mitchel009 wrote:If you found main/ big end bearing shavings ect in the oil filter in a MY06 H6 3.0L RB
would it be safe to assume it was starved of oil and Nothing" else??
PUDZ3.0RB wrote:Funny funny man kiks.
Seriously Mitch howz the engine now.
patrickbateman wrote:So to attempt to summarise the oil advice in this thread - correct me if I'm wrong.
Some people say 5W, others 10W, 5W arguable gives better protection at low temperatures but the H6 may go through it a bit quicker. 10W highly unlikely to do any harm. Unclear whether the "0W" oils around would be a bad idea.
Some people say 5W/10W-30, others 5W/10W-40. Seems to be a split between people saying "why use 40 when the spec is 30" and those saying 40 is sensible for high km engines. Seems to be general agreement that above 40 is not a good plan.
Some cars use virtually no oil, some chew a little bit, oil use could be a problem or could be 'normal' for a moderate km H6 which didn't have an ideal running in period when it was new.
Everyone seems to have their pet brands but a lot of votes for Magnatec and Penrite out of the sensibly priced options from what I can see.
Fair?
Tonic wrote:I can only agree with this... A rebuild WAS expensive and 5,000 km later the oil was just touching the bottom of the stick.... I check every 1,000 km but seems the short trips are eating it like petrol! Going to my local garage today to swap to 10/40 in the hope it slows usage.
In the last 1,000 km (all short trips) it has gone from being 5mm above minimum to touching the bottom of the stick. 2 litres topped it up and it seems no damage done but my engine on 5/30 just eats too much... And this is a rebuilt engine(80,000km)
Subaru doesn't want a bar of it and although it cost me near enough to $10K to fix the solicitor says it will cost that much again to sue them. Subaru company car missed its first service on time so i wonder if they dold me a dud.
Stuck with it now... Fortunately it is a great car and i plan a kido tune if i can get someone to do it up here on the mid north coast....
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