I'm changing the oil in my mom's Chev Spark. I change it once a year because she puts only 1000 miles per/year on it. No joking. Is it ok to change the oil filter every other year? Plus they put that gosh dang filter right next to the exhaust canister up front and you can easily burn yourself.
Not Changing Oil Filter
- Thread starter Wardonkey
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Hi Wardonkey,
Changing the oil filter 1/year is no problem at all. In fact it could stay on for two years. I have a restored CJ7 and drove it fewer miles as you and changed my filter at two years. Upon cutting it open the Fram Tough Guard was intact and looked fine.
I k miles per year on the filter, changing it every other oci, no problem. Go for it.
My biggest fear would be if it got stuck...
If it gets on the highway every now and then to get fully warmed up I'd let the oil and filter go 2 years..
Just drain it out, no need to replace.
You could consider doing a cold drain on the filter or altogether. Don’t think mom or the Spark would know the difference.
I let an old school fram ultra go 5 years plus on my half ton truck towing and hauling with no problem whatsoever.
It ran in place a bit over 20K.
I did an OCI 4 times using a topside changer - 15 min tops.
It's also covered so no direct road slosh on it, but through Nor Cal winters in the sierras - so a short but real season.
It ran in place a bit over 20K.
I did an OCI 4 times using a topside changer - 15 min tops.
It's also covered so no direct road slosh on it, but through Nor Cal winters in the sierras - so a short but real season.
If it is that close to the exhaust ask yourself what is that heat doing to that filter gasket? Filters are cheap! Especially DIY ones.
I made a heat shield for my Taurus as it had the oil filter right under the exhaust manifold. Piece of steel plate bent to the shape of the filter and a worm hose clamp . Used some short small machine screws and nuts to attach to the worm clamp and offset from the filter. Easy peasy.
Chain is a torque roll limiter.
Chain is a torque roll limiter.
I think that changing the oil every thousand miles is also questionable.
Well that's probably true after your warranty is up!
I just changed the oil in both my Civic's that's been in since Jan. 27th 2018 so was coming up on 6 yrs. I reused the Boss on the 99 that had 6500 miles and will replace it next change.
This is the way.
Best advice is to not remove the filter unless it's going to be changed. Don't disturb the gasket. A few ounces of oil with 1000 miles on left in the oil filter isn't going to hurt anything.
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It only got 1000 miles of heat exposure. If he was doing a normal say 7500 mile OCI, it would have way more heat exposure.
