I’m running Mobil 1 synthetic and for a while I had been using the Mobil oil filter or a K & N depending which I could get on sale. I was due for an oil change and I like to change every 4 months or 4k with Mobil 1. Wife drives the [censored] out of this van with numerous 1 mile trips in freezing cold with engine barely getting warmed up. I own an 08 Dodge Grand Caravan so I grabbed the Mopar oil filter for 5.00. Does it really make a difference between using the Mobil 1 oil filter or the cheaper ones?
Does it matter which oil filter I use for a 4kOCI?
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For 4k, probably not. Which engine does the van have?
Buy a good filter and use it for 2 OCI's JMHO
For a 4000 mile OCI, any common filter brand will do. the Orange Can or even an E-Core will work fine.
Perfect app. for a Pure 1.
^A Purolator Classic filter would be my choice as well.^
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Originally Posted By: demarpaint
^A Purolator Classic filter would be my choice as well.^
I was going to make the same comment but hats off to demarpaint for beating me to it.
^A Purolator Classic filter would be my choice as well.^
I was going to make the same comment but hats off to demarpaint for beating me to it.
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Originally Posted By: Mark72
I’m running M1 synthetic and for a while I had been using the Mobil oil filter or a K & N depending which I could get on sale.
It probably doesn't matter which oil you use over such an OCI, either. Run a filter you can get easily and at a decent price.
I’m running M1 synthetic and for a while I had been using the Mobil oil filter or a K & N depending which I could get on sale.
It probably doesn't matter which oil you use over such an OCI, either. Run a filter you can get easily and at a decent price.
Originally Posted By: Mark72
I’m running Mobil 1 synthetic and for a while I had been using the Mobil oil filter or a K & N depending which I could get on sale. I was due for an oil change and I like to change every 4 months or 4k with Mobil 1. Wife drives the [censored] out of this van with numerous 1 mile trips in freezing cold with engine barely getting warmed up. I own an 08 Dodge Grand Caravan so I grabbed the Mopar oil filter for 5.00. Does it really make a difference between using the Mobil 1 oil filter or the cheaper ones?
For a Dodge minivan on a 4k OCI the Mopar oil filter is perfect. There is absolutely no reason to spend more than $5.00 on an oil filter for it. And don't worry about how she drives it, that's normal usage for that type of vehicle. Just do the maintenance, keep an eye on developing issues and it's all good.
I’m running Mobil 1 synthetic and for a while I had been using the Mobil oil filter or a K & N depending which I could get on sale. I was due for an oil change and I like to change every 4 months or 4k with Mobil 1. Wife drives the [censored] out of this van with numerous 1 mile trips in freezing cold with engine barely getting warmed up. I own an 08 Dodge Grand Caravan so I grabbed the Mopar oil filter for 5.00. Does it really make a difference between using the Mobil 1 oil filter or the cheaper ones?
For a Dodge minivan on a 4k OCI the Mopar oil filter is perfect. There is absolutely no reason to spend more than $5.00 on an oil filter for it. And don't worry about how she drives it, that's normal usage for that type of vehicle. Just do the maintenance, keep an eye on developing issues and it's all good.
Originally Posted By: ChrisD46
I would run a less expensive Purolator Classic oil filter for a 4K OCI along with Walmart SuperTech Synthetic oil . Good start up protection with less sludge potential - yet this combo is low in price .
+1 good advice.
I would run a less expensive Purolator Classic oil filter for a 4K OCI along with Walmart SuperTech Synthetic oil . Good start up protection with less sludge potential - yet this combo is low in price .
+1 good advice.
I agree with the others, virtually any name brand filter will do 4k with ease. I won't run an across a parking lot though...
For a 4k oil change, I'd probably even save a bit more money, and buy the Quaker State filters at Menards. They go on sale periodically for $1.99, and are a Puro Classic clone.
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For a 4k oil change, I'd probably even save a bit more money, and buy the Quaker State filters at Menards. They go on sale periodically for $1.99, and are a Puro Classic clone.
Thanks for posting that info. We are just now getting a few Menards in the St. Louis area and I didn't know they carried Quaker State oil filters. Some years ago the shop I worked at stocked Quaker State filters and they were a good filter. I'm going to have to look into that $1.99 deal.
For a 4k oil change, I'd probably even save a bit more money, and buy the Quaker State filters at Menards. They go on sale periodically for $1.99, and are a Puro Classic clone.
Thanks for posting that info. We are just now getting a few Menards in the St. Louis area and I didn't know they carried Quaker State oil filters. Some years ago the shop I worked at stocked Quaker State filters and they were a good filter. I'm going to have to look into that $1.99 deal.
If your 3.3 is anything like the one in my old '90 Voyager was, it'll outlast the rest of the minivan. Anything you can pick up cheap, along with a decent cheap conventional oil, would be perfect. When Menard's puts the Quaker State filters on sale, I pretty much clean them out.
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Actually is does matter, but not in the way you think. The engine could not care less at 4k miles which filter you use. But your wallet will really sit up and take notice. For 4k miles I'd run the least expensive filter and oil from any brand name or house brand you can find.
I ran SuperTech conventional lube for 10k miles on a Puro Classic filter and got outstanding protection. I can assure you that your use of your minivan is no more severe that the total soccer-mom short-hop driving my wife did for 19 years in our Villager. And that thing just keeps on running at 250k miles. Even after almost two decades of dino sauce in the crankcase and "normal" filters. And before anyone Yabuts me ("yeah, but ...") I can assure you the compression was great and the inside was very clean; I did regular cover-off inspections. It saw a life of 5k miles dino runs and some experimental long OCIs (10k and 15k miles) as it aged. And never a problem. Much of that is due to a good design, but you cannot discount the success of the "normal" products in my application.
Unless your engine has a propensity to sludge up, there is no real issue I can think of that would warrant the use of syn or premium filters at 4k miles. Grab some SuperTech conventional juice and a PC filter and be done with it. You're still probably wasting produt, but at least you can minimize the waste.
I ran SuperTech conventional lube for 10k miles on a Puro Classic filter and got outstanding protection. I can assure you that your use of your minivan is no more severe that the total soccer-mom short-hop driving my wife did for 19 years in our Villager. And that thing just keeps on running at 250k miles. Even after almost two decades of dino sauce in the crankcase and "normal" filters. And before anyone Yabuts me ("yeah, but ...") I can assure you the compression was great and the inside was very clean; I did regular cover-off inspections. It saw a life of 5k miles dino runs and some experimental long OCIs (10k and 15k miles) as it aged. And never a problem. Much of that is due to a good design, but you cannot discount the success of the "normal" products in my application.
Unless your engine has a propensity to sludge up, there is no real issue I can think of that would warrant the use of syn or premium filters at 4k miles. Grab some SuperTech conventional juice and a PC filter and be done with it. You're still probably wasting produt, but at least you can minimize the waste.
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I'd run a P1 / Bosch Premium. Highest % filtration out there.
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