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Alright so I will get it flushed out and re-filled with the Subaru stuff (buying it from the dealer and not Schucks). Guess its not a do it yourself job.

My subaru has been smelling like it is running a bit hot lately. I checked the coolant level in the radiator and it is really low. The owner's manual says I should use only Subaru Genuine Coolant or something like that but I am pretty sure they wont be labeled like that at Schucks. What do you guys recommend?

i'll give my dealer a go but I thought i asked em last time and they said they didnt have one. i need to call em anyway about a leaky trunk...

Where would I go about looking to buy one? I would also like it to fit mtn bikes and of course... *cough: skis*. Thanks!

So i never got around to doing this... And when i tried to order from the website I posted above, the site appears to be broken. Which of the two would i need from this site?

good to know. I'll take back the one i bought at schucks and get one from these guys. now to get instructions on how to do it.

Ok, i bought 10w 40 Castrol syntec blend. (not fully synthetic just a blend) I can take back the pcv valve and buy one from subaru... would i want to buy one from here then? allsubaruparts And how do i install it? :$

Think i found the right valve for me at autozone... I may see if they have one at Schucks so i can get it and try it today. PCV valve And definately an changing the oil today too as i couldnt have topped it off more than 400 miles ago and i checked it and it was barely showing on the dipstick! @99obw - I may be your new thick oil hero and go for x-60! lol I think the 10w-40 would be good.

@jerry: subaru said they did a bunch of tests on it, not sure if one was a compression test. They had it up in the air and were looking all around under it but said they couldnt see where anything was leaking... @cookie: good to know that i can switch as at 6$ per quart when it is burning it as fast as it is, it gets expensive. @dmanaenk & Smpol19: will definately give that a shot too. @BigMattyD: just started using oil around the begining of summer really... I will keep better track of it and see what happens. Also good to know i can switch to something a bit cheaper... It seems that the fan comes on a bit more often that it used to as well. I did have a few recall items taken care of on it. Will have to check at home on dates and details...

It just turned 100k miles the other day and has been using oil like crazy lately. I run 10w-30 Mobil 1 Synthetic in it so it is rather spendy to keep it topped off. Can i go to using a regular oil? Or is this a no no since it is been using Mobil 1 sythetic since it was driven off the lot. I heard that synthetic does something to the seals on the engine and you dont want to change to a regular oil as this would mess with it as well... Subaru does say that it is acceptable for the car to use up to 1 liter per 1000 miles... (?!!!?) That seems ridiculous! I would say it is using close to that but i have not measured exactly. There is no blue smoke and i took it into subaru and they cannot see ANYWHERE that it would be leaking oil. I have been changing it and the filter every 5k miles as that is what the Mobil 1 says its good for. Thanks! First post!