Oops, I referred to the 2.5i PZEV as a 2.5L, apologies for the confusion with some parts of the video and voice over not matching the actual model name for the Forester. Subscribe and help me catch errors like this in the future! www.youtube.com/@mldiy?sub_confirmation=1
For sure staying safe is important and definitely don't crawl underneath a car if you don't think it will be safe. While I make videos with a main goal to help folks DIY, I also hope my content will help show people what these maintenance tasks and repairs are like so they can be more comfortable dealing with shops too. But if you do want to make an attempt someday, please feel free to come back here and ask questions. Happy to try to help! Thanks for watching and for the comment as well.
I appreciate the comment, lol. I am still working out what to do with my hands. I don't write the full voiceover script until after I film, so my hand gestures don't always match what I end up saying. 😂
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Hi Julia, I will have a spark plug video for the Forester but not until later this year. The trick to Subaru spark plugs because they are a boxer-4 is to use a combination of short extensions to thread the spark plug socket onto the spark plug in the well first, then put on the ratchet to break it look. I think Subaru's use a 5/16 spark plug socket. If you're needing to do it sooner than the summer, I highly recommend @MrSubaru1387 who has numerous spark plug guides for different Subaru models. Thanks again for watching and commenting, I hope you'll consider subscribing if you haven't already. 🙏
What is your assessment of the Lucas high mileage stabilizer additive now? I also love Costco jugs of oil, but am curious if it's better off to just do a high mileage jug of synth oil
Hi Jenni, if your car isn't burning oil, you likely don't need an oil stabilizer or high mileage oil. The main benefit of high mileage oil is that it has some additional additives to try to recondition worn seals and gaskets in order to try to reduce oil consumption. Lucas high mileage oil stabilizer, in theory, does the same thing, but also with Lucas' main claim of increasing the viscosity of the oil, which should also help with burning oil. This generation Forester is also pretty reliable. If the one I worked on wasn't burning oil, I wouldn't have even thought it was "high mileage" until over 200K. But to answer your question, I would pick high mileage oil over an additive next time. I think I'd rather have all oil instead of trusting a one-size-fit-all mixture ratio that the additive recommends. I hope this helps and thanks so much for watching and commenting. Thanks also if you subscribed and liked the video (and no worries if not).
@@mldiy Cool thank you for the quick response! And yes my 4th gen Forester burns oil at ~130k miles, but I've always had old cars 100k-250k miles that burn oil and another mechanic also recommended Lucas's stabilizer. Just ending up buying the high mileage oil at O Reilly's (a deal of a 5qt high mileage + Microgard oil filter for $31) to change my oil today. Thanks for the concise, to-the-point video so am subscribed and liked. Am grateful to not have had to waste minutes of my life hearing random opinions or about someone's day that I didn't ask about ^.^
@@mldiythis person is probably asking because the first video I (and probably they) clicked on didn't show a very clear view of the underbelly of the vehicle, making it difficult to determine where the oil drain actually sits. I really appreciate the detail given to the exact location and look of the correct bolt. I know generally what I'm looking for, but it'd really suck if I ended up draining the wrong fluid.
Could you elaborate a little on what you said. I have a 2016 Forester with 98K miles that is consuming a bit of oil. I understand this is common in Subarus. Why is that? What about water in the oil? Also, you eluded to history of quick lubes. What did you mean by that? Lots of questions. Thanks.
@@WLWeller-ww6eg Yes, it's common in Subarus for the engines to burn a little oil. The really fast unscientific explanation is that boxer engines because the pistons go sideways instead of up and down, one side of the piston sees more wear just from gravity. So things that should be perfect circles start looking like not perfect circles over time (e.g. the piston rings). The quick lube comment is that some (not all) quick lube may not be candid about how they might be using conventional oil or even a synthetic blend instead of the full synthetic oil that Subaru recommends. Full synthetics tend to last a little longer and hold up a little better over time. I'm not going to comment on the water issue because I'm not too familiar with it. It's an issue on hybrids if you drive only short distances--which this car is not. Or it's saying the head gasket could have problems, which some earlier models of Subarus had head gasket issues, but not this model/engine.
*edit: it looks like the 15208AA20A filter that replaced the 15208AA15A is easier to get since I've made this video and is made by Tokyo Roki. I will remove the walmart version from my description as--you're right--it's a bad recommendation at this point. 🙏 I know (and agree). It's why I listed an alternative one made by AC Delco in the video description. Still not as good as the Japanese OEM ones, but those aren't easy to get. That said, fresh oil changes with any filter is better than nothing. Thanks for the comment.
watching this and comparing the oil filter location to my nissan rogue and ford escape.... I could strangle the person who designed the location for the ford's.......... If you don't know, go look it up. That was the biggest pain in my ass in months.
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Oops, I referred to the 2.5i PZEV as a 2.5L, apologies for the confusion with some parts of the video and voice over not matching the actual model name for the Forester. Subscribe and help me catch errors like this in the future! www.youtube.com/@mldiy?sub_confirmation=1
great video! It actually helped me realize I probably can't do this DIY if I wanna be safe. Thanks.
For sure staying safe is important and definitely don't crawl underneath a car if you don't think it will be safe. While I make videos with a main goal to help folks DIY, I also hope my content will help show people what these maintenance tasks and repairs are like so they can be more comfortable dealing with shops too. But if you do want to make an attempt someday, please feel free to come back here and ask questions. Happy to try to help! Thanks for watching and for the comment as well.
