Filter change every other oil change - anyone doing it?

[k1xv]

I used to do this in the 1960s on a 1964 Corvette. But I changed oil every 2K miles and the filter every 4K miles.

 

[KevinMalone]

The oil change process is easy overall, but the filter is set up to where it makes a pretty big mess on the frame and also splashes some oil on the tire and rim if I'm not super careful.

What about a flexible funnel to redirect the flow?

 

[Patman]

No price increase at Carquest in Canada? Guess they know the US is use to the inflation train, so jack it up!

Not yet but I guess I’ll find out in a few months when I buy one for the Civic’s next change

 

[ZeeOSix]

Not yet but I guess I’ll find out in a few months when I buy one for the Civic’s next change

Check the price of the filter on-line there in Canada ... maybe it's already been jacked up.

 

[Patman]

Check the price of the filter on-line there in Canada ... maybe it's already been jacked up.

The Carquest Canada website doesn’t show the prices of anything on it.

 

[ZeeOSix]

The Carquest Canada website doesn’t show the prices of anything on it.

Walk across the street. You might want to stock up in case the price goes up.

 

[4WD]

Truth be told, as great as this site really is, by this point, there is very little ground that hasn’t been ploughed a time or two. If one’s curiosity has been satisfied, great, give it a pass. If not, keep ploughing! And every once in a while, a genuinely new issue pops up here (e.g. car makers recommending/specifying a new type or grade of oil, like 0w-8). This is not one of them. I would add that this has been a point of debate for literally decades. My first car care experiences came in the mid 1970s. Long story, but maintenance on my Mom’s car suddenly fell to me. It was a 1973 Dodge Dart sedan with the legendary 225 cid Slant-6 engine. It was already a bit sludgy when it came into my care (at first, I thought that shiny black stuff around the rockers was some sort of grease!!!), and I was concerned about the manual’s advice to change filters every other change. As noted above, for modern engines, skipping filter changes, if the engine is clean and the maker recommends it, is certainly safe. If the engine appears dirty for whatever reason, to any extent, I wouldn’t do it. Still, the Owner’s Manual from 1973 suggest skipped filter changes. That engine was carbureted and called for API-SE oil.

Hence the need to:

 

[Patman]

Walk across the street.

If they were open right now I would! (Who am I kidding, I hate going out after it gets dark, especially in this neighborhood)

 

[4strokes]

I use an oil extractor to change at 5k then oil and filter at 10k. not worried about the small amount of oil in that tiny filter.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Every 2nd oil change I look forward to not crawling on my back to change a filter.

 

[Hall]

IIRC, the 2010 2.4l I tended OKed reuse of the oil filter.

Honda has been recommending this for a long time. My '99 Accord owners manual said to do it. Dealers used to do it until people started screaming that they were cheating them or ripping them off. The dealers were following the MM's "A" code, which is "oil change", not oil and filter.

A popular and oft discussed topic here on Bitog, I'm surprised you missed them if you like reading through the forums.

**** ! You are good at that ! Or patient

 

[Kira]

Then it's settled?

 

[ZeeOSix]

LoL ... nothing is "settled" on BITOG.

 

[MetalSlug]

Some one here back then mention “ one oil change one filter “ I stick ever since

 

[Torrid]

Lots of discussion about it over the years. Many here use a good filter for more than one OCI. Then there are people like myself that would rather not leave a filter loaded with dirty oil to mix with fresh clean oil as soon as the engine is fired up. I'm not a fan of removing a filter in use to attempt to drain it and reuse it either, people do that too. In any event get ready for some interesting and possible volatile discussion.

At the risk of agreeing with demarpaint, this has always been my approach. If I'm changing the oil, I'm changing the filter.

 

[Cruisin'n5thgear]

I change my Jeep's oil filter every other oil change due to the fragile Pentastar oil filter/cooler housing. Hoping for long life out of that component.

 

[Wilbur289]

It depends several things. I'll skip changing the filter sometimes and other times I won't. If I'm changing out oil due to a six month interval rather than milage I will leave the old filter on. If I'm using something like a Mobil One filter I will skip changing that too.

The Fram TG I was using on one of my cars got changed out at 5k and replaced with an O'Rielly's Select and that will probably stay in at the next OCI.

 

[Patrick0525]

Cut some filters open and see what they look like.
A properly functional gasoline engine will make less than 1 gram of stuff the filter can catch every 1,000 miles.

Where did u get 1g per 1000k?

 

[RyanY]

I usually buy the best filter I can find on sale for $3 or less. Usually these are rated for 5-10k miles (Supertech, Ecogard, Fram PH, etc) so they get changed every time. But if I happen to get one rated for 15k miles or more it rides for two OCIs.

A Tough Guard definitely goes for two OCIs!

 

[oil pan 4]

Where did u get 1g per 1000k?

A paper posted on here somewhere.
After cutting filters open when used for 4,000 miles and they still look fairly new it makes sense.
The only ones I have cut open and were loaded with dirt had unknown miles/hrs since the last oil change or were known neglected engines.