5coobydoo

Hi all, avin impreza wrx serviced can anybody recommend good oil's, filter's & sparkplugs ect ect..... it's 2002 bugeye.

404BHP

Hi mate you want Millers oil standard subaru oil filter and ngk platinum plugs gap the plugs 1 point below what they call for then you will not have a problem with spark under high boost...

renno rannes

I use Motul 300v and Subaru filter.

5coobydoo

what grade oil (5w-40) for engine ? what grade for back axle/ gearbox???????

olliecampbell

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I can recommend a Green cotton filter (very lightly oiled).

404BHP

You want 10/60 that is what the millers comes in

wolfie28

Millers as above, very good oil. Speak to a independant specialist they will point you in the right direction also some of them sell servicing packs with all the items required for any given mileage service .

Wolfie.

jasonius

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Motul 10w40 is ideal, good cold start protection and more than enough for fast road IMHO. In my 05 wrx the most I see is 105c (that's taken from main oil gallery above cyl #3 BTW)..

OEM oil filter, Green/KN panel air filter and NGK PFR6B's for a mostly standard car (7B's for anything else this side of ~400bhp), gapped to .65 - .70..

Dan 2

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I'm using Millers 10/40 but went to the local Stealers today for a couple of prices and he said I should be using 5/30 :O

Alan C

Do a search for 'oil' and you'll get a million answers ranging from the 5/30 to the 10/60's.... Don't even get these guys started on synthetic, semi or mineral.....

It really does depend on the power you have, how and where you drive it (track days?) and how often you plan to change it.... plus how much money you have for the decent stuff..

If you go for the manufacturers rating and change it nice and regular then you wont go wrong... If you have some extra power over standard and drive it long and hard, you'll be doing your car a favour if you feed in the decent Synth stuff and change it regular.. If not, you can get away with semi or some people will argue even mineral if, again, you change it regular (couple of times a year).

I use 10/40 in mine and have used 10/60... all to no detriment because I change it 3 times a year or so (nice club group buy on some Fuchs )

fl6

got lost have we al

bushiwarrior

millers oils

angus007

millers 10-60 satndard oil filter is what i use in my05 sti but change every 4 months

Scoobymart

Iv'e seen a couple of theads like this one but no one mentions mobil 1, is there a problem with this oil in scoobs as iv'e had my type R 3yrs now and it's had 4 mobil 1 oil changes in that time only as the previous owner used it in this car and i thought it best to keep the same oil.

Gear Head

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I have used mobil 1 15w50 in my scoobs for the last 3 years with no problem. That's during winter months too. Change it every 3K or 6months.

Scoobymart

Iv'e done less than 3k in 3yrs so it's changed at least every 1k or once a year apart from when i purchased it,it had an oil change and it's just had another one with an MOT.

Alan C

Amazing what several large G&T's will do for you.....

olliecampbell

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I went through all this when I did an oil change and was advised to get this level of oil, not brand that was my choice:

Engine Silkolene Pro S - 10w/50w
Gearbox Silkolene silktran syn 5
Diff Silkolene silktran syn 6
Brakes Halfords 5.1 brake fluid


Not plugging at all...but ...Opie oils is very good (oilman on here) and is a wealth of knowledge.
You also get a discount when buying from them for just mentioning here.

MikeCardiff

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Dont be tempted to get a cheaper pattern oil filter, use the genuine Subaru one. I fitted a Halfords filter, assuming that it would be fine, but it never quite sealed against the engine properly and kept having a small trickle of oil escaping when driving - nothing serious, just annoying.