The two vehicles using it are a 98 Honda Civic, 180K, and 2005 Toyota Sienna, 120K. Both engines require 5W-30. Most of the mileage on both vehicles is city driving, with say 20% of the miles being freeway.
Up until this point, both vehicles have been using conventional oil, at 7500 mile OCI. The oil changes have been pretty regular. I have no idea what brand oil has been used; most of the oil changes have been at the local Toyota and Honda dealers.
I would like to get a filter that will do its job well for the entire 8K miles, so I don't have to replace the filter halfway through the OCI.
I have read that the Mobile1 Extended Performance filter is very good; I did call a local Synfast Oil Change (they use Castrol) and the guy said that they use “conventional” filters even with a synthetic oil change, because the synthetic filters are so strong they slow down the flow of oil. Is there any truth to this?
EDIT: I'd like to stay within $10-15 for the filter; if there really is a solid reason to pay $20, I suppose I could go that high but I'd want to know why I'd have to.
Up until this point, both vehicles have been using conventional oil, at 7500 mile OCI. The oil changes have been pretty regular. I have no idea what brand oil has been used; most of the oil changes have been at the local Toyota and Honda dealers.
I would like to get a filter that will do its job well for the entire 8K miles, so I don't have to replace the filter halfway through the OCI.
I have read that the Mobile1 Extended Performance filter is very good; I did call a local Synfast Oil Change (they use Castrol) and the guy said that they use “conventional” filters even with a synthetic oil change, because the synthetic filters are so strong they slow down the flow of oil. Is there any truth to this?
EDIT: I'd like to stay within $10-15 for the filter; if there really is a solid reason to pay $20, I suppose I could go that high but I'd want to know why I'd have to.
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