I changed the oil in my Tribeca today. It has 950 miles on it. I know the manual says I don't hae to change it so soon. I wanted to change it for two reasons:
1. I'm going on a week long trip soon and
2. The car was over filled from the factory. The dipstick showed what I would consider to be about 1/2 quart too much.
Anyway I read Peaty's oil change tutorial ( http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6167 ). I found it very enlightening. This is my first Subaru. Trying to find a place to jack the car was harder than on most other cars. For those of you that haven't purchased the Fumoto oil drain valve yet, don't wait. I stuffed rags in the shroud area to try and avoid the mess that Peaty described. That didn't work. Oil was coming out from everywhere. Made a nice mess in the driveway. The Fumoto valve will hopefully prevent that in the future. Other than that it wasn't too bad. Just very messy.
1. I'm going on a week long trip soon and
2. The car was over filled from the factory. The dipstick showed what I would consider to be about 1/2 quart too much.
Anyway I read Peaty's oil change tutorial ( http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6167 ). I found it very enlightening. This is my first Subaru. Trying to find a place to jack the car was harder than on most other cars. For those of you that haven't purchased the Fumoto oil drain valve yet, don't wait. I stuffed rags in the shroud area to try and avoid the mess that Peaty described. That didn't work. Oil was coming out from everywhere. Made a nice mess in the driveway. The Fumoto valve will hopefully prevent that in the future. Other than that it wasn't too bad. Just very messy.