2005 Baja Turbo new owner, few questions

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SirMyztiq
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2005 Baja Turbo new owner, few questions

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Hello!

I'm not a stranger to Subaru cars. I've owned three STis, my wife has a 07 XT and today I joined the Baja club! I wanted something bigger but not suvish. Baja was my calling. I'll eventually get another STi though.

Anyways, I was wondering what the recommended oil is for these? I ran Rotella T6 5-40W on my STis, I'm planning on using it in my wife's XT. Subaru filters still the best to use?



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Re: 2005 Baja Turbo new owner, few questions

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This car has exactly the same engine as the Forester XT, which (except for a few of the bolt-ons - turbo, intercooler, intake mani, exhaust mani, uppipe, oil pan) is identical to the STi engine. Whatever you used there will work fine. I use Rotella T6 0w-40. Prefer the Subaru filters if you subscribe to that superstition (I do).
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Re: 2005 Baja Turbo new owner, few questions

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Mobile 1 5W30 and Subaru Filters here
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Re: 2005 Baja Turbo new owner, few questions

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Thanks for the replies guys! I wasn't subscribed to the thread and didn't see your responses. I went with Rotella since I'm dropping that in my wifes XT.

Funny story, never been under an auto. Never been under an auto subaru. Drained tranny oil on the XT.



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