuff any good?

The OE series is Amsoil's lowest performance oil. That being said, its still Amsoil and is still 100% synthetic. Amsoil now has recommendations for fluids for the FR-S on their website:

Amsoil Recommendations for FR-S

[Opie]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus29

I saw this at the dealership for $7.64 per quart. Is it good oil?

It's the Subaru specified oil for the new FB engines, made for Subaru by Idemitsu: http://drive.subaru.com/spr11_whatmakes.aspx

[F1point4]

For those using Amsoil Signature, are you planning to follow Amsoil Change Interval Recommendation of a 15k/25k miles? (severe/normal driving)

I ended up getting me a case of this, and I still plan to change every 5k-7.5k

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by F1point4

I ended up getting me a case of this, and I still plan to change every 5k-7.5k

That's probably the right idea. So the manual says this car should use Synthetic and then it says oil change interval is 7500 miles but in sever duty conditions to change at 3750 miles (even on syn!).

I'm only speculating here but in another thread where we discussed oil viscosity properties and Direct Injection it was noted that DI engines tend to pollute their oil with fuel more readily. Amsoil's "extended drain" interval is based on the performance on the oil and doesn't necessarily take into account how all engines (especially DI engines) treat/damage/pollute the oil.

This also goes back to why I bought the Amsoil OE and not the signature, because I plan on changing my oil every 3700 miles. (BTW: your trip indicator on your dash goes 4 digits long so you can use "TRIP B" to keep track of your oil change mileage!).


Anyone else find it funny how Amsoil has no recommendations for our tranmissions. It's important to note that.

[Black Tire]

Originally Posted by F1point4

For those using Amsoil Signature, are you planning to follow Amsoil Change Interval Recommendation of a 15k/25k miles? (severe/normal driving)

I ended up getting me a case of this, and I still plan to change every 5k-7.5k

I plan to change about every 4k miles with Amsoil Signature, plus additional changes after heavy track weekends.

Originally Posted by rice_classic

Anyone else find it funny how Amsoil has no recommendations for our tranmissions. It's important to note that.

I think this is a more complex recommendation for Amsoil since the manual recommends GL-3 oil for the manual transmission and they do not make a specific GL-3 oil (possible warranty issues without a GL-3 label). It may be that it is not worth their time at this point (not enough of these cars around yet) to do more in depth research to see if one of their oils would work and be able to be certified as GL-3 to satisfy any warranty requirements. Another possibility is that they looked at the requirements and specs of the Toyota oil and decided that is was good enough that it was not worth their time to bother with an alternative.

[empower-auto]

Bought Redline 0W20. Life is good.

[Tainen]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

I picked up a case of 12 qts of 0w-20 amsoil for $45.

I thought that was a good deal.

holy crap. where???? Let me in on that.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by rice_classic

This also goes back to why I bought the Amsoil OE and not the signature, because I plan on changing my oil every 3700 miles. (BTW: your trip indicator on your dash goes 4 digits long so you can use "TRIP B" to keep track of your oil change mileage!).

Trip A: How long ago I filled up.
Trip B: Oil change.

Always done it like that.

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by Tainen

holy crap. where???? Let me in on that.

GoodGuys Car Show at the Puyallup Fair grounds. One of the vendors (and there's hundreds) was an amsoil guy. I saw a sign that said "OE 0w-20, $3.99/qt"

Me: Is that price for real?
Him: yup, that's the "show" price, I only sell it at that price when I'm at events like this and I only take cash.
Me: How many qts you got?
Him: I'll sell you a case (12) for $45.
Me: How many cases you got?
Him: Just 1
Me: Tough luck, I would have bought 10.

Note to future self, attend car show, look for Amsoil dude.

[rice_classic]

Originally Posted by Black Tire

I think this is a more complex recommendation for Amsoil since the manual recommends GL-3 oil for the manual transmission and they do not make a specific GL-3 oil (possible warranty issues without a GL-3 label). It may be that it is not worth their time at this point (not enough of these cars around yet) to do more in depth research to see if one of their oils would work and be able to be certified as GL-3 to satisfy any warranty requirements. Another possibility is that they looked at the requirements and specs of the Toyota oil and decided that is was good enough that it was not worth their time to bother with an alternative.

Don't know if I mentioned this here but I already changed my transmission oil. As someone who's been around Hondas for 15 years I can tell you that I'd bet $100 the transmission fluid this car comes with is identical to Honda MTF. It was the same color, odor, feel... you name it.

I'm kicking myself for not putting a collector and capturing some Blackstone Labs and comparing it to Honda MTF.