Ian Powis

Thanks 4eyes. I'm not confident enough to do it myself unfortunately but will have a look at the guides and if I can identify the oil type accurately might let my local garage do the change. Just had a quick look at subaruoutback.org and there are pages of posts on there about CVT and specifically oil changes from US owners so will spend some time reading through these.

Tried Stephens but they haven't worked on this system so declined. Will have to be main dealer I suppose.

Thanks - will give them a call and see what they say. Yes - local dealer is Adams.

Thanks - I'm not that far from you (Leighton Buzzard). Any suggestions for auto specialists in the area that would have Subaru experience?

Has anyone any experience of changing the CVT Transmission Oil (Outback 2.0D 2013)? Mine would have been one of the first diesel CVTs I think and the service book says the oil doesn't need changing unless the car is subject to ‘Severe Driving Conditions’ . I do about 3-4,000 miles a year towing a caravan so asked Subaru whether this would qualify as severe driving conditions and they said yes and that the CVT transmission oil should be changed every 2 years/24k. It takes about 13 litres and the service book says must be Subaru oil and doesn't even give a specification. My local dealer says that they have never done one and that the oil is only supplied in 20 litre containers at a cost of about £250 and I'd have to buy a whole container because they wouldn't want the balance siting in their inventory. Just wondered whether anyone else had had it done and whether the same conditions applied. Ian Powis