Subaru Legacy (2005 year). Service manual - part 18

RECOMMENDED MATERIALS

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RECOMMENDED MATERIALS

Recommended Materials

1. Recommended Materials

A: RECOMMENDED MATERIALS

1. GENERAL

To insure the best performance, always use the
specified oil, gasoline, adhesive, sealant, etc. or a
substitute of equivalent quality.

2. FUEL

Always use gasoline of the same or higher octane
value than specified in the owner’s manual. Ignor-
ing the specifications below will result in damage or
poor operation of the engine and fuel injection sys-
tem. Use the specified gasoline to correct perfor-
mance.
• Unleaded gasoline

Use unleaded gasoline and not leaded gasoline for
the vehicle with catalytic converter installed to re-
duce air pollution. Using leaded gasoline will dam-
age the catalytic converter.

*: KA and KS model

Model

Use kind

RON

2.0 L, 2.5 L

Unleaded 

gasoline

More than 95 RON

More than 90 RON*

TURBO

Unleaded 

gasoline

More than 98 RON

3.0 L

Unleaded 

gasoline

More than 95 RON

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Recommended Materials

3. LUBRICANTS

Use either the lubricants in the table below or equivalent lubricants. See the table below to choose the correct
SAE viscosity.

Lubricant

Recommended

Alternative

API Standard or ILSAC Standard

ACEA standard

API standard

Engine oil

SL, SJ Grade “Energy conserving”

GF-3 (the one that the following mark fas 

adhered)

A1, A2 or A3

SH

Manual transmission oil

GL-5

—

—

AT front differential gear
oil

GL-5

—

—

Rear differential gear oil

GL-5

—

—

 SAE

0W-20

N

E

E

R

G

G

Y CONSE

R

V

IN

A

PI

SERVICE

SL

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 SAE

5W-30

N

E

E

R

G

G

Y CONSE

R

V

IN

A

PI

SERVICE

SL

RM-00001

A

M

E

R

IC

A

N

PE

TROLEUM

IN

S

T

IT

U

T

E

FOR

GASOLINE

ENGINES

C

E RTIF E

I D

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Recommended Materials

SAE viscosity No. and applicable temperature

Engine oil

SOHC model

3.0 L and DOHC turbo model

RM-00007

(˚F)

–22

–4

14

50

68

86

104

(˚C)

–30

–20

–10

0

10

20

30

40

5W-30

32

10W-30 or 10W-40

0W-20 Recommend

RM-00003

(˚F)

–22

–4

14

50

68

86

104

(˚C)

–30

–20

–10

0

10

20

30

40

5W-30 Recommend

32

10W-30 or 10W-40