Originally Posted By: ThirdeYe
Originally Posted By: TomYoung
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
Anyone following this kind of pattern? Say, oil every 5k miles and filter every 10k miles?
Does it really matter if anyone else is following this pattern? What is the real question? Is it "can I save four bucks by changing $40 worth of synthetic at 10,000 miles and holding off on changing the filter until 20,000 miles, even if this is not recommended by any modern car maker???"
And, thinking this through, is there anyone who wants to mix old oil with new and thinks that it is a good thing? And what if that oil filter is already in the process of collapsing?
My opinion is that this idea is a false economy and a risky proposition with an upside of $4 t0 $8 amortized over, say, a year and a half.
Uh... lots of manufacturers recommend changing the oil filter every other change. In the 2001 Honda Civic manual, it states to change the oil every 10,000 miles and the filter every 20,000 miles. And this was with conventional oil.
Yup - my daughters 2000 Galant manual 2.4L recommends "normal" OCIs at 7.5k and the FCI at 2x that (15k miles), all on normal oils and filters.