ram 3500 oil change
2015 Ram 3500 diesel has 4800 miles 7 months new. dealer said I need to do oil change now. 2nd dealer says not yet, when should I computer says 62 left
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spoon059 wrote:
So let me pose this question here... I know what the manual says, but I would like a common sense answer.
The oil filter is rated for 15K mile intervals and has no parts to wear out or breakdown. For people like me that drive less often (average 10K miles a year give or take), what does COMMON SENSE say about simply dropping the old oil at 6 months and refilling and keeping the filter for a year?
Reason being that the oil filter is a pain in the neck to change. I understand that the oil additives break down over time, hence the need for 6 month intervals. The oil filter has no such time constraint. Will the half quart of old oil left in the filter have a detrimental effect to the 11.5 quarts of new oil that I put in?
Other than the manual stating to replace the oil AND FILTER every 15K or 6 months, is there a legitimate reason to invest the time and money into a new filter after only 5000 miles, as opposed to replacing the filter once a year at 10K miles?
Buy one of the end-cap filter wrenches that fits on a socket wrench and the filter is easy to loosen, and then as it gets close to coming off put a ziploc bag around it so it can drop in when it comes off. Then seal up the bag and pull it through the hole. It shouldn't take more than a couple of minutes to remove the old filter and install the new one.
