@ that milage, if it was well taken care of You could probably get

away with running 5w30 & then just keep a close eye on oil level until

You can be sure it is not an oil burner,,, If You do start to see oil burn,

change the PCV Valve before You start running heavier oil to see if that

may possibly be the cause,,, Subies can exhibit oil consumption without

showing any smoke @ the tailpipe ~

        Take good care of it & it might very well be a very fun addition to 1

Vanagons some day ~

> On 31 Jan , 2023, at 5:11 PM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> It's about 120K miles (118K and some)
>
> thank you,
>
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 4:06 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>        Most definately Synthetic ~ How many miles on it ?
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 31 Jan , 2023, at 4:39 PM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> hi all,
>>> A friend offered me a 2009 Subaru Forester 2.5 for sale..If I buy it
>> either
>>> leave it alone and drive or take out the engine and put it in one of my
>>> vanagon.
>>> Question about oil... because I looked up on the internet and it's quite
>>> confusing.
>>>
>>> - Oil grade - 5W30 or 5W40?
>>> - Oil type - Synthetic or Regular Standard oil?
>>>
>>> thank you,
>>
>>