Why are you stuck on Subaru oil? There are plenty of oils out there that are as good or much better.

 

Not stuck on it, just want to try it out. I've run everything from Supertech 0w20 synthetic to Quaker State synthetic, to Mobil 1 AFE to Pennzoil Platinum and others in this car. Some have seemed better than others, I just want to try out something different.

 

Richard called it correctly.


The Subie oil isn't special, just like the Motorcraft oil isn't a magic elixir. I wouldn't go out of my way for Idemitsu.

Mr. Pare has spoken. Heed his words.

 

When I bought my new 2014 Outback, the dealership threw in, in lieu of my first two free service appointments, 10 qts of genuine Subaru oil, two genuine Subaru oil filters, and oil plug crush washers so that I didn't have to drive 130 miles one way for them to do the work. I'd be surprised if any Subaru dealer you might go to wouldn't sell you all of the Subaru oil you want in qts, but in my experience, you can probably buy it cheaper through Amazon. I've been using Royal Purple full synthetic with excellent results, with 7500 mile oil change intervals, because I can buy it cheaper than Subaru oil. YMMV

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...Does anyone know if Subaru dealers stock genuine Subaru oil?

Mine does. Dunno if others do or don't.

 

*shrug*

Some do, some don't. You have to ask your local dealer.

My 2 closest Subaru dealers, 1 uses Castrol and the other Valvoline as their house oils, not Subaru branded.

 

I still run Castrol in ALL my cars, even my 85 Subaru BRAT. Do you think i am gonna go to dealer for Subaru oil for a good runnin 1985 er. heck that would waste my time going 2.8 hours roundtrip to the dealer. I dont have time for deaelrs.... The brat still runs good and always will on castrol

 

I'm sure it does vary dealer to dealer. I've been working for two different dealerships over the last 9 years and I still haven't figured it out. I worked for a Nissan dealer for several years and they didn't stock Nissan oil, but they could order it for you if you wanted. As for service, they filled everything with Mobil Super from 55 gal drums. The Ford dealership I work for actually does use real Motorcraft oil from 55 gal drums for service, but they don't stock nor will they order Motorcraft oil in gallons or quart cases for you if you wanted it. The Mazda dealer where I take my dad's CX-5 for it's free two years of maintenance uses Castrol Edge out of 55 gal drums for service, but they stock Mazda Moly oil in quarts and you can request it for an extra $15 or something, or they will sell it to you outright. The Mazda moly stuff is supposedly pretty good, I may give it a shot in the Subaru at some point.

 

Why not just buy it online?

If you work for a dealership, can't you simply order it through your parts department?

 

yeah, check FREDBEANSPARTS.COM or www.subaruonlineparts.com or even Amazon

look here for possible savings too; https://www.subaruoutback.org/forum...neparts-com/501795-new-lower-pricing-subaru-gear-codes-vips.html?highlight=vips

for more oil discussions, you might enjoy reading at www.bobistheoilguy.com too.

 

We do, all others should.

 

Well as luck would have it I got a $20 rewards coupon in the mail today for Advance Auto so I went over there and bought 6 quarts of Castrol Edge 0w20. I used a Subaru oil filter, I bought a bunch pretty cheap a while back. I'll probably get some Subaru oil for the next change. Anyways I'm good for 6k miles now.