Don't know if this is old news but if it is

Anyway, I remember there being some debate over oil filters when Subaru went from the black ones to the blue ones. Went to order one and found that import car parts are selling the black ones via their ebay shop.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Su...item3f1ba35784

Hope its some use to someone.

 

get a k and n one

 

I use the Mazda RX8 oil filter, buy them at my local Mazda dealer. They are the same make as the oe subaru ones (Roki or something?) and have the same bypass pressure (unlike almost every alternative to the oe subaru filter) and they are slightly larger capacity.

Part no. for anyone interested N3R1-14-302

 

Buy a genuine one you tight wad.

That is all I use albeit the now JDM only black oil filter.

 

i would think they are the same price and far better than that blue thing

 

Scoobyparts do a pink STI one, what's that all about?

 

money for nothing, like a bmw badge on a plate of sick

 

These ones have a hex shaped `nut like` bottom to them, so if it was on too tight you can always use a spanner to loosen it. Good idea imo

 

thats why i bought one, makes it easy to remove if its tight.

 

yeah i use the k&n ones for that exact reason, saves a whole lot of flaffing about!

 

They are supposed to offer a higher filtration level for motor sport applications.

But I personally wouldn't bother, pretty much snake oil medicine as I see it.

 

Mazda genuine rx8 filter on mine. Easier for me to get hold of as a dealer just up the road from me

 

I seem the k&n ones advertised somewhere at £3.50 delivered iirc, bargain at that price IMO but I run the black one as that's what was advised when I asked about it

 

And how much was that, from a Mazda dealer?
I bought a filter for the wifes Mazda 3 MPS from the local Mazda dealer at over £14! Stupid price for a bog ordinary filter that didn't even come in a box FFS! Only got it to preserve the warranty, if needed.
A perfectly good Blueprint, UFI, Mahle ect should be £6-£7

JohnD

 

I use this one, £15 cheaper than the Pink Sti one

http://www.scoobyparts.com/acatalog/...IL_FILTER.html

I do believe the blue filters are crap

 

I've just bought a black filter from AS Performance last Saturday, cheap as chips

Mick

 

yep im in the trade and can get blue print, ufi etc etc for pennies. Yet i still buy a mazda one for my own car Because of the crack pressure in the valve. You dont need to fit a mazda filter to keep warranty. Although it probably makes it easier in the event if a claim

 

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...l-filters.html

 

lots of duff info about the "blue" filters IMO..............have used and supplied what must now be thousands since they came out without even one issue!

from investigations it would appear the paper type membrane is used simply to comply with end of life disposal/recycling and as its not designed to float "free" then it obviously will fall apart as soon as its removed from its housing

cant believe that so much weight is given to some daft kid in a car that looks like he would struggle to serve fries at McD'ss..........

 

Think I paid about £8 for the rx8 filter from the dealer last time I got one.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Ori...item41706189cf .The last two black subaru oil filter from RCM ebay

 

i spent too long reading about this last year and blueprint filters are supose to be good......... only what iv read tho

 

I run genuine black filters as advised buy my engine builder. For the little extra cost if really makes no odds and gives peace of mind.

 

Nobody want one then?

 

I've run blueprint filters for years without an issue - can see any reason to spend more than a fiver when it works perfectly well