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Old 11 March 2020, 01:29 PM
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My 2005 Blobeye WRX is due an oil change. I'm going to do it myself this year. Can anyone recommend the best oil to use for the car, and how much I will need.

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if it’s forged then a 10 or 15 by 40 or 50 , if it’s low mileage ? then the brand subaru say is a 5/30? i tend to use a 10/40 on mine , millers nanodrive is a good oil at a good price , i don’t track mine so i use the older jdm service schedule and change oil ever 7500 miles , opie oils a good place to buy many car related parts plus fluids , i buy my brake fluid diff and g box fluid and engine oil , use the black jdm oil filter there were issues with the blue one
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Vote for opie oils. If you join a UK based subaru forum you can get a bit of discount at Opie oils
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speak to alyn @ as performance for all your subaru servicing needs. top service
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Originally Posted by Vxr2010
if it’s forged then a 10 or 15 by 40 or 50 , if it’s low mileage ? then the brand subaru say is a 5/30? i tend to use a 10/40 on mine , millers nanodrive is a good oil at a good price , i don’t track mine so i use the older jdm service schedule and change oil ever 7500 miles , opie oils a good place to buy many car related parts plus fluids , i buy my brake fluid diff and g box fluid and engine oil , use the black jdm oil filter there were issues with the blue one

Its a 2005 WRX not STi but has been remapped to 270 Bhp. The car has 68k miles. do you have links to the correct filter?
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I get my service items from icp but as performance just as good customer service

black oil filter with sump nut washer

10/40 semi of your choice or as above can’t go wrong with millers imo

as it’s tuned you may need a higher heat range spark plug to what’s used on std wrx’s

changepollen filter while your at it

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Originally Posted by siluro
Vote for opie oils. If you join a UK based subaru forum you can get a bit of discount at Opie oils

First time I've visited that website and it looks awesome, thanks for that, I'll buy from them.
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Import car parts have an ebay site so i order my oil filters via ebay with them , but it’s very easy to just call them or go on their site , despatch is quick , quality of other parts they sell are good , ive just ordered front and rear arb links that were very £ reasonable
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as you may find out scooby dip stick levels can be interesting , leave the car to drain for a while , check how much oil you need, measure it out and add what it says , the dip stick goes into the sump at an angle , so weirdly you can get one side of the dipstick showing higher or lower than the other 😢🤣😁 , with the dipstick in the correct way the side of the dipstick with the writing on is the one you trust
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