H and L marks on dipstick of Subaru Forester 2.0XT

[Pentti]

Does anyone know the amount of oil required (in metric) to top up the
level from the 'L' mark to the 'H' mark on the dipstick of a 2003
Forester 2.0XT? The manual doesn't contain this information.

Thanks,

Pentti

 

[Karls Vladimir Peña]

Don't know the case of the forester, but almost every car out there needs 1
quart when exactly on the L mark.

 

[KLS]

Don't know the case of the forester, but almost every car out there needs 1
quart when exactly on the L mark.

I wish my Audi A4 were so precise; it seems to require about 3/4 a
quart, so I have to carefully ration out the oil and can't just dump a
neat tidy quart in.

 

[Bonehenge]

I wish my Audi A4 were so precise; it seems to require about 3/4 a
quart, so I have to carefully ration out the oil and can't just dump a
neat tidy quart in.

Will an extra 8 ounces of oil do damage?

Barry

 

[hippo]

Does anyone know the amount of oil required (in metric) to top up the
level from the 'L' mark to the 'H' mark on the dipstick of a 2003
Forester 2.0XT? The manual doesn't contain this information.

Thanks,

Pentti

1L on 2.2 and 2.5 so prob the same for the 2L.
Cheers

 

[KLS]

Will an extra 8 ounces of oil do damage?

I'm not about to find out by defying the owner's manual. The
manual specifically says not to overfill the oil reservoir, so I
don't.

 

[DG]

On my WRX it just needed about 1/2 quart to do that. I suggest starting at
a small amount and checking it frequently. BTW, that notch on the dipstick
just above the high mark is for hot filled readings.

 

[Rick Courtright]

I wish my Audi A4 were so precise; it seems to require about 3/4 a
quart, so I have to carefully ration out the oil and can't just dump a
neat tidy quart in.

Hi,

Since most oil containers today (in the US, at least) are marked in 1/4
qt increments, I keep an empty around for this kind of "problem." Open a
new bottle, pour 1/4 qt into the empty one, dump the rest in the
engine... personally, I think any engineer who designs an engine that
doesn't use a "conventional" measuring system, like 1 qt or 1 litre
between marks is guilty of doing a poor job, but there are lots of 'em
out there, so it's not that hard to work around 'em.

Rick