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Old 12-04-2019, 03:12 PM   #753
blue91lx
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Originally Posted by DocWalt View Post
I ran 5w30 in my BRZ, but even before I modded it and was still on 0w20 it was fine. Who knows.

Interesting that changing to different oil fixed it, guess it had a lot more ability to cling and didn't get sucked past the rings and burnt.
From what I understand that was his idea. Certain detergents in T6 don't work well for some gasoline engines for whatever reason. I'm sure Bob the Oil Guy would tell me if I asked google. Also I found out there are different types of ZDDP for different engine applications that work better/worse in different scenarios.

I am sure the issue is at least somewhat blow out of proportion. I have also seen a BUNCH of newer Foresters on the used market with replacement engines, too. Akin to the likes of the good 'ole STI, aka "selling my '07 STI, just had a new engine put in 3 months ago".

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