15th Oct 2019, 03:24

My ‘15 Outback now has 106,000 miles (almost all long freeway) & has had many oil changes. For me, the O.E. Subaru oil filters (the blue ones) give minor seepage around the base of the filter, initially, & then after 1,000 miles or so they just stop weeping.

The Napa Gold filters (part No. 57055, I think), seep, though not terribly, but they don’t stop for the whole 6,000 miles that they’re in place. I can give long answers; sorry about that.

In short, I’ve been staying with the blue O.E. filters, & enjoying a much drier, cleaner, oil filter base/platform.

15th Oct 2019, 03:31

I think I misunderstood what you were asking.

About the filter leaking oil when I remove it, it’s been like this: If I shut off the warm engine and remove the filter within an hour (approximately), dirty oil will run out around the base of the filter & make a mess :-(((. If I wait for more than an hour & unscrew the filter, it won’t have enough oil in it to make a mess :-))).

15th Oct 2019, 03:33

P.S. I love the old slant sixes!