


2014 Subaru Crosstrek XV
2014 Subaru Crosstrek XV



Myself: “Sure, it was the oil filter.”

SG: “What?”

Me: “The oil filter.”




Here is a picture of the Subaru FB20 boxer engine:

Oil filter location on a Subaru FB20 engine
Oil filter location on a Subaru FB20 engine


Little things.  Little things mean a lot.

6 thoughts on “Transportation”

  1. Most cars are designed with hardly any input from the service side and this shows a change in things. One option that has never been offered is to build the car with stainless steel hardware. I can’t count the number of hours in my life spent with frozen shock mounts, brakes and other suspention parts.

  2. 2014 Tacoma’s are the same way, I just purchased one and I do field work as well, and have to get places in inclement weather. I feel the same way about that feature, its great.

  3. Now…if we could only get new cars like this with a diesel motor!

    I pretty much only drive Diesel Suburbans for my contract engineering. They quit making them in the 90s, but they are workhorses (350k miles on my current 1996), 4WD, comfortable, plenty of room, easy to work on, and decent fuel economy. I’ll easily do 80-100k miles a year…so I would never buy a new vehicle.

    That oil filter would have sold me also.

  4. First time I changed oil on my son’s Saturn I felt the same way. Unscrew the cap, change the cartridge, screw the cap back on. Not a drop of oil anywhere. Someone was thinking.
    I wish they’d put that much thought into the ignition switch. Said Saturn is now crusher-bait, having been totaled in an accident, locked steering and no airbags. (no major injuries)

    The Subaru’s have been good purchases. They go anywhere pretty much forever. May yours do the same!

  5. When you take this baby on the taconic in the winter,you’ll feel safer than a Jeep.
    Wheels that slip/wheels that grip really works!
    ohh,the filter,sweet,how does the pan drain?

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