Is this plausible?

[hate2work]

In an effort to make my OCs quick and easy...and knowing that if all I had to do was drain the oil with my Fumoto, then refill with clean oil, that goal would be accomplished...

Questions about the following...

Use a very good filter. Use a good oil. Change the oil every 3k miles, but leave the filter in place.

Questions-

How many OCs could you do before you should change the filter?

Would the fact that your oil would never get really dirty mean that you could use the filter for longer than normal?

TIA~

 

[Steve S]

So if the oil can do 5,000 mile oil change intervals which you could verify by a U.O.A if not trusting the oil. You would still are going to change it at 3,000 miles? I have just reduced your oil changes almost 50% with out thinking. Have you seen a bad uoa due to oil failure in any of the UOA postings?

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

Well, you'll never have clean oil in the car and you would be wasting a lot of oil.

 

[strombony]

It's not plausible when the oil filter can be bought for 3 bucks...sheesh!!! OH, and it might take an extra 5 minutes tops when you change your oil. Don't neglect veh maintanence, change the freaking thing.

 

[Badlees]

BLASPHEMER!!!! We don't take kindly to talk like that around here. LOL I'm kidding of course. I agree with the above post, change it out and and get the junk out of there.

 

[oilyriser]

What driving style?

 

[Ausfahrt]

It's not plausible when the oil filter can be bought for 3 bucks...sheesh!!! OH, and it might take an extra 5 minutes tops when you change your oil. Don't neglect veh maintanence, change the freaking thing.


+1

 

[hate2work]

Wait a minute...Honda and others are telling us to change the filter every other OC. I'm just wondering if that could be extended by using shorter OCIs.

Think about it...by changing the oil out early, you're not letting the filter get dirty, right? Wouldn't that let you keep the filter on longer? If you take the Amsoil filter for example, doesn't it say you can go 15k on it? Well, if you had clean fresh oil every 3k, couldn't you go longer than that with it?

Remember, this is in hopes of making the changes quick and easy, so keep in mind that's the goal. With my truck I have to use ramps to get to the filter, otherwise all I have to do is just reach under and turn the Fumoto, then refill from the top.

I would be using the best filter and the "best cheapest oil", you guys know what I mean. I can consistently buy 5 quarts of it for around $10 to $12

Driving style...15 miles each way to work, easy driver, no towing, etc.

BTW, I'm just tossing this out there for feasibility, it's just something I was thinking about.

 

[Gary Allan]

Depends on the time frame/driving profile. It would also typically extend the oil life too, but there's a point where oil life and filter life can diverge a good bit. Oil fatigue is independent of particle accumulation ..while a filter's is not. Oil can be sheared oxidized ..TBN depleted ..while, if operated at mostly highway or "out of fuel enrichment mode" can relatively devoid of combustion byproducts/insolubles.

When testing 5k OCI's with MC 5w-20 in my wife's jeep, I used the same EaO57 for 4 OCI's. She does 18k/year. I will be doing the same/near same mileage on HDD 5w30 with the same filter this year. The difference? The durability of the oil. The operating conditions and the filtration is the same.

 

[Badlees]

If you're using a 10k filter or better you could totally leave it on there for another run and be fine.

 

[oilyriser]

Filter media gets damaged by too many cold starts, so that should be the limiting factor. I saw media damage on two Supertech filters that were used for 11,000 miles, including a cold winter here. Trips were 30 miles each way.

 

[rg200amp]

Can you?? Yes.
Would I?? No.

 

[jldcol]

There is a report here of a OEM yota filter in use for 5 yrs. and low miles. You change oil 4x a year, every other one change filter is ok by some manufactures, and some safety factor there. Once a year change filter with the 1st, of the 4th oil change sounds plausible and safe enough for you and saves cost of 3~10-15 dollars? If a oem paper filter goes 5 yrs. a more expensive, long life syn style should do so easier. My thought to OP is buy on of those, if on sale even better, and leave it on for 3-5 yrs. and inspect/retorque it at each change of oil.