MOTOR OIL ?
After learning a certain oil change facility does not always change the oil filter when doing an oil change I went back to doing it myself. Things have changed on the motor oil shelf. So many choice...
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OP, I don't know what you tow with but I do know Toyota and Honda (maybe several others??) have a spec in their owners manual to change their filter every other time.
There is a very good reason for this spec. You see, a filter filters better the longer it filters out impurities. All a filter is, is a piece of media with holes in it. The more holes that are covered up the more the filter will filter.
Now I know people are going to lose their shirt over the above statement but maybe the oil change place knows more than you or "some" of the people on this forum.
When I had my turbo car I blocked off the by-pass because I didn't want any unfiltered oil going through my turbo. I never saw any pressure drop after 5 or even 7 thousand miles. That means to me the filter still had a long way to go.
Something to think about.
There is a very good reason for this spec. You see, a filter filters better the longer it filters out impurities. All a filter is, is a piece of media with holes in it. The more holes that are covered up the more the filter will filter.
Now I know people are going to lose their shirt over the above statement but maybe the oil change place knows more than you or "some" of the people on this forum.
When I had my turbo car I blocked off the by-pass because I didn't want any unfiltered oil going through my turbo. I never saw any pressure drop after 5 or even 7 thousand miles. That means to me the filter still had a long way to go.
Something to think about.
