When should an oil filter be changed?

[Gary Allan]

For the right service type ..10-15k isn't that hard to do ..and do well. It isn't going to work for everybody.

Keep in mind PT1 ..it's how your mileage is accumulated that dictates how long your filter will be suitable for extended use. 5k is nothing in most cars. In something that does 3 miles round trip 365 in a 4 season climate

..that's a different story.

 

[PT1]

You are right..my Amsoil friend drives 35 miles freeway each way to work. I drive 5.

 

[Doc8404]

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The only filter I would ever seriously think about using past 7000 miles is an Amsoil. One of the guys here runs them 15-20,000 miles all the time and has never had a problem. But I am too much of a chicken chit to do that. But he uses the high mileage Amsoil too. I am thinking about doing that(Amsoil) in the wifes car because I am sick of changing her oil all the time but I have to work up the nerve to watch the odometer go past 5000 three times...

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I'm game for my fiance's civic...but I've been ordered to just change it every 3k....I've moved it to 4k...but not sure i can convince her to go 5k on dino LOL.