Since I got the Prius almost 3 years ago I've been told to run only synthetic 0w20 so I do.
I thought I was going to go to one OCI per year but I get ants in my pants at around 6 months and it doesn't seem like I'll ever stop the 2 OCI per year habit, even when I only drive about 4k miles a year.
I did my last OCI about a month ago, with new PP FS 0w20 and the same Fram filter, that I drained and re installed. I've ran a round magnet the diameter of the Fram for years, and I forgot to put it back on the filter and I drove the car without the magnet for an hour before I realized I didn't put it back on the filter. If there was anything stuck to the bottom of the filter, it may have got circulated into the oil flow. This is the first time I've ever reused an oil filter (I only had about 1,800 miles on it, in 6 months), and I don't think I ever will again.
I noticed that the oil is not so clean this time as it is when I use a new filter, which is why it seems a bit pointless to change the oil and use the same filter for 6 more months. It's usually so clean when I change it that I have trouble seeing the oil level on the dipstick.
I will change the oil as well as the filter in the springtime, if I can make it that long, and from now on, I think I'll do 6 month OCI with new oil and new filter.
I have that urge to change the oil again now, with new oil as well as a new filter.
I also don't plan to use the magnet on the end of my oil filters any more.
That seems like it doesn't amount to much.
I thought I was going to go to one OCI per year but I get ants in my pants at around 6 months and it doesn't seem like I'll ever stop the 2 OCI per year habit, even when I only drive about 4k miles a year.
I did my last OCI about a month ago, with new PP FS 0w20 and the same Fram filter, that I drained and re installed. I've ran a round magnet the diameter of the Fram for years, and I forgot to put it back on the filter and I drove the car without the magnet for an hour before I realized I didn't put it back on the filter. If there was anything stuck to the bottom of the filter, it may have got circulated into the oil flow. This is the first time I've ever reused an oil filter (I only had about 1,800 miles on it, in 6 months), and I don't think I ever will again.
I noticed that the oil is not so clean this time as it is when I use a new filter, which is why it seems a bit pointless to change the oil and use the same filter for 6 more months. It's usually so clean when I change it that I have trouble seeing the oil level on the dipstick.
I will change the oil as well as the filter in the springtime, if I can make it that long, and from now on, I think I'll do 6 month OCI with new oil and new filter.
I have that urge to change the oil again now, with new oil as well as a new filter.
I also don't plan to use the magnet on the end of my oil filters any more.
That seems like it doesn't amount to much.