Here's the oil filter from a 2009 Scion xB. It has the oil burning 2.4l, and it uses a half quart every 2k miles.
This oil filter has roughly 5,000 miles on it it was on it when I bought the car in the previous owner generally had the oil changes done at the dealer I'm assuming they use 0w20 or 5W20 but I don't know that for sure the oil filter seem to be of decent quality it was definitely capturing dirt.
The rubber ADBV was sealing properly, had no tears and was in good condition.
I have a few theories why this filter was so dirty I had purchased this car from my mother-in-law for the same price they were going to get from the dealer trading it in on a new car and my mother-in-law generally drove fairly sedately where is there had been times that I had driven the car like I stole it, maybe that knocked stuff loose? T
The other thing that went through my mind is maybe that filter hadn't been changed at the last oil change as sometimes quick Lubes even at the dealer are known to do, or likely it's just because the engine was plain dirty.
After this oil change had been done the next one I ran a 2000 mile interval on and that looked much better so I'll probably continue doing early oil changes until it cleans up a bit.
This one looks really bad but it's because of the light.
This oil filter has roughly 5,000 miles on it it was on it when I bought the car in the previous owner generally had the oil changes done at the dealer I'm assuming they use 0w20 or 5W20 but I don't know that for sure the oil filter seem to be of decent quality it was definitely capturing dirt.
The rubber ADBV was sealing properly, had no tears and was in good condition.
I have a few theories why this filter was so dirty I had purchased this car from my mother-in-law for the same price they were going to get from the dealer trading it in on a new car and my mother-in-law generally drove fairly sedately where is there had been times that I had driven the car like I stole it, maybe that knocked stuff loose? T
The other thing that went through my mind is maybe that filter hadn't been changed at the last oil change as sometimes quick Lubes even at the dealer are known to do, or likely it's just because the engine was plain dirty.
After this oil change had been done the next one I ran a 2000 mile interval on and that looked much better so I'll probably continue doing early oil changes until it cleans up a bit.
This one looks really bad but it's because of the light.
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