Almost every place will take used oil, but antifreeze. I can easily change coolant myself, but really do not want to hassle with finding a place that will take the used antifreeze, not many places want to take it anymore. Hopefully a good product and hopefully Subaru fixes their head gasket issues. Apparently this Subaru stuff basically tends to not clog things up. Have heard many horror stories of peoplewho have dumped stop leaks into radiators and ended up clogging up the radiators and heater cores. I have never been a fan putting extra products or additives in the coolant but these design engineers must have done some sort of testing to require using it. Not sure if it has it in now or not as the service records only indicate coolant was changed. The only Subaru I have ever owned, but since the 2010 OM states it should be used I will do a drain and fill soon and put some in. I was doing a quick scan of coolant and caught that fine print that (coolant coditioner was recommended) Usually I do not find OMs very exiting books to read so I was almost by accident that I even saw the little sentence about it. The only reason I found out about it is because I was waiting in the vehicle and decided to take a look at the OM. (You should not need it on any vehicle produced after 2006 IMHO (but it won't hurt anything if you do use it).) Any Subaru owners on here ever use that stuff(subaru coolant conditioner) or have any issues with it, like a clogged heater or radiator? still dumping that stuff in there makes me a bit nervous, but those design engineers are supposed to have a reason for it. Anyway, I suppose when the weather warms up in a couple of months I will probably do what the owner manual recommends and dump a bottle in there it is a small 4 oz bottle. A bit of research revealed that some Subarus had head gasket issues, but 2010 forester is not on that list. I have never really heard of any other vehicle requiring a coolant additive or any additive for that matter. seems to me that it is like a stop leak and might clog up the heater core or radiator. I really am no fan of adding after market products to fluids. Genuine SUBARU cooling system conditioner Anyway I was reading the OM and on chap 11-13 it states the following:"Always add genuine SUBARU cooling I figure when weather warms up I will drain it out since it has been nearly 5 years, flush it with water and put in new coolant. Anyway Antifreeze tests out fine and service records show it being replaced back in Feb of 2013. Had pretty detailed service records kept by the previous owner, though lots of maintenance was done at a quick lube Shell station here in Lincoln. I have never owned a subaru before, but our 2002 honda CRV was in an accident and totaled last fall so in Oct 2016 I bought a 2010 Forester with a 2.5 and a 4EAT.
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