Youll be fine without a subaru filter, if youre using it long enough that it creates the pressure to go into bypass you need to stop being cheap and replace the filter each change and change more often.
I use Bosch Long Life D3300 oil filters and Rotella T6 5w40, gonna see how Motul 8100 5w40 does in comparison.
Avoid 5w30s most of them sheer to a 20 weight by the end of the change interval if you drive your car like its meant to be.
I've never had issues, and I oil test my car a few times a year.
I always recommend using a genuine VW oil filter.
I have used both on our 1.8T and my GTI without any issues.
I just buy a Bosch at Walmart. My Accord has been chugging along fine for past 12 years with those.
I service mine @ a local vw tuning shop NGP. Pan drop, filter change @31000mile, the old fluid came out red`ish
As long as the filter works well with synthetic oil. Some really cheap ones dont work well with synthetic like the red Purolator or Microgaurds. Bosch makes a great filter, I've used a few in my cars with store brand synthetic oil and oil stayed brown for a long time.
Original owner of a mk6 R here :wave: my R has ~50k miles on the clock. lightly modded (see sig) and I have never had any issues other than normal wear stuff. plugs/oil/filters u know. car still feels very close to new.
I've had good experience with the Bosch distance plus filters.
oil filter that i run is off of a 1995 Eurovan Part # 074-115-561 hold about 1qt in the filter itself. had to slightly bent the secondary air pump a tad so it wouldnt rub.
Me too, so I went back to the stock size filter and the issue improved.
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