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    Suitable Oils

    in Engine Related

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    api rating SH AND SG are OLD AS hell, todays rating is SN. anyone reading this post go Penrite 5w 60, low k\'s fresh rebuild, penrite 10w 50 middle of the range to high k\'s ie 80k to 190k use 15w 60 190k plus always full syn. If smoking out the exhaust while engine is hot use the thicker range oil or higher number I\'ve listed come to super cheap in albany, It\'s not a car if it\'s not a subaru hahahahah

    What car oil should I use?

    in Legacy & Outback

    Posted

    I sell oil for a living at a retail shop so have been trained for 2 and a half years on the annoying shit

    ok first check this out http://www.lnengineering.com/oiltest.pd bit old but gives you an idea on the brands that are good and what to stay away from basically go for penrite or royal purple!!

    there are ratings called api ratings basically these go in alphabetical order from SA(doesn\'t exist anymore) to SN(best quality avalible as far as I know. (there is a acea rating which is a European rating I just don\'t understand it at this point in time)

    The api rating goes in alphabetical order for the second letter from worst to best sa being the worst(model t ford oil) SN (current rating two years out atm)

    basically anything that meets API rating of SN is good oil

    SECOND IMPORTANT RATING is the viscosity or thickness of the oil which is the 10W 40 or whatever

    Viscosity is a measure of thickness heres a wiki link

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscosity

    basically W stands for winter so thickness of oil at low temperature second number stands for how much it retains it\'s thickness (oil thins out as temperature rises)

    IF YOU WANT GOOD DAILY DRIVER OIL AND YOUR UNDER 200K in your turbo subaru and it doesn\'t smoke 10w 50 Full syn penrite

    if over this point I RECOMMEND 15W 60 FULL SYN PENRITE

    ALWAYS USE FULL SYN IN SUBARU\'S DON\'T CARE WHAT ANY MECHANIC SAYS THEY RUN TEN TIMES BETTER ON THE STUFF

    bottle\'s of penrite sell for 60 to 70 dollars retail for 5 litres

    GUESS WHAT GUYS, I have an incentive at work atm for shell helix (screw that... shitty oil)

    I may not be 100 percent correct but I\'m close to it I use 10w 50 penrite in my own TT Legacy

    thanks for reading

    What line do I hook a boost tap to on TT Legacy

    in Legacy & Outback

    Posted

    That's the instructions for a 1994 bg5 as well I didn't have those when I did mine tho basically mate if you want and easy way to do it. Between your battery and windscreen water resvoir you will see too lines going in to the side guard called number 23 and number 10 pull them out and plug them together then locate your turbo with the wastegate on it on mine it's on the passenger side there will be a vac line running from turbo to wastegate with a t piece on it unplug line 23 from here plug up with a small screw bolt then you put your boost controller in between turbo and wastegate and don't put it past 18 psi. if you can provide picture or make and model I can tell you what to do next of boost controller

    Factory boost?

    in Legacy & Outback

    Posted

    if your running it of the back of the factory Bov you should get 12 - 14psi different parts of the manifold will vary in different readings some times with turn turbos as there are restricting valves all over the engine for when the turbo's run in parallel tt engine's can be a headache

    94 BG5 wagon turbo change

    in Legacy & Outback

    Posted

    Both your turbo's are the same size they will be vf14 and vf13 running off one internal wastegate, if the engine no: is ej20h the most common mistake people tend to make is that the secondary is bigger what actually happens in that it runs off the one on the passenger side of your legacy and as the rpm picks up and they both drop off then there is a lag which both turbos then spool up in parallel. the only upgrade you can do is as the post above or if you want more power get a bleed valve(manual boost controller) and set the boost up 2 or 3 psi cheap easy between $34 - 99 for average quality

    idle problems replaced afm for the second time

    in Engine Related

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    hey there guys I just replaced the middle section of the exhaust manifold underneath the engine right next to the oil filter most of you would of see it some even run waste gates from there on the twin turbos, as it had rusted through and was losing power so I changed the pipe once and it ran way worse then I changed it again with a better quality pipe off a lower km legacy and it started having massive idling problems at first I just thought it was afm but I changed that with a brand new one from winger and it didn't change anything the whole car seems to shake at idle and idles below 500 rpm and runs rich plus smells like gas has any one had this happen to them (1994 legacy bg5 ej20h)

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