2006 Subaru Forester Oil Change

2006 SUBARU FORESTER
45,500 MILES • 4 CYL • AWD • MANUAL
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CHUCK FISCHER
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I just got this great car and thought I would change the oil. So, I crawl under the front end and remove plastic cover and swing it out of the way and look up straight up and see an oil filter and, what appears to me, an oil drain plug. However, what looks like the oil drain plug, appears to require a hex key, like maybe a 12mm hex key. Am I looking at this correctly? The largest hex key I have is 10 mm, can you confirm the size?

I've not changed the oil on a car that did not use a plug which could be removed with an ordinary boxed end wrench or socket.
Dec 5, 2009 at 1:40 PM
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CRZYDRVR
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I believe that the plug should be a regular 17mm wrench. Unless somebody else has replaced it with a different one.
Dec 7, 2009 at 9:53 PM