Went to the auction to help a mate get a replacement car
Found him a nice little Astra estate. 1.6twinport lump, late 2005 registered with 92k.
Full, and i do mean full service history. Cambelt done early at 60k a couple of years ago.
No idea what oil has been used but last service was at 89k in Dec.
Will be getting run on either Mobil 1 0w40 NewLife or Castrol Edge 5w40.
On checking some places list the service interval as 20k/1 yr or 20k/2 yrs.
It has had much shorter ocis, on average around 8k, highest was 11k i think, and this will continue with annual changes or probably 6/7k depending on annual miles, he is moving back to Eire so miles will likely be higher than he did in UK so i reckon two oci a year.
10k oci in a petrol vehicle is very doable imho.
The interval is 16k in the Jag. Which it has stuck to. Obviously at just going past 101k and just over 2 years old it was never in there for long!
But never less than 16k.
My car has always had some hydraulic tappet rattle (lifter rattle US board members call it i believe) on cold start and when parked for more than half an hour or so.
Would it have that if a shorter oci was used?
Who knows, it's used no oil, but that could be being masked by diesel contamination due to the dpf.
But i have normally changed oil midpoint of the service interval since moving to London as i consider the usage harsh.
Oil filters are not available in as many makes as the US.
If i don't know the make i tend not to buy unless really desperate.
Bosch, Hengst, Purolater, Mann, Mahle, Blueprint are all names i trust. Aswell as OE branded filter.
I like my filters to be made in Western Europe/US or similar. Turkish filters, Eastern European filter or Chinese filters are a big no, no.
And never had a car that will accept a K&N filter or i would likely have tried them aswell.
Go for it OP