How much oil?

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    I gotta do my first oil change for my 02 WRX. How much oil are supposed to for a filter/oil change? btw where can I get a good shop manual for my car?
     
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    4.7 i think
     
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    If you use the big filters, 5 quarts.

    Russ
     
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    What kinds of oil/filters do people on here use, anyway?
     
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    mobile /Bosch...just switched from amsoil
     
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    OEM all the way
     
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    Define big filter which brand do you mean, Russ? OEM?
     
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    I've run castrol syntec from day 1 - 5quarts. I use the performance filter too. Holds more oil but more oil will disipate heat better.
     
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    Hum..I heard that (in a RS) if you run OEM filter with 5 qt of oil is not good for your car.
     
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    Mobil 1 oil 5W-30 in the winter, 10W-30 for summer
    Purolator pure 1 filter or mobil 1 filter... Napa Golds are pretty good too but not my preferred filter.

    a WRX/STI is a 4.5 qt fill of oil, so i just stop off at Wal-mart and pick up a 5qt jug of Mobil 1 full synthetic for $20
     
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    Amsoil filters and oil. John, the dealership for a while had the stock wrx filters and the newer filters for the sti/legacy. The newer filters were pretty small compared to the wrx filters. The amsoil filters are larger than the stockers. When I dump in 5 quarts it is just a touch below the full mark.

    Russ
     
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    the amsoil oil filters i used to use were small as heck. maybe i was using the wrong ones.
     
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    I'm also an Amsoil fan. Now I just need to wait until 10k on both cars to switch back to it.
     
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    Why 10k?? I started using amsoil at 2k in the wrx and 2.5k in the lgt. The motors are plenty broken in by time we get to them.

    Russ
     
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    I dunno. Just a random number, I guess, lol. I'll probably switch back to it when I get around to putting the stinkpipes back on in the rex.
     
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    And here I thought you would come to your senses and go with a catted DP. You'll replace that new car smell with the stink of gasoline. Every driver you pass will pull over, thinking their car is about to catch fire...
     
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