Originally Posted by jongies3
It's a Honda, it'll probably go 300k on vegetable oil. There's nothing wrong with switching back and forth between the two! And you need to visit the oil filter section, it's been proven many times that FRAM makes a great filter.
Even the cheap FRAMs? The only thing stuck in my mind is a cutapart video from youtube I saw showing a FRAM so poorly made the element wasnt even properly mounted so oil at the end of the filter wouldnt even get filtered. That alarmed me.
I'm less worried about the engine than the rest of the car - the trans got redone at 105k, but how long wlil those 5 speed autos last? Even if properly rebuilt? (and I dont know how well rebuilt it was just that a dealer did something that cost $3500 and he was pretty annoyed at it which I would be too) I figure if the trans dies in the future, what does it matter the engine would've gone another 50k... i'm not sure i'll be up for a transmission swap unless I ultra fall in love with the car. But it's already 15 years old...
Originally Posted by BrocLuno
Have never been able to find any professional papers that say synthetics are any better at actual lubrication than a quality dino ... They do offer some advantages at the low and high end of the temp range
I'm willing to accept that while the oil is warmed up and changed properly and such, but i'll tip my hat to the idea that until it's at warmed up temperature cold start wear is going to matter more than probably a 500 mile trip. I used to take nothing but 500 mile trips in my Saturn so I didn't care about bothering with a synthetic, but now i'm switching to heavy city use so i'm still catching up on the things I ideally should be reading.
Like the oil filter section here with pictures - lots of info - but I dont even know what i'm looking for.
I'd be happy to just get the final conclusions from people until I have the time to research deeper...
Also I tend to change oil more often than "necessary" as my main concession to removing crap from the engine. (including winter clouding and stuff which cant be filtered out - anything else chemical that would get into the oil wouldn't filter either) That was my dads strategy and it seemed to work for him... i'm just sticking with it until I research better. He wanted me to change every 2000-2500 miles like clockwork, I doubt i'll exceed 3000 at worst tho for the next few cuz I wonder if he overdid it.
Originally Posted by Linctex
Originally Posted by dwendt44
. No name or off brand filters are worthless.
My 2¢
Based on what?
We have been seeing some AMAZING cut-n-post pictures on here lately from foreign filters after being used in normal intervals.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/forums/6/1/engine-oil-filters
What am I looking for in those cut and post pictures though? I see a huge amount of posts and i'm not sure how to compile that into an easy answer of "what filters to buy"...