Thanks again everyone. I did the oil change this afternoon, M1 AFE 0W20 and a MZ690072 from the dealership. Like you said Fummins, that little funnel/spout ended up dripping oil down onto that odd skid plate thing under the starter and I had oil dripping from the back of that missing the drain pan going right on the floor
I removed that flimsy plastic shield, found I had a lot more room to wrestle with the oil filter; I think I’ll be popping off that plastic shield each time, just for my own sake. I used my large set of Channellock oil pliers to get the filter off. It was on good, dented the filter a bit but not too bad. I installed the Fumoto F106S, have one on each of the last two Subaru’s and really like them.
Thanks again for your help guys.
2018 Mirage
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View my fuel log 2018 Mirage GT 1.2 automatic: 38.0 mpg (US) ... 16.1 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.6 mpg (Imp)