Hello All

I have a 05 Forester that I'm changing the oil on every two months. I always use a Subaru oil filter from the dealer, but at $9.00 plus it gets expensive. Are there any good web sites dealing in OEM Subaru parts (especially oil filters) that you can recommend?

 

Thanks

try http://www.allsubparts.com/, they dont list the 05 model but any oil filter from a non turbo 2.2 or 2.5 should work, they all list the same part number. i doubt the 05 is different from the 04 and before ej series engines.

Any reason you change your oil every 2 months or have to use Genuine Subaru filters? Last I heard, Purlator makes Subaru filters, and I got a PureOne for like $4 at Autozone. You could stretch that interval out quite a bit by going with a semi- or full--synthetic oil, as well.

 

 

This oil filter study should give you a fairly good idea of which non-OEM filters are good.

Bosch makes a good filter, as does wix(napa gold is a wix) and they're available locally.

https://www.1stsubaruparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=63&products_id=357&osCsid=144fa0d4e1cfe9a556fd2e4357c2fff1

 

$4.81 includes a new oil pan drain plug gasket.

Thanks to all who replied, I have been looking into after market filters and will check the filters you mentioned. The reason for the frequent oil changes is that I do alot of highway driving to work and and rack up 3k within two months. I have thought about using synthetic oil, but with the miles and frequent oil changes I'll stay with the fossil stuff.

forester oil filter 6 packs

 

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Jamie

There is such a thing as over servicing.