• lemmyng
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    17 days ago

    Aren’t Subarus infamous for leaking oil?

      • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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        17 days ago

        I believe this is meant to be a joke but the number of people I know who don’t maintain their cars is way too high.

    • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      They are? I’ve owned 3 Subarus over 20 years and have never heard about that. Their old 2.5L engines were known for consuming oil, if you fed them thinner 5w-30 oil in warm climates, however. A lot of people switched to 10w-40 to solve it.

      • eldoom@lemmy.ml
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        17 days ago

        They are. The area where the head gasket seals the oil in their boxer engines is way too small and over my years of being a mechanic I only saw a handful that weren’t leaking.