My wierd oil plan.

[HappyHyundai]

I've been using Either Castrol or Amsoil in my car starting at 110,000 miles. My oil change plan now is to change the filter at 3,000 miles and add 1 quart of castrol or Amsoil that was lost when I took out the Oil filter. The only time I do a full oil change is every 10,000 miles. Seems like a good plan?

I'm still contemplating to see if I should use Maxlife Synthetic instead.

 

[vronline]

No reason to change the filter at 3,000.

 

[Slick 55]

Use an Amsoil or K&N Filter and change both at 10,000

 

[Gary Allan]

How long does it take you to reach 10k?

 

[HappyHyundai]

3-4 months. You think I'm changing the filter at 3,000 miles is just a waste?

 

[Bryanccfshr]

I think changing the filter before an oil change is a waste.

 

[simple_gifts]

Instead of developing a Rube Goldburg oil change plan, just do a used oil analysis @ 5K or 7.5K miles and adjust you CI from there. Filter change @3K is a waste.

 

[Ron AKA]

I think you could save time, $$, and improve average oil quality, by adopting a very conventional schedule. Select a more reasonable priced synthetic (Mobil 1, Pennzoil Platinum, Valvoline SynPower, Castrol Syntec, whatever is the cheapest), and change both the oil and filter at 5,000 miles. Forget the oil analysis, and spend your $$ on good oil and clean filters.

 

[Pablo]

Happy - stick with reasonably priced Amsoil and free shipping. Go 10,000 miles. No need to change filter at 10K intervals. I do it all the time.

 

[bottgers]

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Originally posted by Gary Allan:
How long does it take you to reach 10k?

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M1 and PureOne filters are good for that long as well.

 

[Doc8404]

why not just go with Motorcraft?
pick it up at Walmart....

 

[Merkava_4]

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Select a more reasonable priced synthetic (Mobil 1, Pennzoil Platinum, Valvoline SynPower, Castrol Syntec, whatever is the cheapest), and change both the oil and filter at 5,000 miles.

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That sounds fine to me, but the guys selling Amsoil and Schaeffer might not agree.

 

[B00SS]

At one time it was suggested to change filters every other oil change. Every 3,000 is over kill.

 

[fred0803]

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Happy - stick with reasonably priced Amsoil and free shipping. Go 10,000 miles. No need to change filter at 10K intervals. I do it all the time.

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Happy, forget Amsoil, I don't work for Pennzoil, but with that milage, get an oil onsale, PP or even a dino. And change at 5K with new filter. I do it all the time as well.

 

[Merkava_4]

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Happy, forget Amsoil. . .

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Uh oh. . .