[jarvis210]

I removed my filter off of my turbo oil supply line at 40000 miles and found nothing in their it was perfectly clean. I do also change my oil every 2000 miles. I asked the dealer about it and a few performance shops and they all said take it off. Also i took the bolt out on my frineds 05 and my other friends 06 and neither of them had one. So subaru obiously doesnt think it needs to be there.

[blueman05]

i have an 05 sti last 5 of the vin are 520110. i also have a fp green turbo and not sure what they used for banjo bolts.... i guess i should check the turbo oil banjo bolt and see if theres a filter in it? also i should be all set not having a avcs filter inline correct due to my vin?


kevin

[blueman05]

anyone??? i could really use some help here.... i couldnt find the turbo oil banjo bolt your talking about.... fyi i have a fp green turbo

[blueman05]

nvm just did it easy as hell. i removed the banjo filter entirely... fp's suggestion

[blueman05]

only thing was theres no way to fit my torque bar in that tight spot to i cranked it down as tight as it will go. oil line itself looks good dont noticed any cracks as of yet(cross my fingers) may no that like upgrade as preventive maintance. just dont know how to get to the lower bolt on the line....

[dreamvang]

Originally Posted by V8Huntr

I'm with Wolf on this one, I would take it out regularly and clean it. With the filter out you run the risk of large contaminants getting in there and blocking the flow of oil internally. It doesn't look very hard to do and probably only needs to be done every 10-15K miles.

If thats the case, how is it different with the filter in it?

[V8Huntr]

If you take the filter out you run the risk of larger debris and contaminants getting into the turbo. This could impede oil flow and ruin your turbo. If this happens the only theoretical way to get them out is to take the turbo apart.

If you leave the filter in then you catch those larger contaminants at the filter and keep them from getting into your turbo all together. Yes this could still impede oil flow but it's a lot easier to pull the filter out and clean it than take the turbo apart.

[blueman05]

i removed the filter because thats what forced performance recommended.

[BM_STi]

^ not to mention Subaru put out a service bulletin for it.

[dreamvang]

After reading much, I decided to tackle this problem of mine and check to see if my filters had dropped. After removing the intercooler, and turbo heat shield, I unscrewed the bolt closest to the driver side and cleaned it. After trying to find the second bolt, I simply did not know how to unscrew the 2nd bolt from the turbo line. I didn't see any filter in the first banjo bolt nor inside the housing, then I gave up. After putting everything back on, My car didn't start at all. After a couple of more cranks, the car started fine "Whew!!!". After taking a test drive, to my surprise the car is now going through the gears more smoothly than before, and honestly I felt my car isn't sick anymore as was before. Others have stated that it took them 10 minutes to check both the turbo filters, it took me awhile 2 hours. Did I do something wrong?