Can I just say that I love the knife hand pointing to the high mileage additive?
I appreciate the comment, lol. I am still working out what to do with my hands. I don't write the full voiceover script until after I film, so my hand gestures don't always match what I end up saying. 😂
@@mldiy keep the knife hand 🤚 it is, as the Fat Electrician says, a weapon of mass instruction, and you used it to great effect.
Great stuff!! A very well done video. Thank you again for doing it!! You help many people doing these video’s including myself.
God Bless,
Vince
My pleasure! Thank you for taking the time to comment and I'll hope you consider subscribing (if you haven't already) to help me reach the 1,000 subscribers milestone. I really appreciate it.
Nice video short and to the point, thank you for shearing
do you have info on how to replace the spark plugs?
Hi Julia, I will have a spark plug video for the Forester but not until later this year. The trick to Subaru spark plugs because they are a boxer-4 is to use a combination of short extensions to thread the spark plug socket onto the spark plug in the well first, then put on the ratchet to break it look. I think Subaru's use a 5/16 spark plug socket. If you're needing to do it sooner than the summer, I highly recommend @MrSubaru1387 who has numerous spark plug guides for different Subaru models. Thanks again for watching and commenting, I hope you'll consider subscribing if you haven't already. 🙏
What is your assessment of the Lucas high mileage stabilizer additive now? I also love Costco jugs of oil, but am curious if it's better off to just do a high mileage jug of synth oil
Hi Jenni, if your car isn't burning oil, you likely don't need an oil stabilizer or high mileage oil. The main benefit of high mileage oil is that it has some additional additives to try to recondition worn seals and gaskets in order to try to reduce oil consumption. Lucas high mileage oil stabilizer, in theory, does the same thing, but also with Lucas' main claim of increasing the viscosity of the oil, which should also help with burning oil. This generation Forester is also pretty reliable. If the one I worked on wasn't burning oil, I wouldn't have even thought it was "high mileage" until over 200K. But to answer your question, I would pick high mileage oil over an additive next time. I think I'd rather have all oil instead of trusting a one-size-fit-all mixture ratio that the additive recommends. I hope this helps and thanks so much for watching and commenting. Thanks also if you subscribed and liked the video (and no worries if not).
@@mldiy Cool thank you for the quick response!
And yes my 4th gen Forester burns oil at ~130k miles, but I've always had old cars 100k-250k miles that burn oil and another mechanic also recommended Lucas's stabilizer. Just ending up buying the high mileage oil at O Reilly's (a deal of a 5qt high mileage + Microgard oil filter for $31) to change my oil today. Thanks for the concise, to-the-point video so am subscribed and liked. Am grateful to not have had to waste minutes of my life hearing random opinions or about someone's day that I didn't ask about ^.^
@@jennijun That seems like a great price! Nice find.
Is this the same with the 2017 model?
I am changing the oil on my wife's 2017 right now, and it looks the same to me 👌
Yep, 2014-2018. Good luck and please do update if my guide helped!
@@mldiythis person is probably asking because the first video I (and probably they) clicked on didn't show a very clear view of the underbelly of the vehicle, making it difficult to determine where the oil drain actually sits. I really appreciate the detail given to the exact location and look of the correct bolt. I know generally what I'm looking for, but it'd really suck if I ended up draining the wrong fluid.
Burning oil, and risk of water in the oil at 100,000. Only in a subaru.
That is my fear. And the car has a history of quick lube oil changes with questionable oil quality.
Could you elaborate a little on what you said. I have a 2016 Forester with 98K miles that is consuming a bit of oil. I understand this is common in Subarus. Why is that? What about water in the oil? Also, you eluded to history of quick lubes. What did you mean by that? Lots of questions. Thanks.
@@WLWeller-ww6eg Yes, it's common in Subarus for the engines to burn a little oil. The really fast unscientific explanation is that boxer engines because the pistons go sideways instead of up and down, one side of the piston sees more wear just from gravity. So things that should be perfect circles start looking like not perfect circles over time (e.g. the piston rings). The quick lube comment is that some (not all) quick lube may not be candid about how they might be using conventional oil or even a synthetic blend instead of the full synthetic oil that Subaru recommends. Full synthetics tend to last a little longer and hold up a little better over time. I'm not going to comment on the water issue because I'm not too familiar with it. It's an issue on hybrids if you drive only short distances--which this car is not. Or it's saying the head gasket could have problems, which some earlier models of Subarus had head gasket issues, but not this model/engine.
@@mldiy Thanks so much for your great reply. Very helpful.
That Walmart filter is trash. It’s made by FRAM.
*edit: it looks like the 15208AA20A filter that replaced the 15208AA15A is easier to get since I've made this video and is made by Tokyo Roki. I will remove the walmart version from my description as--you're right--it's a bad recommendation at this point. 🙏
I know (and agree). It's why I listed an alternative one made by AC Delco in the video description. Still not as good as the Japanese OEM ones, but those aren't easy to get. That said, fresh oil changes with any filter is better than nothing. Thanks for the comment.
watching this and comparing the oil filter location to my nissan rogue and ford escape.... I could strangle the person who designed the location for the ford's.......... If you don't know, go look it up. That was the biggest pain in my ass in months.
I knew about the rogue but not the escape. I will definitely look it up. Thanks for watching and sharing!