What is everyone using for the spin on replaceable

transmission filter on a 2000 Impreza OBS.

A part number would be nice and a FRAM would be

my last choice.

I found Wix and Purolator part numbers, anyone try

them ?

 

Richard

Hi Richard, I put an amsoil eao36 on my '00OBW, it's a lot longer than the stock filter (but you have to tighten it on quite a bit.) The thread size and pitch is the same as the engine oil filter (as I use the eao36 as my engine oil filter too )

 

I chopped open the OE ATF filter that was on there and it looked like a regular oil filter to me, but maybe it's more of a hydraulic filter without a bypass. Yah, I'd avoid the fram too; Wix makes some nice filters and I wouldn't hesitate to use it (or I think Carquest and Napa Gold are actually Wix too). The $25 for a new OE filter seems a little excessive, but since it's a 'replace only if dented or leaking' part then maybe that's why.

I've put a WIX unit on a friend's car it seems to have worked fine for a year and a half now. Oh how I wish the older cars had a spin-on tranny filter.