not a question but a comment

Noted? Sounds like you got the Friday closing special built from the lost an found parts bin and live somewhere more suited for a tank or air drop. I've broke less doing autox and demolition derby. Statistically based on daily output volume of the factory your not alone but its a small club. If you're breaking studs, don't fix your car angry hulk, if the shop is, get a different shop. Some oil consumption isn't that abnormal, granted not ideal. Boxer engine and such, seeping gaskets. No reply needed here just bored dont want you to feel neglected on the internet too

The shop breaks the studs...the Subaru dealer. Never heard of such a thing happening as much and I do religiously rotate tires every oil change. One to two quarts of oil per change is quite a bit...in fact a class action suit was filed. Did you know that? Imagine buying this car...after 2500 -3000 miles discovering you are down one quart on a new car. A bit disturbing. Dealer should have explained that prior to selling it to consumer. No I don't take care off track. Never did. Just tons of highway miles. In fact most miles are highway miles. BUT...thanks for the reply anyway.

Japanese production small platform Imp/For have generally NOT been as reliable as the domestic (Lafayette, IN) larger platform Leg/OB vehicles, interestingly. Chase SOA on the oil consumption...you may be able to get a short block out of them; yet HG failure on post-2010 2.5i is relatively rare. But if it's been overheated due to oil loss than anything's possible. 0w20 oil isn't helping either. If you can't get corporate relief switch to 15w40 synth to reduce consumption dramatically. I've always hated Foresters, but for poor handling reasons...not lack of reliability. I'm chasing a clockspring on one '12 Imp and a climate control panel on another '12 Imp...stuff that's unheard of on the domestic production Legs 'n OBs. Weird.... One qt loss of 0w after 3k isn't terrible, but some folks are showing up at dealers for their first oil change at 7.5k with a DRY engine!! Oyoyoy.

My local Subaru dealer is worse than yours! Yes it is true as they actually destroyed a brand new engine and they are pathological liars to boot! I found a great Subaru dealer but they are 150 miles away. I would make a case to SOA for a new engine.